For a split second the smile disconcerts. That familiar face, eyes heavy-lidded and piercing, forehead broad, jawline sharp, has filled our screens, head-on or in profile, in light and in shadow, going back more than half a century: the...
Scott Offen’s picture of his wife surrounded by foliage offers a glimpse of the magical world that exists beyond There’s something quite mysterious and dreamlike – and slightly comical – about this photograph by Scott Offen, which shows a...
writes essays and fiction. He was a fellow at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and is based in New Delhi.
is a Scottish novelist and poet. Her memoir of growing up in care, Ootlin, won the Gordon Burn prize in 2025.
lives in Newcastle. His stories for the Observer New Review include “Graham Linehan won’t shut up”.
is the classical music critic at The Observer. Her most recent book is Goodbye Russia: Rachmaninoff in Exile.