He has written powerful dramas about the likes of Rupert Murdoch and Dominic Cummings. The playwright explains why he’s now tackling 11 vitriolic TV debates that gripped AmericaLast May, the playwright James Graham found himself in the unfamiliar envir…
TV tonight: Succession’s bloodbath makes the Red Wedding look like a gentle picnic
Can the Roys survive Sandy and Sandi’s power play? Plus: The Outlaws flashes back to Frank’s glory days. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading…
After digital flops, can Rupert Murdoch’s UK empire fight back?
The effort to break free of its print roots has been a long and expensive struggle for News UKRupert Murdoch’s costly gamble that radio might fortify his UK empire received a boost last week when the first listening figures for Times Radio revealed tha…
From The Card Counter to Diana Ross: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Whether it is Vegas gamblers, Peruvian art treasures or one-off jazz collaborations you’re after, our critics have your plans for the week coveredThe Card CounterOut nowOscar Isaac (pictured, above) burns up the screen in the role of a former Guantánam…
The Unlikely Murderer review – an irresistible, Zodiac-lite Scandi thriller
This kitsch and sinfully entertaining drama takes the story of murdered Swedish politician Olof Palme and injects it with artistic license – and much toxic masculinityWho killed Olof Palme? The Swedish prime minister was shot dead in a Stockholm street…
Juliet Stevenson: ‘The perception of women of my age is so reductive’
The actor, 65, on growing up in a loving family, recognising her partner, and getting more interesting while the parts she is offered get less interestingMy earliest memory is jumping off a little stone wall in the garden in Australia. I called it my j…
Degrees of separation: what connects Seinfeld to Steve Bannon?
From the US sitcom to the far-right rabble rouser, we go down the rabbit hole, thanks to the arrival of Jerry’s show on NetflixSeinfeldAll 180 episodes of the 90s’ most misanthropic sitcom have arrived on Netflix, but not everyone is happy. Some viewer…
Jamie Laing on privilege and panic attacks: ‘I’d tell my younger self: don’t change’
The TV personality and Made in Chelsea star recreates a childhood photo and reflects on what he’s learnedBorn in Oxfordshire in 1988, Jamie Laing is best known for his role as chief mischief-maker on Made in Chelsea, the structured reality series he le…
Original Observer Photography
A succession of actors, environmental activists and some live music – the best photographs commissioned by the Observer in October 2021 Continue reading…
The Great British Bake Off 2021: episode six – live
It’s Pastry Week in the tent, and time for the bakers to take on choux buns, a sticky, tricky technical – and a Showstopper that just might have them eating humble pieThis reminds me of the chaos during Lockdown 2.0 when the internet was vibrating with…