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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
    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
    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
    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

  • Eva Wiseman
    Meet the Observers: Eva Wiseman

    Tue, 2 Dec 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Art is the heart of painter Haidee Becker’s home

    Memories and paintings jostle for space in the light-filled London house of this prolific artist

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Being a shopgirl taught me the power of charm

    Is it a delightful way to connect? Is it a manipulation tactic? Retail would suggest it’s a little of both…

    Thu, 27 Nov 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Midlife, motherhood and me: the everyday life of supermodel Erin O’Connor

    For 30 years, she has been one of the most famous faces in fashion. She opens up about work, family – and mental health

    Sun, 23 Nov 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Welcome to the brave new world of anti-ageing skincare for children

    That sound you can hear is the bell tolling as we collectively ascend to the next level of dystopia

    Fri, 21 Nov 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Relationships, like chocolate  biscuits, have a labelling issue

    It seems chocolate is not always chocolate, and ethical non-monogamy is not always ethical

    Wed, 12 Nov 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    I’m going ‘natural blonde’ – and it feels so unnatural

    Getting back to my roots comes with a loaded mythology, from Marilyn and Barbara to Maga and Millie Bobby Brown

    Thu, 6 Nov 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    What I learned from the Margaret Thatcher estate sale

    An auction of the Iron Lady’s personal effects gives us insight into her private life – but also, perhaps, ourselves

    Wed, 29 Oct 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    How Isabella Burley became fashion’s most influential ‘shop girl’

    The creative force behind Climax Books has risen from shop girl to It girl

    Wed, 22 Oct 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Fashion Week showed us the body positivity movement is over

    The main trend revealed on the catwalks is that women are expected to be thinner

    Tue, 21 Oct 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    ‘I’ve fallen in love with school lunch leftovers’

    A new initiative sees top chefs cook school meals from scratch

    Mon, 20 Oct 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Memories and milestones on the Istrian coast

    The edge of Croatia proves the ideal place to create a family holiday to remember

    Sun, 19 Oct 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Having kids has changed my cinema experience

    The psychedelic joy of children’s screenings has replaced the indulgence of going to the movies as an adult

    Fri, 17 Oct 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Get off your phone, grandad

    Maybe our fears about the ill effects of social media, screen time and doomscrolling are wasted on the young

    Fri, 10 Oct 2025

  • Eva Wiseman
    Not even botulism can stop the growing appeal of cosmetic injectables

    A study of Botox patients reveals worrying lapses in safety – and how risking our health in the name of beauty is normalised

    Fri, 3 Oct 2025

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