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Andrew Anthony

Feature Writer

Andrew Anthony is a longstanding Observer feature writer who has written on subjects as diverse as pigeon racing and quantum computers, Egyptian protest politics and publishing in the post-#Me Too era. He is a native Londoner and plays tennis not nearly as well as he’d like to.

Photo of Andrew Anthony

Andrew Anthony

Feature Writer

Andrew Anthony is a longstanding Observer feature writer who has written on subjects as diverse as pigeon racing and quantum computers, Egyptian protest politics and publishing in the post-#Me Too era. He is a native Londoner and plays tennis not nearly as well as he’d like to.

  • Andrew Anthony
    Bill Pullman: ‘British audiences pull back a bit, but the applause at the end means so much’

    The veteran Hollywood actor on his return to the stage, his passion for fruit farming, and the secret to his marriage of 39 years

    Fri, 3 Jul 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    The biographer who brought down a prince

    Andrew Lownie is an avowed royalist. So why did he write an explosive book that exposed the Yorks’ darkest secrets?

    Wed, 17 Jun 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Simon Russell Beale: ‘I feel like an outsider on a film set’

    Back at work after his cancer diagnosis, the acclaimed stage actor on how acting has changed, political nerdiness, and camping it up as Liberace

    Fri, 5 Jun 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Turi King: ‘The Knox case shows there was a misunderstanding about what DNA can tell you’

    The expert who helped identify the remains of Richard III talks Hitler’s genitalia, the OJ trial, and what she tells crime writers

    Thu, 4 Jun 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Inside the vicious campaign to cancel the Southbank’s polarising boss

    Misan Harriman has been accused of downplaying antisemitism and of comparing Reform voters to Nazis. But more complex factors lie behind demands for Harriman to go

    Sun, 24 May 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Andy Burnham faces a high-risk battle for the soul of Ashton-in-Makerfield

    The Greater Manchester mayor is seeking a return to Westminster, but voters in this former Labour stronghold are leaning towards Reform

    Sun, 17 May 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    From Downing Street to the Golden State: Steve Hilton’s bid to lead California

    The London-born political commentator who asked David Cameron to ‘hug a hoodie’ has his eye on the Golden State – with Donald Trump’s COMPLETE & TOTAL ENDORSEMENT

    Sun, 17 May 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    In the Pluto planetary debate, scientists are still worlds apart

    Twenty years after being demoted, the dwarf planet’s classification is once again pitting scientists against astronomers

    Sat, 9 May 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Sepsis almost killed me – and my private clinic didn’t want to know

    A varicose vein operation went horribly wrong and the NHS was left to foot the bill. Something must change

    Fri, 8 May 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    How the assisted dying debate became a tribal war

    Three new books show how emotive and morally inflexible arguments helped stall Kim Leadbeater’s bill

    Tue, 5 May 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Secret Service is a spy show lacking intelligence

    ITV’s shiny five-part series features sun, sea, and Russians behaving suspiciously

    Fri, 1 May 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Half Man is not just another ‘toxic masculinity’ series

    Richard Gadd’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer is about male trauma more than misogyny

    Fri, 24 Apr 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    What happened when the literary critic asked AI for help? He got sacked

    A book reviewer‘s dismissal by the New York Times for plagiarism has set the bot among the pigeons in the publishing world

    Sat, 4 Apr 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Conan O’Brien, the Oscars host with a love of the absurd

    The Academy Awards MC and former talkshow presenter is the master of comedic reinvention

    Mon, 9 Mar 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Melvyn Bragg: ‘There are too many people against the BBC now’

    The former presenter of In Our Time on the wonder of Oxford, the trials of the BBC and his new memoir about student life

    Sat, 7 Mar 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Claudia Sheinbaum, the inimitable president of Mexico

    The country’s first woman and first Jewish president, is redefining power in North America

    Mon, 2 Mar 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    YouTube star Markiplier is flipping the Hollywood script

    The online creator turning his vast subscriber base into ticket sales for his low-budget, self-funded Iron Lung

    Mon, 16 Feb 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Eric Schlosser: ‘We’re still living in Fast Food Nation’

    The American journalist on 25 years of dealing with the fallout of his seminal book

    Sat, 14 Feb 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    Katie Miller, Maga podcaster and flag-toting chaos queen

    Wife of Donald Trump’s top adviser who sent Nato into a spin with her map of Greenland draped in the Stars and Stripes

    Mon, 26 Jan 2026

  • Andrew Anthony
    ‘I’ve committed some very unpleasant deeds’

    The photographer’s documentation of bloodshed has left him haunted by guilt

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026

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