Helen Coffey

In a show populated by big personalities, the singer-songwriter has flown so far under the radar you’d need some kind of Nasa-grade equipment to spot her

Stations feel dangerous, infrastructure is getting old, staff have been cut and the debate around female-only carriages is back. As the nation reels from the Huntingdon attack on Saturday night and a derailment on Monday, Helen Coffey looks into the risk of rail travel in modern Britain today

In a show populated by big personalities, the singer-songwriter has flown so far under the radar you’d need some kind of Nasa-grade equipment to spot her

We’ve been implicitly instructed for a lifetime that the only way to ‘win’ when grieving a broken heart is to handle it gracefully. But ‘West End Girl’ is showing women everywhere that unleashing our anger can actually be a superpower, writes Helen Coffey

As the Netflix hit romcom returns for season two, it once again dines out on the sparks that fly between likeable leads Noah and Joanne. But immediate connection and rapport hide a multitude of sins beneath the glossy surface – maybe it’s about time we started romanticising the slow burn, argues Helen Coffey

As Peru’s most famous ex-pat gets given a theatrical makeover, Helen Coffey sits down with scriptwriter Jessica Swale and McFly frontman and musical maestro Tom Fletcher to get the inside scoop on the five-year journey that led to Paddington’s West End debut

With his sweat-drenched, awkward performance as an unlikely backstabber, the comedian is the unrivalled highlight of the star-studded new series, writes Helen Coffey

The former pop star’s determination to succeed belies a desperate need to be liked in this three-part documentary

As Matthew McConaughey reveals that he didn’t speak to his mother for eight years, Helen Coffey investigates why going no-comms is sometimes the healthiest option, and why we need to destigmatise estrangement in a society that deifies family

The toxic practice has already made the leap from China to America's Silicon Valley. Helen Coffey looks at the rise of endless hustle culture at a point when we should be harnessing tech to work smarter, not harder