Photo of Eva Wiseman
Eva Wiseman

Eva Wiseman studied art before moving into journalism. After working at The Face, she joined The Observer as an editor, and started writing a column for Observer Magazine in 2010.

Photo of Eva Wiseman

Eva Wiseman

Eva Wiseman studied art before moving into journalism. After working at The Face, she joined The Observer as an editor, and started writing a column for Observer Magazine in 2010.

  • Eva Wiseman
    Bidding for a wedding dress is not my lot

    You’d think not getting married in white would make things easier. That buying a dress secondhand would be less fraught. You’d think...

    Thu, 2 Apr 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    The match: My sister and her new DNA

    What happens when you get new blood and new DNA from a complete stranger? This is the story of a woman whose own features began to change following a stem cell transplant.

    40 min • S1, E324

  • Eva Wiseman
    Noodles Plus, Cambridge: ‘We attacked the dumplings with a lusty relief’

    Swerve the swingers’ clubs on your drive to Cambridge, but do not miss the sensual bliss of Noodles Plus

    Thu, 19 Mar 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    The driven life and tragic death of British ‘Lip King’ Jordan James Parke

    The beauty influencer and Kim Kardashian superfan’s sudden death last month put the dangers of BBLs under the microscope

    Fri, 6 Mar 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Hades knitwear combines heart and humour

    It’s all about knit, purl, rock and roll

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Chatbots can break your heart

    The painful reality of ending an AI relationship

    Fri, 27 Feb 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    ‘I enjoy grotesque femininity’: the subversive fashion of Simone Rocha

    Simone Rocha’s ultra-feminine yet powerful designs have established her as the most influential designer of her generation

    Sun, 22 Feb 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Why slime is the start of the slippery slope for tween skincare

    The gateway drug the beauty industry uses to hook its future customers is hard to keep a grip on

    Tue, 17 Feb 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    The naked dress trend is a bum steer on the red carpet

    As barely-there gowns grace the red carpet, what’s most revealing are the conversations they provoke

    Thu, 12 Feb 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    The beautiful and damned: the grisly truth about beauty procedures

    Beauty treatments might be an attempt to evade mortality, but the dead are right there with us

    Wed, 4 Feb 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    An hour with… Cole Escola

    The non-binary actor’s Broadway debut made them a star. Now they’ve been signed up to write the Miss Piggy movie

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    The dark truth about ‘looksmaxxing’

    Men’s quest to improve their appearance is getting extreme, but what does it tell us about beauty in general?

    Thu, 29 Jan 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Why sunbeds need a roasting

    Soaking up the UV rays is back in style – skin cancer rates be damned. So is it time we thought about banning tanning?

    Tue, 20 Jan 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Sophie Calle: ‘When I’m gone, what will become of my things?’

    The French artist talks with perfumer Francis Kurkdjian about how they made a unique scent together

    Fri, 16 Jan 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Why skin positivity is having a bumpy ride

    Timothée Chalamet’s prosthetic ‘acne’ in Marty Supreme has become a talking point in how we present ourselves

    Wed, 14 Jan 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Bella Freud’s fashion analysis

    On Sigmund’s couch with the cult fashion designer turned podcaster

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Damned lyes and statistics: the truth about hair relaxers

    The beauty industry is damaging our health as it capitalises on impossible ideals

    Fri, 2 Jan 2026

  • Eva Wiseman
    Lily Allen: the aftermath of an album

    Lily Allen's fifth album, West End Girl, about the implosion of her marriage, has set her free to enjoy life, and her own rediscovered fame

    Sat, 20 Dec 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    The darker side of Cloud Dancer paint

    Pantone’s new shade of the year reveals much about who we are and who we want to be

    Fri, 19 Dec 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Big pharma goes to war with ‘filler fatigue’

    After years of non-surgical aesthetic treatments, women are now returning to the ‘natural’ silhouette

    Fri, 12 Dec 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Behind every great tradwife there’s a great tradhusband

    Tradwives on social media may have left us slack-jawed, but then you realise there’s a husband just out of shot

    Fri, 5 Dec 2025

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