Jessie Thompson

The actor talks to Jessie Thompson about the ‘Newsnight’ interview drama ‘Scoop’, intimacy coordinators, tabloid behaviour and her time on ‘Doctor Who’

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Romance! Gorgeous costumes! Brooding glances! As we await the third season of Netflix’s horny costume-romance, we pick some of our all-time favourite films and TV shows of the genre

She’s sold 35 million books, tamed literary snobs, and has a major Netflix adaptation in the works. As her 16th novel ‘My Favourite Mistake’ is released, Irish author Marian Keyes tells Jessie Thompson about putting everything from menopause to alcoholism on the page

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Unfortunately, I came of age during the “sexy Halloween” era. The annual festival of all things frightening was becoming gaudier, more candy-strewn and American. But it was the Noughties, so it was also enthusiastically promoting the idea of young women being “sexy” versions of scary things. The sexy witch. The sexy devil. The sexy black cat (?). The... sexy Freddy Krueger – yes, I’m afraid so. Personally, I found this a shame, because what I wanted to be was not sexy, but a girl covered in blood. A grand guignol prom queen who burnt down her school, then her whole town. I wanted to be Carrie White.

Judi Dench talking Shakespeare, conversations with bestsellers Marian Keyes and David Nicholls, and a deep dive into the day’s news with Independent journalists and leading thinkers – this year’s Hay Festival programme is fit to burst with unmissable events. Jessie Thompson picks the highlights

Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds weren't at The Racecourse Ground to see Wrexham go up to League One this month. They can thank classic British understatement for that.

At Wrexham AFC, British writer and actor Humphrey Ker has become the affable man on the ground for Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Ahead of the third series of Disney+ show ‘Welcome to Wrexham’, he tells Jessie Thompson that his future with the football project is uncertain

Hear from up-and-coming stars of the literary world before they rocket up the bestseller lists, and make sure you don’t miss some of the eclectic treats on Hay Festival’s vast programme, writes Jessie Thompson