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Wendy Ide
What to do this weekend, from a Lee Miller exhibition to a festival of melodrama

Fri 21 Nov 2025

What to do this weekend, from a Lee Miller exhibition to a festival of melodrama
Kitty Empire
Playlist of the week: the most unexpected collaborations

Thu 20 Nov 2025

Playlist of the week: the most unexpected collaborations
Simon Parkin
Ball x Pit revives the oldest arcade instinct

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Ball x Pit revives the oldest arcade instinct
Simon Parkin
Final Fantasy Tactics is an ambitious, literary video game

Sun 2 Nov 2025

Final Fantasy Tactics is an ambitious, literary video game
Tim Adams
The £3,000 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for new writers is open

Sat 1 Nov 2025

The £3,000 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for new writers is open
Fiona Maddocks
Movers and Shakers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

Fri 3 Oct 2025

Movers and Shakers at the Queen Elizabeth Hall
Rowan Moore
Psychedelic Milton Keynes

Fri 3 Oct 2025

Psychedelic Milton Keynes
Simon Parkin
A female samurai game in the cross-hairs of the culture wars

Thu 25 Sept 2025

A female samurai game in the cross-hairs of the culture wars
Simon Parkin
Sword of the Sea offers a glimmer of hope to the world

Wed 3 Sept 2025

Sword of the Sea offers a glimmer of hope to the world
Simon Parkin
Luto – the video game about grief

Sat 2 Aug 2025

Luto – the video game about grief
Simon Parkin
Date Everything! The game that turns household items into objects of desire

Sun 6 Jul 2025

Date Everything! The game that turns household items into objects of desire
Rebecca Fallon
The comic therapists who created an Edinburgh hit factory

Sat 28 Jun 2025

The comic therapists who created an Edinburgh hit factory
One slow day in the life: Observer/Burgess prize 2025 winners

Tue 20 May 2025

One slow day in the life: Observer/Burgess prize 2025 winners
Xan Brooks
A misfire – then Cruise control at Cannes

Sun 18 May 2025

A misfire – then Cruise control at Cannes
Laura Cumming
Helen Chadwick: a rare radical

Sun 18 May 2025

Helen Chadwick: a rare radical
Miranda Sawyer
This week in audio: Diddy on Trial

Sat 17 May 2025

This week in audio: Diddy on Trial
Fiona Maddocks
The English Concert triumph in a timeless Handel hit

Fri 16 May 2025

The English Concert triumph in a timeless Handel hit
Sarah Crompton
The wonder of Christopher Wheeldon

Fri 16 May 2025

The wonder of Christopher Wheeldon
Susannah Clapp
Gary Oldman is extraordinary in Krapp’s Last Tape

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Gary Oldman is extraordinary in Krapp’s Last Tape
Wendy Ide
Film: Naomi Watts takes the lead... and more

Sat 26 Apr 2025

Film: Naomi Watts takes the lead... and more

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