Xavier Greenwood

Senior Editor

Xavier is a senior editor at The Observer. He edits the Observer Sensemaker, commissions and edits for the daily edition, and reports across print and digital. He previously worked at Tortoise as a reporter and producer of narrative investigations.

Xavier Greenwood

Senior Editor

The World Cup vs the Big Bang theory

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are babies in comparison to some of the artefacts held by the American Museum of Natural History

Sat, 27 Jun 2026

‘Systemic’ failures at Nottingham hospitals led to maternity deaths

A statutory inquiry into maternity care across England has not been ruled out after the Ockenden report found more than 500 mothers and babies died or were harmed

Thu, 25 Jun 2026

Burnham’s path to No 10 may lead past Elon Musk

The tech trillionaire, whose support for Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain helped to split the rightwing vote in the Makerfield byelection, may be part of the new. Labour MP’s defining mission

Sat, 20 Jun 2026

Ludicrous and janky – Fifa World Cup: Launch Edition is a travesty

Things can only get better, they said. They were so wrong

Fri, 19 Jun 2026

Toy Story 5 doesn’t commit to its premise about the harms of tech

The message appears to be compromised by the messenger

Fri, 19 Jun 2026

Did Noma’s ‘bullying’ head chef ever step away from his restaurant?

After the unorthodox mastermind behind Noma announced he was stepping down, few thought that he – or his restaurant – would survive the storm of toxic abuse allegations. But René Redzepi’s absolute control of his kitchen has never faltered

Wed, 10 Jun 2026

‘An entry in my father’s diary reads – I hate my son’: Neil Griffiths on family, fear and failure

The novelist has written a bleak personal memoir about not being able to match up to the dead brother he never met

Fri, 5 Jun 2026

A Super El Niño should be treated as a postcard from the future

If it comes, it will test the world’s resilience to runaway climate change

Fri, 5 Jun 2026

The storm over a literary prize winner shows how hard it is prove AI use

Granta has admitted it may ‘never’ know the truth

Thu, 21 May 2026

Wes Streeting resigns and prepares to trigger a leadership contest he might not win

If he does it will be because the most popular candidate is not in the race

Thu, 14 May 2026

Starmer vows to stay put despite backbenchers calling for him to leave

The choice is out of his hands

Mon, 11 May 2026

The Lord of the Rings trilogy in concert - anthems for a world in peril

Howard Shore’s score became an elevated soundtrack to my daily life. Hearing it played live, I realise it is also a soundtrack for our times

Sat, 9 May 2026

Labour’s attempts to tackle antisemitism risk missing the point

Treating the issue as a political football is the worst thing that can happen

Wed, 6 May 2026

The Onion has major plans for Alex Jones’s conspiracy site

Its deal to buy Infowars still requires sign off from a judge

Fri, 24 Apr 2026

A father’s secret life

Tom Junod’s memoir is a portrait of his philandering dad and a study of what it means to be a man

Wed, 15 Apr 2026

Artemis II is a remarkable mission in search of an ending

Despite its feats, a future moon landing is still a while away

Wed, 8 Apr 2026

Frontier Men: The Forbidden Island

Last year, a YouTuber attempted to reach an uncontacted tribe on the remote island of North Sentinel, an area that is out of bounds for everyone else on the planet. His bid for content may have been audacious, and illegal, but it's just the latest in a long line of misguided foreigners attempting to make contact. But do these individuals represent the greatest threat to the tribe? And what do we as a planet stand to lose if contact is made?

33 min • S1, E392

The comfort of talking to strangers on a bench

One of the most popular podcasts on the planet features people telling Tom Rosenthal the most intimate details of their lives. The conversations are quietly revolutionary

Sat, 4 Apr 2026