Press
This section aims to form a complete archive of all magazine and newspaper articles related to Rachael and her career. There are three separate sections for interviews, features and reviews, which you can browse through below. All of these articles belong to the authors and sources attributed below; we are merely archiving them here to make it easier for Rachael's fans to find information about her.
Interviews
This section contains interviews with Rachael (and, in rare cases, her mother Diana Rigg) on various subjects, including her life and her various television, film and theatre projects. While the majority of these interviews are taken from newspapers and magazines, some of them have been transcribed from recordings.
| Date | Title | Author | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 2010 | Rachael Stirling is a rising stage star — and she's in love with her ass | Viv Groskop | Evening Standard |
| 03 May 2009 | I swear a lot and I like cake. I'm not a diva. | Karen Hockney | Mirror |
| 01 May 2009 | Rachael Stirling explains why she wants to be an actress, not a celebrity | Sue Crawford | Hello! |
| 28 Apr 2009 | Male order for Rachael | Ian Wylie | Manchester Evening News |
| 26 Apr 2009 | 5 Minutes with Rachael Stirling | Wales Online | |
| 25 Apr 2009 | Swap shop | TV Quick | |
| 25 Apr 2009 | Stirling work | Northern Echo | |
| 25 Apr 2009 | Body swap! | Total TV Guide | |
| 19 Apr 2009 | I'm the Man: Rachael Stirling Tells How She Had Screen Sex Change to Play a Bloke for Fourth Time | Steve Hendry | California Chronicle |
| 17 Apr 2009 | Boy Meets Girl – Strangers in strange skins | James Rampton | Independent |
| 03 Apr 2009 | Boy Meets Girl Cast Interviews | ITV.com | |
| 24 Apr 2007 | Rachael's voice of reason | Daily Record | |
| 01 Apr 2007 | Acting up | Alistair Duncan | Grove |
| 27 Mar 2007 | Taming the Shrew who eschews cult of celebrity | Alistair Duncan | London Paper |
| 22 Mar 2007 | Escaping the shadow of an Avenger | Johanna Thomas-Corr | City A.M. |
| 18 Jan 2007 | Interview with The Stage | Nick Smurthwaite | Stage |
| 29 Sep 2006 | The 5-Minute Interview | Elisa Bray | Independent |
| 11 Aug 2006 | Audrey Hepburn with a touch of a building site | Bath Chronicle | |
| 07 Jul 2006 | Pret-a-porter? I prefer Jimmy | Baz Bamigboye | Daily Mail |
| 12 Mar 2006 | Loose Ends: Rachael Stirling | Ned Sherrin | BBC Radio 4 |
| 16 Oct 2005 | Interview with Rachael Stirling | Andre Carrilho | Independent on Sunday |
| 15 May 2005 | In the blood | Euan Ferguson | Observer |
| 09 May 2005 | Murder in the front row | James Christopher | Times |
| 06 May 2005 | Following in Diana's footsteps | Nick Curtis | Evening Standard |
| 17 Apr 2005 | Rachael Stirling on her role as Griselda Clement | MYSTERY! | PBS |
| 25 Jan 2005 | Secrets and lives | Scotsman | |
| 14 Dec 2004 | Rachael's Quest to be better | Sarah Waterfall | Manchester Online |
| 12 Dec 2004 | Mummy's girl | Noreen Taylor | Mail on Sunday |
| 22 Nov 2004 | 60 Second Interview: Rachael Stirling | James Ellis | Metro |
| 01 Nov 2004 | Forgotten heroes: Rachael Stirling | Charlotte Cripps | Independent |
| 03 Jan 2004 | Celebrity Passport: Rachael Stirling | Paul English | Daily Record |
| 13 Dec 2003 | Rachael Stirling may be from a privileged background… | Paul English | Daily Record |
| 13 Dec 2003 | Stirling performance | Martina Fowler | TV Choice |
| 11 Dec 2003 | Mother's pride | Brian Viner | Independent |
| 11 Dec 2003 | Stirling effort | Steve Pratt | Northern Echo |
| 07 Dec 2003 | Ecosse: Mother's girl | Anna Burnside | Sunday Times |
| 12 Oct 2003 | Woman's Hour: Rachael Stirling | Jenni Murray | BBC Radio 4 |
| 01 Oct 2003 | In bed with Rachael | Lydia Slater | Evening Standard |
| 18 Sep 2003 | The Big Interview: Rachael Stirling | Matthew Amer | London Theatre Guide |
| 14 Sep 2003 | Agony of Velvet's Rachael | Ben Todd | Sunday Mirror |
| 08 Sep 2003 | No one ever did call us Greg's Dykes | Maureen Paton | Telegraph |
| 18 May 2003 | BBC's racy export: Miniseries frames lesbian story in Victorian England | Hugh Hart | Chronicle Correspondent |
| 17 May 2003 | Like mother, like daughter | Margy Rochlin | TV Guide |
| 13 May 2003 | My life as a Victorian dyke | Anne Stockwell | Advocate |
| 01 May 2003 | Stirling, Garity emulate moms | Scott D Pierce | Deseret News |
| 01 May 2003 | Victorian era stripped bare in BBC's 'Velvet' | Bridget Byrne | Chicago Sun-Times |
| 01 Nov 2002 | Seeing your naked breasts spread across the News of the World might faze most actresses | Jane Fitzgerald | Face |
| 01 Nov 2002 | The girlie show | Maureen Paton | UK In Style |
| 01 Nov 2002 | Trannie by gaslight | Camilla Long | Tatler |
| 25 Oct 2002 | Dempster's Diary | Nigel Dempster | Daily Mail |
| 22 Oct 2002 | The Frank Skinner Show interview | Frank Skinner Show | |
| 11 Oct 2002 | Rachael Stirling stars in Tipping the Velvet | Ealing Times | |
| 08 Oct 2002 | It's not just two birds snogging | Sarah Donaldson | Telegraph |
| 06 Oct 2002 | Nothing like a dame? | Alice Wignall | Sunday Telegraph Magazine |
| 05 Oct 2002 | Starting at the top | EJD | Radio Times |
| 01 Oct 2002 | Dyke Drama | Jana Czyzselska | Diva |
| 01 Oct 2002 | Pals with gals | Gareth Morgan | StarMag |
| 30 Sep 2002 | Acting her age | Aidan Smith | Scotsman |
| 11 Sep 2002 | Diana Rigg's daughter Rachael Stirling talks of her role in the most controversial TV drama ever | David Wigg | Hello! |
| 01 Sep 2002 | Why I'm so proud of my lesbian sex scenes | Garth Pearce | Now |
| 09 Dec 2001 | I'm Diana Rigg's girl (but don't let on) | Annie Leask | Sunday Mirror |
| 02 Dec 2001 | The Rachael Capers | Rachel Cooke | You |
| 02 Jun 2000 | Maybe Baby interview | Maybe Baby DVD | |
| 22 Dec 1978 | Interview with Diana Rigg in 1978 | Roderick Gilchrist | Daily Mail |
Features
This section contains special feature pieces about Rachael and her projects, which have been published in magazines and newspapers.
| Date | Title | Author | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan 2010 | Le Café Anglais: Rachael Stirling reviews Le Café Anglais | Rachael Stirling | Diplomat |
| 13 Jan 2010 | A mighty fall is no worry for Rachael | London Evening Standard | |
| 10 Nov 2009 | Truly Belle Amies: Rachael Stirling reviews Bellamy's | Rachael Stirling | Diplomat |
| 21 Sep 2009 | Two Times Tom: Rachael Stirling reviews Tom Aikens and Tom's Kitchen | Rachael Stirling | Diplomat |
| 01 May 2009 | On location: Boy Meets Girl | Broadcast | |
| 20 Apr 2009 | Freeman stars in body-swap drama | seenit.co.uk | |
| 13 Apr 2009 | Trading Places | SFX | |
| 12 Apr 2009 | Rachael Stirling finds a broad-minded beau | Richard Eden | Telegraph |
| 28 Feb 2009 | Don't Miss… Minder | The Daily Record | |
| 06 Dec 2007 | Helen and Hugh's act to save Wilton's | Anna Davis | Evening Standard |
| 08 Jul 2007 | The Charity Awards 2007 | Christine Bleakley | Belfast Telegraph |
| 24 Apr 2007 | Hamish's Odyssey — Part Two | Hamish | All Media Scotland |
| 21 Mar 2007 | Stirling beats mugger | ||
| 04 Jan 2007 | The Stirling profile | Andrew Pierce | Telegraph |
| 22 Sep 2006 | Aniston, Perez, Spacey, Wilson, et al. Set for 24 Hour Plays Benefits | Brian Scott Lipton | TheaterMania.com |
| 21 Sep 2006 | Celebs line up for 24 hours at Old Vic | CB | London Theatre Guide |
| 01 Aug 2006 | Stars come out for Betjeman gala | MA | London Theatre Guide |
| 17 Jul 2006 | It's a stage they've all been through | Hilary Whitney | Telegraph |
| 09 Mar 2006 | BBC drama about Stravinsky's riot of spring | Sarah Shannon | Independent |
| 24 Feb 2006 | Beauty buyography | Rachael Stirling | Evening Standard |
| 11 Jan 2006 | Casino Royale | MI6 | |
| 10 Jan 2006 | Has Stirling Rigged Royale Role? | Stax | IGN |
| 10 Jan 2006 | Beauties' family Bond | Emily Smith | The Sun |
| 20 Nov 2005 | The Eligibles 2005 — Top 50 Women (Number 11) | Scotland on Sunday | |
| 06 Jun 2005 | Diary — Rachael Stirling | Rachael Stirling | New Statesman |
| 08 May 2005 | All fright on the night | Clifford Bishop | Sunday Times |
| 03 Feb 2005 | Rachael follows in Diana's footsteps | Luke Leitch | Evening Standard |
| 14 Nov 2004 | The Eligibles 2004 — Top 50 Women (Number 1) | Scotland on Sunday | |
| 24 Jul 2004 | Stars dying to be in Miss Marple | Mirror | |
| 01 Feb 2004 | The hot 100: sexy Scotland | Edd McCracken | Sunday Herald |
| 09 Nov 2003 | 50 most eligible women: 7 — Rachael Stirling | Scotsman | |
| 01 Apr 2003 | It Takes Balls | Charity Crewe | Tatler |
| 11 Mar 2003 | Variety Club Awards 2003 | OK | |
| 01 Oct 2002 | It's only human nature after all | Rachael Stirling | Elle |
| 29 Sep 2002 | Lesbianism becomes fashionable | Rowan Pelling | Independent |
| 28 Sep 2002 | Diana's golden girl | Mark Reynolds | Daily Mail |
| 22 Aug 2002 | BBC faces obscenity row over 'shocking' new lesbian drama | Tara Conlan | Daily Mail |
| 09 May 1998 | Rigged in favour of Rachael | Daily Express |
Reviews
This is a collection of film, television and theatre reviews collected over the years from various publications. A lot of them focus on the production as a whole, rather than on Rachael specifically, but she is mentioned in all of them. Some reviews are positive, and some are negative, but I chose to include them all here to give a faithful representation of the way her various projects were received by the media.
| Date | Title | Author | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Christopher Hart | Times |
| 19 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Patrick Marmion | Daily Mail |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lizzie Loveridge | Curtain Up London |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | John Thaxter | Stage |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Natasha Tripney | TheaterMania |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Sarah Hemming | Financial Times |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Henry Hitchings | Evening Standard |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Michael Coveney | What's On Stage |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Sam Smith | musicOMH |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Benedict Nightingale | Times |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | David Benedict | Variety |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Paul Taylor | Independent |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Michael Billington | Guardian |
| 16 Feb 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Charles Spencer | Telegraph |
| 12 Dec 2009 | The Priory | Liz Hoggard | Independent |
| 10 Dec 2009 | The Priory | Aleks Sierz | Tribune |
| 08 Dec 2009 | The Priory | London Lives | |
| 06 Dec 2009 | The Priory | David Jays | Sunday Times |
| 04 Dec 2009 | The Priory | Tom Cameron | Spoonfed.co.uk |
| 01 Dec 2009 | The Priory | Matt Wolf | New York Times |
| 01 Dec 2009 | The Priory | Paul Taylor | Independent |
| 30 Nov 2009 | The Priory | Claire Allfree | Metro |
| 30 Nov 2009 | The Priory | Kate Bassett | Independent |
| 29 Nov 2009 | The Priory | Sarah Hemming | Financial Times |
| 27 Nov 2009 | The Priory | Michael Billington | Guardian |
| 27 Nov 2009 | The Priory | Miriam Zendle | BroadwayWorld.com |
| 27 Nov 2009 | The Priory | Michael Coveney | What's On Stage |
| 27 Nov 2009 | The Priory | Henry Hitchings | London Evening Standard |
| 27 Nov 2009 | The Priory | Evelyn Curlet | Stage |
| 30 Jul 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Paul Kalina | Age |
| 14 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | TV Guide | |
| 14 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Ally Ross | Sun |
| 13 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Nicola Mostyn | Manchester Confidential |
| 04 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Robert Phipps | Guardian |
| 04 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Helen Rumbelow | Times |
| 03 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | AA Gill | Times |
| 03 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Deborah Orr | Independent |
| 02 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Caitlin Moran | Times |
| 02 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Sam Wollaston | Guardian |
| 01 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Northern Echo | |
| 01 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Mark Wright | Stage |
| 01 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | What's On TV | |
| 01 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | The Herald | |
| 01 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Jane Simon | Mirror |
| 01 May 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Martin Hoyle | Financial Times |
| 29 Apr 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | Will Parkhouse | Orange |
| 25 Apr 2009 | Boy Meets Girl | David Chater | Times |
| 06 Feb 2009 | Pygmalion | Kevin Kwong | South China Morning Post |
| 22 May 2008 | Dangerous Parking | Rob Carnevale | Orange |
| 22 May 2008 | Dangerous Parking | Charlotte O'Sullivan | Evening Standard |
| 22 May 2008 | Dangerous Parking | musicOMH.com | |
| 21 May 2008 | Dangerous Parking | Bexley Times | |
| 21 May 2008 | Dangerous Parking | Duncan Hepburn | Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal |
| 20 May 2008 | Dangerous Parking | OK | |
| 10 Apr 2008 | Dangerous Parking | Fionnuala Halligan | Screen Daily |
| 08 Aug 2007 | Hotel Babylon | Robert Bianco | USA Today |
| 07 Aug 2007 | Hotel Babylon | Brendan Bernhard | New York Sun |
| 27 Mar 2007 | The Taming of the Shrew | Caroline McGinn | London Paper |
| 26 Mar 2007 | The Taming of the Shrew | Robert Hanks | Independent |
| 24 Mar 2007 | The Taming of the Shrew | Sam Marlowe | Times |
| 23 Mar 2007 | The Taming of the Shrew | David Gavan | What's On Stage |
| 23 Mar 2007 | The Taming of the Shrew | Kieron Quirke | Evening Standard |
| 23 Mar 2007 | The Taming of the Shrew | John Thaxter | Stage |
| 29 Jan 2007 | Uncle Vanya | Michael Billington | Guardian |
| 29 Jan 2007 | Uncle Vanya | John Thaxter | Stage |
| 29 Jan 2007 | Uncle Vanya | Nicholas de Jongh | Evening Standard |
| 28 Jan 2007 | Uncle Vanya | Rivka Jacobson | British Theatre Guide |
| 11 Sep 2006 | The John Betjeman Gala | Bruce Dessau | Evening Standard |
| 29 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Paul Taylor | Independent |
| 27 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Kate Bassett | Independent |
| 27 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Kate Kellaway | Observer |
| 24 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Michael Billington | Guardian |
| 24 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Benedict Nightingale | Times |
| 23 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Timothy Ramsden | Reviews Gate |
| 23 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Jeremy Brien | Stage |
| 23 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Michael Kelligan | Theatre in Wales |
| 23 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Nicholas de Jongh | Evening Standard |
| 20 Aug 2006 | Look Back in Anger | Paul Miller | My London Life |
| 08 Mar 2006 | Riot at the Rite | Sarah Crompton | Telegraph |
| 05 Feb 2006 | Riot at the Rite | Clifford Bishop | Times Online |
| 14 Jan 2006 | The Truth | Scottie | IOFilm |
| 14 Jan 2006 | The Truth | Anton Bitel | Channel 4 Film |
| 13 Jan 2006 | The Truth | Daily Record | |
| 13 Jan 2006 | The Truth | Andrew Pulver | Guardian |
| 11 Jan 2006 | The Truth | GA | Time Out |
| 08 Jan 2006 | The Truth | Jamie Woolley | BBC Southern Counties |
| 14 Nov 2005 | Tamburlaine | Lizzie Loveridge | CurtainUp London |
| 14 Nov 2005 | Tamburlaine | Fiona Mountford | Evening Standard |
| 13 Nov 2005 | Tamburlaine | Susannah Clapp | Observer |
| 11 Nov 2005 | Tamburlaine | James Woodall | Financial Times |
| 11 Nov 2005 | Tamburlaine | Sam Marlowe | Times |
| 26 Oct 2005 | The Truth | Rich Cline | Shadows on the Wall |
| 24 Oct 2005 | Tamburlaine | Robert Gore-Langton | Independent |
| 17 Oct 2005 | Tamburlaine | Dominic Cavendish | Telegraph |
| 15 Oct 2005 | Tamburlaine | Lyn Gardner | Guardian |
| 12 Oct 2005 | Tamburlaine | Jeremy Brien | Stage Online |
| 25 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Lee Wilson | West End Theatre World |
| 25 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Matt Wolf | Variety |
| 24 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Alastair Macaulay | Financial Times |
| 23 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Charles Spencer | Telegraph |
| 22 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Chris Bartlett | Stage Online |
| 22 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Susannah Clapp | Observer |
| 21 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Dominic Maxwell | Metro |
| 21 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Benedict Nightingale | Times |
| 20 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Paul Taylor | Independent |
| 20 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Richard Bevan | Rainbow Network |
| 20 May 2005 | Theatre of Blood | Michael Billington | Guardian |
| 16 Dec 2004 | Anna in the Tropics | Adam Scott | Independent |
| 06 Dec 2004 | Anna in the Tropics | Ian Shuttleworth | Financial Times |
| 02 Dec 2004 | Anna in the Tropics | Benedict Nightingale | Times Online |
| 01 Dec 2004 | Anna in the Tropics | Michael Billington | Guardian |
| 15 Dec 2003 | Poirot: Five Little Pigs | Gareth McLean | Guardian |
| 12 Oct 2003 | Tipping the Velvet | Simon Hoggart | Spectator |
| 18 Sep 2003 | A Woman of No Importance | Dominic Cavendish | Telegraph |
| 17 Sep 2003 | A Woman of No Importance | Michael Billington | Guardian |
| 13 Oct 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Andrew Anthony | Observer |
| 11 Oct 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Tony Bonnici | Daily Mail |
| 11 Oct 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Mirror | |
| 10 Oct 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Nancy Banks-Smith | Guardian |
| 10 Oct 2002 | Tipping the Velvet | Natasha Walter | Independent |
| 20 Mar 2000 | Helpless | Matt Wolf | Variety |
| 16 Mar 2000 | Helpless | Jane Edwardes | Time Out |
| 09 Mar 2000 | Helpless | Nicholas de Jongh | Evening Standard |
