‘It felt like an eternal moment of silent tranquillity’: Amit Lennon’s best phone picture On holiday in Greece the photographer came across two elderly people bathed in the beautiful evening light The Guardian - UK · Sep 19
From Broadway to Berlin: making theatre the star of your family holiday Whether it’s musicals on Broadway, puppetry in Sardinia or children’s theatre in Berlin, incorporating stage shows into family travel can turn a holiday into something truly memorable The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025
Which one of these young footballers do you identify with? Amit Lennon’s best photograph ‘It captures a certain adolescent awkwardness. It’s fun as a viewer to think about which of the boys is most like your younger self. I wouldn’t be the one manspreading!’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
From Broadway to Berlin: making theatre the star of your family holiday Whether it’s musicals on Broadway, puppetry in Sardinia or children’s theatre in Berlin, incorporating stage shows into family travel can turn a holiday into something truly memorable The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2025
Stephen Mangan: ‘With three people in a bed, who goes in the middle?’ The Split actor and children’s author on throuples, using his sons as a focus group, and running the London marathon The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2025
Opera director Netia Jones: ‘AI is not going away. Either you batten down the hatches or you ride the wave’ Royal Opera’s new associate director on her obsession with Peter Grimes, winning over tech-sceptics and the joy of school matinee shows The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2025
‘It’s nice to be morally dubious’: Cheaters star Joshua McGuire on the hit show and his new role – as a rhino The ‘class clown’ from the racy BBC sitcom discusses his return to the stage, the draw of the dark side and preparing his parents to see him in ‘full bum’ nudity on screen The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025
‘It’s been really profound’: artists Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett on laying bare their marriage on film Photographer Meyerowitz, 87, and artist and writer Barrett, 78, invited two documentary-makers into their lives for a year. The result, Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other, is an intimate portrait that all couples should see The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025
‘Have your bot speak to my bot’: can AI productivity apps turbocharge my life? I tried out organisational software to help streamline my work and build a ‘second brain’. I never knew there were so many different ways to take notes… The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024
‘Not having a phone is the dream’: Jamie xx on dance music, modern life and getting hooked on surfing Since nailing the zeitgeist with the xx’s Mercury-winning debut, the DJ-producer has collaborated with everyone from Drake to Wayne McGregor. As his second solo LP drops, he talks about his newfound desire for calm The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024
Comedian Jamali Maddix: ‘The translator suddenly said: “I think she might have killed a guy”’ The comedian and presenter on the extremists and cultists of his new series, his brush with a Chicago gangland feud, and Pete Doherty’s niche football knowledge The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2024
Should you cut holes in your football socks or wear an ice vest while cycling? Experts on the truth behind 11 sports hacks After a summer of elite sport, experts reveal the science behind the tricks used by top athletes to up their game – and whether it’s worth giving them a go The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024
Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’ The activist singer-songwriter on fighting for trans rights, his 40 years in the music business and his forthcoming tour with his son The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024
‘Black men are conditioned not to articulate our emotions’: Ryan Calais Cameron on his hit play bringing new audiences to the West End As the writer and actor’s smash play For Black Boys... starts a fourth run, he discusses money, creativity and being the world’s worst electrician The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024 Author Peter Ackroyd: ‘You eat a great deal of knowledge. You sick it up. And then you start again’ The great biographer and novelist, now 74, shows no sign of slowing. Now he’s produced a history of the English soul, and declares himself ‘eager to go on’
The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2024 Climate scientist Mark Maslin: ‘We have all the technology we need to move to a cleaner, renewable world’ The professor of Earth system science on the hottest year on record, using humour – with a little help from Jo Brand – to get his message across, and why there are reasons to be positive
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023 I lost myself looking after my dad with dementia: how home carers enabled a daughter to regain her independence When Katina Sheehan’s father and then mother needed additional support, she initially tried to do it all herself. She tells Rachel Williams why she wishes she’d introduced a ‘liberating’ professional care package sooner
The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2023 Sober raving, beekeeping and playing Dungeons and Dragons – how people with stressful jobs decompress A junior doctor, a deputy head, a social worker and others tell us how they destress and relax after work
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2023 I have not been seen in public without a hat for 10 years. Would a Turkish hair transplant change my life? Since I lost my hair, I wouldn’t leave the house with my head uncovered. Then I heard about the million transplant tourists who head to Istanbul every year. If it worked for them, could it work for me, too?
The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2023 ‘Hermès smells soft and smoky, Gucci more like wood’: how fake-hunters tell designer knock-offs from the real deal With fashion lovers increasingly turning to secondhand luxury, bogus goods are rife. But at what cost?
The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2023 The Wembley Point mystery: who was the woman who jumped to her death? One October morning in 2004, a woman took the lift to the 21st floor of an office block in north-west London, bought a coffee in the cafe there – then opened a window and jumped out. No one knew who she was. Do they now?
The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022 OFM Awards 2022: Outstanding Achievement – London’s Community Kitchen Across London, Taz Khan and his team feed 14,000 people a week, as well as running a cookery school and a cafe. And there’s more in the pipeline…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2022 Counterculture design legend Kaffe Fassett: ‘I’m that bizarre beast – a man who does textiles’ The designer is still knitting at 84, and his eclectic home and studio reflect his love of pattern and bright colour
The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2022 Giovanni Pernice looks back: ‘The bum bag was probably for sweets’ The Strictly winner on his dancing odyssey – and why he’s not really a lothario
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022 ‘Outside space? That’s the beach’: restoring a 300-year-old fishing cottage A once-neglected Georgian property in Deal, Kent, has been brought back to life with care, colour and modern design touches