Shane Meadows

“Via television it is possible to construct an illuminating alternative history of the last two decades,” promises Phil Harrison in his introduction t(...)

Who knew that Greater Manchester had a sheriff? And how many of us would have guessed, if pushed for an answer, that his name is Eamonn O’Neal? And if(...)

Irish actor Niamh Algar has been selected by Bafta as one of the rising stars of the British film industry. Algar, who was born in Mullingar, says sh(...)

Current favourite book The book I’ve enjoyed the most recently is Kevin Barry’s Night Boat to Tangier. He created a great double act, Charlie and Maur(...)

Halfway through chatting with Jack Thorne in homely lounge in a London hotel, he looks behind me and addresses a passerby. “Hello. I was just talking(...)

Current favourite book The last book that stayed with me is This is London by Ben Judah. He interviews hundreds of people from different demographics(...)

Current favourite book I’m interested in history - I studied it at university - so I’m reading The Vietnam War: An Intimate History by Geoffrey Ward (...)

Chekhov once called for drama to be as naturalistic as possible by drawing one poignant example. “People eat their dinner, just eat their dinner,” he (...)

Writer and director Shane Meadows is a little too good at his job. Thirteen years since the release of the Bafta-winning film This Is England, the dra(...)

At first glance, Journeyman looks like another one of those appositely scrappy, noble British boxing films. Actor Paddy Considine’s second outing as a(...)