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Ian Thomson
The great Italian escape

Wed 17 Dec 2025

The great Italian escape
The best food books of 2025

Sun 14 Dec 2025

The best food books of 2025
The Sunday Poem: Underhill by Lavinia Greenlaw

Sun 14 Dec 2025

The Sunday Poem: Underhill by Lavinia Greenlaw
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: Your Name Here by Helen DeWitt

Sat 13 Dec 2025

Paperback of the week: Your Name Here by Helen DeWitt
Richard Ovenden
In defence of pedantry

Sat 13 Dec 2025

In defence of pedantry
Paula Byrne
What to read to understand Jane Austen

Thu 11 Dec 2025

What to read to understand Jane Austen
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Elizabeth Kolbert to Tom Paulin

Thu 11 Dec 2025

What to read this week, from Elizabeth Kolbert to Tom Paulin
Kathleen Jamie
Elizabeth Kolbert’s alarm call

Thu 11 Dec 2025

Elizabeth Kolbert’s alarm call
Lisa O’Kelly
James Fox: ‘The crafts are always revived in times of crisis’

Thu 11 Dec 2025

James Fox: ‘The crafts are always revived in times of crisis’
Sean O’Hagan
Tom Paulin’s exile state of mind

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Tom Paulin’s exile state of mind
Matthew Bishop
Lessons of the 1929 Wall Street crash

Tue 9 Dec 2025

Lessons of the 1929 Wall Street crash
Simon Armitage
The Sunday Poem: The Overload by Simon Armitage

Sun 7 Dec 2025

The Sunday Poem: The Overload by Simon Armitage
Tom Gatti
Introducing The Observer’s Sunday poem

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Introducing The Observer’s Sunday poem
Luke Turner
Lament for a lost London

Sat 6 Dec 2025

Lament for a lost London
John Niven
In my game, crime pays. Do I have it in me?

Fri 5 Dec 2025

In my game, crime pays. Do I have it in me?
Lucy Popescu
What it means to be German

Fri 5 Dec 2025

What it means to be German
Christopher Frayling
What to read to understand vampires

Fri 5 Dec 2025

What to read to understand vampires
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
New ‘romantasy’ novels sell fantasies of sexual violence

Fri 5 Dec 2025

New ‘romantasy’ novels sell fantasies of sexual violence
Eimear McBride
Return to the Jon Fosse universe

Thu 4 Dec 2025

Return to the Jon Fosse universe
Chris Power
The Future Loves You by Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston

Thu 4 Dec 2025

The Future Loves You by Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston
Jonathan Bate
The infernal world of Christopher Marlowe

Thu 4 Dec 2025

The infernal world of Christopher Marlowe
Tom Gatti
What to read this week, from Christopher Marlowe to Joe Sacco

Thu 4 Dec 2025

What to read this week, from Christopher Marlowe to Joe Sacco
Killian Fox
Joe Sacco: ‘I can’t turn away from what’s going on in Gaza’

Wed 3 Dec 2025

Joe Sacco: ‘I can’t turn away from what’s going on in Gaza’
Sir Richard Lambert
The man behind Palantir’s military-industrial empire

Tue 2 Dec 2025

The man behind Palantir’s military-industrial empire
Martin Scorsese
‘I grew up close to violence. It’s a part of being human’

Mon 1 Dec 2025

‘I grew up close to violence. It’s a part of being human’
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: We Live Here Now by CD Rose

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Paperback of the week: We Live Here Now by CD Rose
The Observer
The best children’s books of 2025

Thu 27 Nov 2025

The best children’s books of 2025
Tom Gatti
What to read this week: a Christmas books special

Thu 27 Nov 2025

What to read this week: a Christmas books special
Ellen Peirson-Hagger
Jenny Erpenbeck: ‘I’ve seen a whole system collapse and fade away’

Thu 27 Nov 2025

Jenny Erpenbeck: ‘I’ve seen a whole system collapse and fade away’
Julian Barnes
A manifesto for the imagination

Thu 27 Nov 2025

A manifesto for the imagination
Writers choose their 2025 favourites

Thu 27 Nov 2025

Writers choose their 2025 favourites
The Observer
The Observer’s books of the year 2025

Thu 27 Nov 2025

The Observer’s books of the year 2025
Donna Ferguson
Nell Gwyn’s naughty pop-up book pops up at auction

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Nell Gwyn’s naughty pop-up book pops up at auction
Alice Hunt
The double life of George Downing

Sun 23 Nov 2025

The double life of George Downing
Val McDermid
What to read to understand winter

Sun 23 Nov 2025

What to read to understand winter
Imogen Carter
Picture books of the month: where the wild things are

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Picture books of the month: where the wild things are
Howard Jacobson
Milan Kundera in the age of censure

Fri 21 Nov 2025

Milan Kundera in the age of censure
Chris Power
Paperback of the week: On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle

Thu 20 Nov 2025

Paperback of the week: On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle
Kitty Empire
Is Taylor Swift a great poet?

Thu 20 Nov 2025

Is Taylor Swift a great poet?

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