Marvel’s latest blockbuster is an electrifying fusion of convincing characters and breathtaking CGIAlthough it often feels as though barely a month passes without another comic book movie puffed as a new pinnacle of achievement for the superhero genre,…
A little bird told me: how a magpie taught me I could be a father
Charlie Gilmour never wanted to have children – his father had abandoned him at six months and he feared he’d do the same. But then a magpie came into his life and changed everythingIt wasn’t long after our wedding – on our New Forest honeymoon, in fac…
On my radar: Alexis Taylor’s cultural highlights
The Hot Chip frontman on a Factory Records exhibition, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and his favourite vegan ramenBorn in 1980, Alexis Taylor is the lead vocalist and keyboardist/guitarist of synthpop band Hot Chip. He formed the group with Joe Goddard while at s…
Meera Syal: ‘I was a Midlands wench outside the house and a good Indian girl at home’
The comedian, 60, talks about growing up wild in the Black Country, marrying her on-screen grandson and finally being able to be a grumpy old womanMy childhood was unusual, an Indian family plonked in the middle of the Black Country. I was a Midlands w…
Original Observer Photography
Michael Rosen, Paloma Faith, St Etienne and ‘champing’ holidays – the best photography commissioned by the Observer in August 2021 Continue reading…
Ready to Mingle: are we suffering from TV dating show fatigue?
ITV2’s complicated new series sees a single mingler pick one of 12 possible suitors, some of whom are already taken. It’s exhaustingRight, that’s it, it’s finally happened. The doctor just called and confirmed. I have Reality TV Dating Show Fatigue, a …
Richard Osman: ‘No one’s born a crime writer. I write crime because I read it’
The Pointless presenter’s debut crime caper sold millions, with movie rights snapped up by Steven Spielberg. Richard Osman talks to Alex Clark about growing up poor, meeting his estranged father and why he wrote his first book in secretSometimes, Richa…
若き名うてのシェフが集う「Julius」。ローカリズムと持続可能性の追求が生んだ、新しいガストロノミーの可能性
ベルリン・ウェディング地区に店を構える、気鋭のレストラン「Julius」。日本人を含めた若きシェフやソムリエたちが集う同店に、世界中の美食家たちが熱い視線を注いでいる。そんなJuliusのメンバーたちは、いかに「食」と向き合い、ベルリンから新たな食文化を生み出そうとしているのだろうか。
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Angelina Jolie: ‘I just want my family to heal’
The actor opens up about why her divorce from Brad Pitt is a human rights issue, escaping Harvey Weinstein and what young activists have taught her• ‘People try to stop us speaking up’ – Jolie meets inspirational young campaignersAngelina Jolie sits at…
Legends of the fall: the 50 biggest books of autumn 2021
From new novels by Sally Rooney and Colson Whitehead to Michel Barnier’s take on Brexit, Bernardine Evaristo’s manifesto and diaries from David Sedaris – all the releases to look out for Continue reading…