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Simon Parkin
Meet the new James Bond
Wed 20 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
Fiona Maddocks
Home listening: Nico Muhly’s No Resting Place
Mon 11 May 2026
Yo Zushi
Are we all just non-playable characters?
Sun 3 May 2026
Simon Parkin
How the Clair Obscur composer went from computer game forum to concert hall
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Anna Leskiewicz
Highlights from the 2026 Olivier awards
Mon 13 Apr 2026
What to do this weekend, from hip-hop choreography to the wit of Schiaparelli
Fri 10 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Five Nights at Epstein’s: a dark new addition to the meme-ification of the infamous abuser
Mon 30 Mar 2026
Lily Isaacs
What to do this weekend, from St Patrick’s day parade to Janet Cardiff’s walk through time
Fri 13 Mar 2026
Rowan Moore
What to do this weekend, from Rose Wylie to Dirty Business
Thu 5 Mar 2026
Barbara Ellen
What to do this weekend, from Agatha Christie box sets to This Body festival
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Fiona Maddocks
What to do this weekend, from a lunchtime organ recital to snowdrop walks
Fri 20 Feb 2026
Simon Parkin
Relooted turns the repatriation debate into play
Wed 18 Feb 2026
Tim Adams
The £3,000 Observer / Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Guy Lodge
What to do this weekend, from Sentimental Value to a Galentine’s night out
Fri 13 Feb 2026
Caitlin Macdonald
What to do this weekend, from Martin Parr to the Winter Olympics
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Simon Parkin
TR-49 is a thrilling code-breaking game
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Katherine Cowles
What to do this weekend, from Timothée Chalamet in conversation to the First Lady worth seeing
Thu 29 Jan 2026
Simon Parkin
How Arc Raiders became a surprise hit
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Barbara Ellen
What to do this weekend, from David Bowie’s archives to a festival of dance
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Simon Parkin
The best games of 2025
Thu 25 Dec 2025
Xavier Greenwood
Freestyle chess is flipping the board on AI and the traditionalists
Wed 24 Dec 2025
Kitty Empire
What to do this weekend
Thu 18 Dec 2025
Guy Lodge
What to do this weekend, from André 3000 to Caroline Walker: Mothering
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Sarah Crompton
What to do this weekend, from Anna Ancher: Painting Light to Gatsby in Harlem
Fri 5 Dec 2025
Kate Finnigan
Gifts for curious children
Tue 2 Dec 2025
Fiona Maddocks
What to do this weekend, from holy dancing to William Kentridge’s sculptures
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Naomi Alderman
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing
Mon 24 Nov 2025
Simon Parkin
My Child New Beginnings is a game about raising traumatised children
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Wendy Ide
What to do this weekend, from a Lee Miller exhibition to a festival of melodrama
Fri 21 Nov 2025
Kitty Empire
Playlist of the week:Â the most unexpected collaborations
Thu 20 Nov 2025
Simon Parkin
Ball x Pit revives the oldest arcade instinct
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Simon Parkin
Final Fantasy Tactics is an ambitious, literary video game
Sun 2 Nov 2025
Tim Adams
The £3,000 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for new writers is open
Sat 1 Nov 2025
Fiona Maddocks
Movers and Shakers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Rowan Moore
Psychedelic Milton Keynes
Fri 3 Oct 2025
Simon Parkin
A female samurai game in the cross-hairs of the culture wars
Thu 25 Sept 2025
