This year, The Observer’s Christmas appeal is raising funds for the charity Counterpoints Arts, which supports creative work by and about migrants. Their work is more vital than ever

The writers’ new memoirs are love letters to the strong matriarchs who shaped their identities – for better or for worse

The vulnerability of the Black Sabbath rocker struck a chord with outsiders far from Birmingham

It is women, children and the poor who so often bear the greatest burden of climate change