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Anthony Cummins
Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Jeremy Cooper’s Discord is a perfectly pitched comedy
Clare Brennan
Crown of Blood moves Macbeth’s blasted heath to Yorubaland

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Crown of Blood moves Macbeth’s blasted heath to Yorubaland
Miranda Sawyer
Remember Me? lets the once famous relive their time in the limelight

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Remember Me? lets the once famous relive their time in the limelight
Laura Cumming
Yin Xiuzhen and Chiharu Shiota at the Hayward recycles old material

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Yin Xiuzhen and Chiharu Shiota at the Hayward recycles old material
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, The Moment, Cold Storage and more

Sat 21 Feb 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, The Moment, Cold Storage and more
Fiona Maddocks
What to do this weekend, from a lunchtime organ recital to snowdrop walks

Fri 20 Feb 2026

What to do this weekend, from a lunchtime organ recital to snowdrop walks
Olivia Ovenden
What to watch this week, from The Walsh Sisters to The Night Agent

Fri 20 Feb 2026

What to watch this week, from The Walsh Sisters to The Night Agent
Sarah Moss
What’s on my mind: Sarah Moss

Fri 20 Feb 2026

What’s on my mind: Sarah Moss
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Base Notes by Adelle Stripe

Fri 20 Feb 2026

Paperback of the week: Base Notes by Adelle Stripe
Mark Solms
What to read to understand Freud

Fri 20 Feb 2026

What to read to understand Freud
Vanessa Thorpe
Shoshana Zuboff wants to abolish social media

Fri 20 Feb 2026

Shoshana Zuboff wants to abolish social media
Katherine Cowles
The latest Dracula has no teeth

Fri 20 Feb 2026

The latest Dracula has no teeth
Katherine Cowles
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry gets stuck in the mush

Fri 20 Feb 2026

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry gets stuck in the mush
Olivia Ovenden
Being Gordon Ramsay is hard to stomach

Fri 20 Feb 2026

Being Gordon Ramsay is hard to stomach
Lily Isaacs
Playlist of the week: songs inspired by literature

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Playlist of the week: songs inspired by literature
Laura Cumming
How to draw a bird

Thu 19 Feb 2026

How to draw a bird
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from the Maga right to an Orthodox love story

Thu 19 Feb 2026

What to read this week, from the Maga right to an Orthodox love story
Olivia Ovenden
Rebecca Perry’s debut novel serves a feast for an unfit king

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Rebecca Perry’s debut novel serves a feast for an unfit king
Killian Fox
Óliver Laxe: ‘The film is alive inside me. It’s intense’

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Óliver Laxe: ‘The film is alive inside me. It’s intense’
Xavier Greenwood
Max Olesker’s gruelling journey to Orthodox Judaism put my own conversion into context

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Max Olesker’s gruelling journey to Orthodox Judaism put my own conversion into context
Wendy Ide
The Secret Agent is an anarchic, supremely entertaining thriller

Thu 19 Feb 2026

The Secret Agent is an anarchic, supremely entertaining thriller
Killian Fox
The big picture: Larry Sultan’s circus trick

Thu 19 Feb 2026

The big picture: Larry Sultan’s circus trick
Jonathan Romney
The best and worst from the Berlin film festival

Wed 18 Feb 2026

The best and worst from the Berlin film festival
Jonathan Lewis
Nitazene, a drug 500 times stronger than heroin, is flooding the UK

Wed 18 Feb 2026

Nitazene, a drug 500 times stronger than heroin, is flooding the UK
Kenan Malik
Anatomy of the Maga right

Wed 18 Feb 2026

Anatomy of the Maga right
Vanessa Thorpe
Marion Coutts: ‘I essentially think memory is made up’

Tue 17 Feb 2026

Marion Coutts: ‘I essentially think memory is made up’
Killian Fox
The big picture: Kerala’s defiant bodybuilder

Sun 15 Feb 2026

The big picture: Kerala’s defiant bodybuilder
Fiona Noble
Young adult books of the month: sisters, lovers and assassins

Sun 15 Feb 2026

Young adult books of the month: sisters, lovers and assassins
Killian Fox
Bill Callahan: ‘Lily Allen splatters blood and guts all over the walls’

Sun 15 Feb 2026

Bill Callahan: ‘Lily Allen splatters blood and guts all over the walls’
Emily Berry
The Sunday Poem: Five Dollar Shake

Sun 15 Feb 2026

The Sunday Poem: Five Dollar Shake
Laura Cumming
How Seurat found peace by the sea

Sun 15 Feb 2026

How Seurat found peace by the sea
Megan Nolan
What’s on my mind: Megan Nolan

Sat 14 Feb 2026

What’s on my mind: Megan Nolan
Tara Joshi
The grid: Beatriz González’s multicoloured masterworks

Sat 14 Feb 2026

The grid: Beatriz González’s multicoloured masterworks
Sarah Crompton
The immortal work of Pina Bausch

Sat 14 Feb 2026

The immortal work of Pina Bausch
Clare Brennan
War of the Worlds is a visually thrilling portrait of desolation

Sat 14 Feb 2026

War of the Worlds is a visually thrilling portrait of desolation
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The President’s Cake, Crime 101, Looney Tunes and more

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: The President’s Cake, Crime 101, Looney Tunes and more
Miranda Sawyer
How Did We Get Here? Israel and the Palestinians is a sobering history

Sat 14 Feb 2026

How Did We Get Here? Israel and the Palestinians is a sobering history
Lily Isaacs
Rebecca Fallon’s Family Drama finds sincerity in soap operas

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Rebecca Fallon’s Family Drama finds sincerity in soap operas
Andrew Anthony
Eric Schlosser: ‘We’re still living in Fast Food Nation’

Sat 14 Feb 2026

Eric Schlosser: ‘We’re still living in Fast Food Nation’
Tim Adams
The £3,000 Observer / Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism

Fri 13 Feb 2026

The £3,000 Observer / Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism
Rachel Sylvester
The making of Sajid Javid

Fri 13 Feb 2026

The making of Sajid Javid
Susannah Clapp
Arcadia, Tom Stoppard’s dance to the music of time, is short on swing

Fri 13 Feb 2026

Arcadia, Tom Stoppard’s dance to the music of time, is short on swing
Olivia Ovenden
Lord of the Flies is an anatomy of boyhood cruelty

Fri 13 Feb 2026

Lord of the Flies is an anatomy of boyhood cruelty
Guy Lodge
What to do this weekend, from Sentimental Value to a Galentine’s night out

Fri 13 Feb 2026

What to do this weekend, from Sentimental Value to a Galentine’s night out
David Barnett
‘I wasn’t playing a role on The Traitors. That was just me’

Fri 13 Feb 2026

‘I wasn’t playing a role on The Traitors. That was just me’
Sean O’Hagan
Peter Doig’s House of Music was a sound-and-vision sensation

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Peter Doig’s House of Music was a sound-and-vision sensation
Olivia Ovenden
What to watch this week, from Lord of the Flies to Small Prophets

Thu 12 Feb 2026

What to watch this week, from Lord of the Flies to Small Prophets
Andrew Motion
John Berryman’s great American songbook

Thu 12 Feb 2026

John Berryman’s great American songbook
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Virago Book of Friendship

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Paperback of the week: The Virago Book of Friendship
Austin McCoy
What to read to understand hip-hop

Thu 12 Feb 2026

What to read to understand hip-hop
Alexi Mostrous
Cash rules everything in the age of money laundering

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Cash rules everything in the age of money laundering
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from John Berryman to female friendship

Thu 12 Feb 2026

What to read this week, from John Berryman to female friendship
Clare Clark
Trouble in sunny Spyland

Thu 12 Feb 2026

Trouble in sunny Spyland
Olivia Ovenden
What The Brutalist film-makers did next

Thu 12 Feb 2026

What The Brutalist film-makers did next
Simon Parkin
The man making books sexy again

Thu 12 Feb 2026

The man making books sexy again
Sean O’Hagan
Ece Temelkuran: ‘Once you call it fascism you have to act on it’

Wed 11 Feb 2026

Ece Temelkuran: ‘Once you call it fascism you have to act on it’
Ian Thomson
The Soviet Union’s long goodbye

Wed 11 Feb 2026

The Soviet Union’s long goodbye
Natalie Bignell
A tetraplegic artist reclaims the night that changed her life

Wed 11 Feb 2026

A tetraplegic artist reclaims the night that changed her life
Erica Wagner
Michael Imperioli: ‘To make a living in this business is miraculous’

Wed 11 Feb 2026

Michael Imperioli: ‘To make a living in this business is miraculous’
Wendy Ide
Wuthering Heights is red-blooded, raunchy and entirely unfaithful

Tue 10 Feb 2026

Wuthering Heights is red-blooded, raunchy and entirely unfaithful
Killian Fox
The big picture: Kalpesh Lathigra’s outsider’s view

Mon 9 Feb 2026

The big picture: Kalpesh Lathigra’s outsider’s view
Matt Alagiah
A clean start at a London laundry

Sun 8 Feb 2026

A clean start at a London laundry
Clare Brennan
Manipulate festival: candyfloss puppets and cabaret Anna Karenina

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Manipulate festival: candyfloss puppets and cabaret Anna Karenina
Guy Lodge
Deleted scenes: the scandal-hit Sundance favourites

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Deleted scenes: the scandal-hit Sundance favourites
Daljit Nagra
The Sunday Poem: lips by Daljit Nagra

Sun 8 Feb 2026

The Sunday Poem: lips by Daljit Nagra
Killian Fox
Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story prize

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Introducing the Rachel Cooke Graphic Short Story prize
Tim Adams
Snap happy: a century of photo booths

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Snap happy: a century of photo booths
Rose Tremain
What’s on my mind: Rose Tremain

Sat 7 Feb 2026

What’s on my mind: Rose Tremain
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: My Father’s Shadow, Send Help, 100 Nights of Hero

Sat 7 Feb 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: My Father’s Shadow, Send Help, 100 Nights of Hero
Miranda Sawyer
Blood Memory is the latest gem from a master of audio storytelling

Sat 7 Feb 2026

Blood Memory is the latest gem from a master of audio storytelling
Laura Cumming
The private lives of Gwen John

Sat 7 Feb 2026

The private lives of Gwen John
Sean Gilbert
What to read to understand obsession

Fri 6 Feb 2026

What to read to understand obsession
Tara Joshi
The grid: Van Gogh’s yellow fixation

Fri 6 Feb 2026

The grid: Van Gogh’s yellow fixation
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week, from the Lucy Letby doc to Francis Bourgeois’ space mission

Fri 6 Feb 2026

What to watch this week, from the Lucy Letby doc to Francis Bourgeois’ space mission
Caitlin Macdonald
What to do this weekend, from Martin Parr to the Winter Olympics

Fri 6 Feb 2026

What to do this weekend, from Martin Parr to the Winter Olympics
Barbara Ellen
What’s the point of Netflix’s Lucy Letby doc?

Fri 6 Feb 2026

What’s the point of Netflix’s Lucy Letby doc?
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Nada by Jean-Patrick Manchette

Fri 6 Feb 2026

Paperback of the week: Nada by Jean-Patrick Manchette
Wendy Ide
The Chronology of Water is the abrasive work of an auteur

Fri 6 Feb 2026

The Chronology of Water is the abrasive work of an auteur
Susannah Clapp
American Psycho on stage – style over savagery

Fri 6 Feb 2026

American Psycho on stage – style over savagery
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Gordon Brown to a history of plagiarism

Thu 5 Feb 2026

What to read this week, from Gordon Brown to a history of plagiarism
Jude Rogers
Why plagiarism matters in the age of AI

Thu 5 Feb 2026

Why plagiarism matters in the age of AI
Killian Fox
All the Living by Roman Muradov

Thu 5 Feb 2026

All the Living by Roman Muradov
Chris Power
Mathias Énard: ‘I write with a bastard tongue’

Thu 5 Feb 2026

Mathias Énard: ‘I write with a bastard tongue’
Nicola Sturgeon
Why I changed my mind about Gordon Brown

Thu 5 Feb 2026

Why I changed my mind about Gordon Brown
Jeevan Vasagar
Clean energy’s dirty truths

Wed 4 Feb 2026

Clean energy’s dirty truths
Lisa Wright
Simon Amstell: ‘Nothing in my life felt better than hearing people laugh’

Tue 3 Feb 2026

Simon Amstell: ‘Nothing in my life felt better than hearing people laugh’
Kitty Empire
When protest came to the Grammys

Mon 2 Feb 2026

When protest came to the Grammys
Tara Joshi
The grid: At play in Paul Smith’s archive

Mon 2 Feb 2026

The grid: At play in Paul Smith’s archive
Erica Wagner
Catherine Newman’s American pastoral

Sun 1 Feb 2026

Catherine Newman’s American pastoral
Rowan Moore
How Millport Town Hall became the pride of the Clyde

Sun 1 Feb 2026

How Millport Town Hall became the pride of the Clyde
Matt Howard
Light in the form of a hare

Sun 1 Feb 2026

Light in the form of a hare
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Is This Thing On?, Kangaroo, Shelter and more

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Is This Thing On?, Kangaroo, Shelter and more
Jade Cuttle
Poetry book of the month: Unsafe by Karen McCarthy Woolf

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Poetry book of the month: Unsafe by Karen McCarthy Woolf
Sarah Crompton
Paul Taylor Dance Company showcases works of grace and light

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Paul Taylor Dance Company showcases works of grace and light
Laura Cumming
A View of One’s Own rescues forgotten women artists

Sat 31 Jan 2026

A View of One’s Own rescues forgotten women artists
Miranda Sawyer
Hanging Out with Ant & Dec: good vibes and not much else

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Hanging Out with Ant & Dec: good vibes and not much else
Chris Power
Paperback of the week – Israel: A Personal History by Göran Rosenberg

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Paperback of the week – Israel: A Personal History by Göran Rosenberg
Killian Fox
‘The Tate’s Nigerian Modernism exhibition was a knockout’

Sat 31 Jan 2026

‘The Tate’s Nigerian Modernism exhibition was a knockout’
Chris Power
Siddhartha Mukherjee: ‘This disease is intrinsically linked to panic and fear’

Fri 30 Jan 2026

Siddhartha Mukherjee: ‘This disease is intrinsically linked to panic and fear’

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