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Cold, clinical and ballsy: TV's new breed of heroine
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Chloë Sevigny, who plays a transsexual killer, is the latest actress to square up to a masculine role, says Gerard Gilbert
Hard acts to follow: ballsy TV heroines keep on coming
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Chloë Sevigny is the latest actress to square up to a masculine role
Yemen underwear bomber was 'Saudi double agent'
Wednesday 09 May 2012
A bomber from the al-Qa'ida affiliate in Yemen sent to blow up a US-bound airliner last month was actually a double agent who infiltrated the group and volunteered for the suicide mission, US media reported yesterday.
Forget Sgt Brody, now it's time for Uri and Nimrod
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Homeland may have won plenty of plaudits but the Israeli original is even better, says Gerard Gilbert
Prisoners of War: The Israeli inspiration for Homeland
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Homeland won plaudits but the Israeli original is even better
Al-Qa'ida leader Fahd al-Quso killed by drone strike in Yemen
Monday 07 May 2012
An airstrike carried out by a CIA drone killed a top al-Qa'ida leader yesterday.
Why are US dramas better than ours?
Tuesday 24 April 2012
The human factor in Homeland makes it much more thrilling than homegrown offerings, says Gerard Gilbert
Why do British TV dramas fail to match the imports?
Tuesday 24 April 2012
It's the human factor in Homeland that makes it thrilling
Yemen air strikes kill 15 suspected militants
Saturday 10 March 2012
Yemen's air force killed at least 15 al-Qa'ida-linked fighters in the south including some of their leaders, a government source said today, while the UN refugee agency warned of a new wave of internally displaced people.
The Weekend's Viewing: Homeland, Sun, Channel 4
Melvyn Bragg on Class & Culture, Fri, BBC2
Monday 05 March 2012
The experience of watching Homeland is turning out to be a curious mirror of the drama's own plot.
Hunky Dory (15) / This Means War (12A) (3/5, 1/5)
Friday 02 March 2012
Starring: Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Darren Evans, Robert Pugh / Starring: Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine
Colonel jailed for selling missile secrets to CIA
Saturday 11 February 2012
A Russian military officer was jailed for 13 years yesterday after he was convicted of treason for passing missile secrets to the CIA.
Patriot of Persia, By Christopher de Bellaigue
Friday 10 February 2012
As international tension over Tehran's nuclear ambitions continues to grow, it is more important than ever to examine Iran's national history and find clues to this complex and perplexing country. Christopher de Bellaigue's superbly timed biography of Iran's former prime minister, Mohammed Mossadeq, helps us to do so. A Persian scholar who has lived in Iran for more than a decade, he has combed through archive material to add to the existing literature about Mossadeq and his defining act - the nationalisation of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1951.
Caught in the crossfire: US 'spy' facing death in Iran as relations worsen
Tuesday 10 January 2012
As a 'CIA agent' is sentenced, Patrick Cockburn deciphers a dangerous diplomatic game
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