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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
    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

  • Andrew Anthony
    Rutger Bregman: ‘I was deeply saddened by the BBC affair’

    The Dutch historian on the Reith Lectures censorship row, standing up to Trump, and why the broadcaster’s sacred principles must be protected

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025

  • Andrew Anthony
    Sarah Mullally, archbishop of Canterbury

    In holding the worldwide Anglican communion together, the first woman in the job has a delicate balancing act to perform

    Sun, 21 Dec 2025

  • Andrew Anthony
    Stellan Skarsgård on family, fatherhood and Sentimental Value

    Stellan Skarsgård on family life and the sacrifice that comes with art

    Wed, 17 Dec 2025

  • Andrew Anthony
    Julian Assange ‘has been in prison for his virtues, not his vices’

    A new film claims to expose the real story behind the founder of WikiLeaks

    Wed, 10 Dec 2025

  • Andrew Anthony
    Sir Magdi Yacoub: ‘Princess Diana would visit children on my ward’

    The pioneering surgeon on his extraordinary career and why he loves the NHS

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025

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