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Wendy Ide
Eagles of the Republic is no laughing matter
Fri 22 May 2026
Killian Fox
The big picture: Bronzing in Benidorm
Fri 22 May 2026
Rowan Moore
The man behind Albania’s architectural revolution
Fri 22 May 2026
Fiona Maddocks
What to do this weekend, from birds in Oxford to opera for children
Fri 22 May 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week: from the International Booker winner to Agnes Owens
Thu 21 May 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King on queerness and Taiwan’s future
Thu 21 May 2026
John Self
The working-class genius of Agnes Owens
Thu 21 May 2026
Lyndsey Stonebridge
Rowan Williams makes the case for solidarity
Thu 21 May 2026
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: I Want You to Be Happy by Jem Calder
Thu 21 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
At Cannes this year, fractured families are everywhere
Thu 21 May 2026
Laura Cumming
James McNeill Whistler – meticulous, mysterious, maverick
Thu 21 May 2026
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week, from The Elon Musk Show to Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
Thu 21 May 2026
Erica Wagner
The scammers using AI and flattery to target authors like me
Wed 20 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Alan Cumming: ‘I can’t believe it’s my job to run this theatre’
Wed 20 May 2026
Orlando Whitfield
Adam Ross’s Playworld is a rightful heir to Catcher in the Rye
Wed 20 May 2026
Fiona Noble
Young adult books of the month: chaos and the cure
Mon 18 May 2026
Ana Kinsella
What to read to understand artistic partnerships
Mon 18 May 2026
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: The Director by Daniel Kehlmann
Mon 18 May 2026
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s picks of the week: Normal, Obsession, Orphan and more
Sun 17 May 2026
Clare Brennan
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher: laughing at provocation
Sun 17 May 2026
Emma Haslett
Cities could save billions by hiring local architects, report suggests
Sun 17 May 2026
Tara Joshi
The grid: Collages of feminism
Sun 17 May 2026
Erica Wagner
Truth, lies and the man who built the Brooklyn Bridge
Sun 17 May 2026
Miranda Sawyer
The making of Madonna
Sun 17 May 2026
The Sunday poem: Lemons by Patrick Daly
Sun 17 May 2026
K Biswas
The Enlightenment’s invention of racism
Sun 17 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
How a love-starved childhood inspired David Lean, cinema’s great romantic
Sat 16 May 2026
Laura Cumming
Zineb Sedira’s home movies
Sat 16 May 2026
Killian Fox
The big picture: Tehran’s anonymous journalist
Sat 16 May 2026
Caitlin Macdonald
The circus family gets back on the road
Sat 16 May 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
A forager’s tale
Sat 16 May 2026
John Niven
Playing St Andrew’s backwards
Sat 16 May 2026
Stephanie Merritt
Duet with a nightingale
Sat 16 May 2026
Finn Blythe
Inside London’s most colourful shop
Sat 16 May 2026
Susannah Clapp
Mass is a finely wrought study of forgiveness
Fri 15 May 2026
Miles Ellingham
Canapes at the end of the world
Fri 15 May 2026
Vanessa Thorpe
Sun, sea and sexy slashers at Cannes film festival
Fri 15 May 2026
Barbara Ellen
Believe Me is a rare thing: true crime drama that puts women first
Fri 15 May 2026
Ciarán O’Rourke
Supernatural Elvis: Observer/Burgess prize 2026 winner
Thu 14 May 2026
Susannah Clapp
Why criticism matters - more than ever
Thu 14 May 2026
Julia Clayton
The art salon returns to Southport, and opera’s new northern lights: Observer/Burgess prize 2026 runners-up
Thu 14 May 2026
Kathleen Jamie
The fight to save our wild places
Thu 14 May 2026
Olivia Ovenden
Prestige Drama is a bitterly funny take on TV’s obsession with the Troubles
Thu 14 May 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
What to read this week, from wild places to Troubles tourism
Thu 14 May 2026
Barbara Ellen
What to watch this week, from Believe Me to Marty, Life Is Short
Wed 13 May 2026
Erica Wagner
Puzzles take over the box as Wordle goes primetime
Wed 13 May 2026
Wendy Ide
The Christophers paints the colourful lives of artists
Wed 13 May 2026
Killian Fox
Clarke Peters: ‘The seniors in the world have a lot to offer’
Wed 13 May 2026
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Yassmin Abdel-Magied: ‘I’m nostalgic for life on the oil rig’
Wed 13 May 2026
Erica Wagner
The women who brought the Nazis to justice
Wed 13 May 2026
Megan Nolan
Blake Morrison’s guide to life-writing
Tue 12 May 2026
Jude Rogers
How In the Psychiatrist’s Chair got inside the minds of stars
Mon 11 May 2026
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: Nico Muhly’s No Resting Place
Mon 11 May 2026
Daphne Karnezis
In central Athens, a family house full of space
Mon 11 May 2026
Tara Joshi
The grid: Man’s best friend, 2045
Sun 10 May 2026
Kate Nash: ‘Lisa Canny of Biird is a force to be reckoned with’
Sun 10 May 2026
Anna Leszkiewicz
Liz Allan’s 1990s-set novel smells like teen spirit
Sun 10 May 2026
Clare Brennan
In Magic, David Haig explores the extraordinary bond of Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle
Sun 10 May 2026
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Romería, Kokuho, Our Land and more
Sun 10 May 2026
