UNBELIEVABLE: Rebecca liu - The Untold Story

Judging this year’s Booker prize taught me our humanity cannot be captured by algorithms and data

As the demand for information and transparency about our lives increases, these brilliant books dealt with shadows, mystery, privacy and intimacy, says Guardian commissioning editor Rebecca Liu

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10

‘Some photos imprint upon us’: How our Saturday magazine puts together special issues about world-changing photographs

A great picture can have an immediate and visceral effect on a viewer, as if bypassing thought. But a huge amount of thinking goes into selecting and sourcing them, and researching their backstories

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1

Jarvis Cocker and Mary Beard announced as Booker prize judges

The historian is set to lead a ‘stellar’ 2026 panel featuring the Pulp frontman and other acclaimed writers, as the search begins for next year’s standout work of fiction

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025

The Princess Diaries taught me about growing up – and Marxism. Bring on the third film

Princess Mia showed me more about life than my textbooks ever did, says Guardian commissioning editor Rebecca Liu

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2022

David Wharton: How a group of rogue skaters got L.A. City Hall on their side

LOS ANGELES — No one wanted to claim responsibility for the old parking lot. A small patch of rutted pavement, dank and filthy, it sat forgotten beneath a freeway overpass near the San Pedro docks.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 31, 2022