The musician who helped Lankum earn a Mercury prize nomination, is at the forefront of a folk revival

A visit to County Dublin’s Lusca vineyard as a changing climate helps vines take root in Ireland

A visit to County Dublin’s Lusca vineyard as a changing climate helps vines take root in Ireland

Scott Offen's picture of his wife surrounded by bamboo offers a glimpse of the magical world that exists beyond

The veteran comic book creator on the joy of Batman, drawing with a toothbrush, and how the new Sin City will be a big surprise

Annie Jacobsen imagines what would happen in the wake of a deadly lab leak in this graphic and sobering non-fiction thriller

The drummer and film-maker on bringing the Roots Picnic to the UK and his new Earth, Wind & Fire documentary

Welcome to Cafés! Somewhere to eat and forget about work, where we can meet friends and not think about love, where we can meet lovers and be too nervous to eat. In Holly Pester’s unique lyric, the ca...

A visit to a nib specialist is a reminder of a simple writing pleasure that AI won’t replace

The author of Days of the Bagnold Summer returns with a delightful odd-couple story about two women bringing the past to life

At his London restaurant Planque, Seb Myers is quietly serving food that is almost perfect. Why aren’t more people taking notice?

The actor and comedian on embracing his Irishness, celebrating his 60th by climbing Kilimanjaro and why Alan Partridge wouldn’t vote Reform

Exiles and eccentrics rub shoulders in this moving and funny family memoir from The Observer graphic short story prize-winner

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Thirty years ago, the US photographer let us peek inside the inner sanctums of 200 teenagers

The poet and novelist on post-rock, eccentric video games and his son’s love of boxing

The Gaza-born, UK-based journalist, who lost 21 family members in an Israeli airstrike on his homeland, has taken pieces from an online platform he co-created for young Palestinians and collated them ...

Before the 2024 election, the two authors tried to stop Donald Trump’s plan to gut the US federal government with an investigation that transformed the image of civil servants from bureaucrats to supe...

The award-winning author on his move from short stories to novels, writing marginal characters in small-town Mayo and the Irish fiction he rates most

Our ​theatre critic welcomes inspiring developments at stages across the UK,​ from the Young Vic to the Liverpool Everyman while, below, some of the top new recruits talk about working post-pandemic i...

Turkey troubles, thieving pets, fire drills – all manner of things can jeopardise the most important meal of the year