Libby Brooks

On a recent trip to New York, I passed a pleasant afternoon watching a series of unsavoury males being violently separated from their penises. The movie Teeth is an entertaining…

There are many things I remember fondly from my childhood Christmases: the Advent countdown, the silver milk bottle-top decorations, my formative rendering of Mary in the…

The news, for the terminally declining population of women who identify themselves as feminists, is good. A study by researchers at Rutgers University, New Jersey, finds the…

Christian Bale began his acting career as a lost little boy in Empire of the Sun. Now he’s a murderer in American Psycho, writes Libby Brooks.

‘It was entirely unplanned on my part and, I think, on his: although whether any bloke with a camcorder acquired it with entirely pure intentions is a debatable point." Molly was…

He’s a working-class hero, a caring single father, a bestselling author … Oh, and he’s charming too. Is Tony Parsons for real? Libby Brooks finds out.

Nina Simone’s glorious, furious days as the protest singer of the American civil rights movement might be over, but she’s still singing, writes Libby Brooks.

Four years ago, Matthew McConaughey was all set to conquer Hollywood. Now, with U-571, it looks like he’s finally achieved it. Libby Brooks caught up with him.