On my radar: Kayus Bankole of Young Fathers’ cultural highlights
The Scottish-Nigerian musician on taboo-breaking conversations, brutally honest images of apartheid and where to find the best akara falafel wrap
December 2023
The Observer's obituaries of 2023
Sir Bobby Charlton remembered by Giles Duley
The photographer who worked closely with Charlton to campaign against landmines recalls the football legend’s humour and compassion
February 2022
The One Armed Chef, Giles Duley: ‘Cooking was the way I found peace’
The photographer, who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan, on his documentary series in which he cooks with families in countries ruined by war
February 2019
‘Once photography gets a grip, you're captive’: Don McCullin and Giles Duley in conversation
On the eve of a major retrospective of Don McCullin’s work, the veteran photojournalist and the acclaimed photographer talk about growing up dyslexic, photographing suffering and the toll the job takes
December 2017
Best culture 2017
The top 10 photography exhibitions of 2017
The refugee crisis became a sci-fi dystopia, a handful of dust took us to the moon and back, a Polish pioneer had suggestive fun with hot dogs and love returned to the Left Bank. Our critic picks his 2017 highlights
June 2017
Giles Duley: ‘I stood on those Lesbos beaches in floods of tears’
Giles Duley's photographs of refugees' journeys – in pictures
March 2016
Book of the day
One Second of Light by Giles Duley review – moments of hard truth
Giles Duley captures the emotion on the faces of his traumatised subjects with an empathy few others can muster
January 2016
Finland's warm welcome for refugees – in pictures
‘Refugees are warm, emotional people. There’s a lot we can learn’
November 2015
Cemetery of souls: the refugee crisis on Lesbos – in pictures
‘The noise and chaos is deafening; humanity is laid bare on the shores of Europe’
March 2015
Photography: The Legacy of War
Four years after being critically injured in a landmine explosion, photographer Giles Duley is aiming to document the long-term cost of conflict
November 2014
Documentary photographer Giles Duley at the Barbican – video
Documentary photographer and photojournalist Giles Duley speaks about Legacy of War, a photographic project looking at long-term impacts of conflicts around the world
October 2014
Syrian refugees: ‘We want to go home. That is our dream’
As millions flee the conflict in Syria, the region’s humanitarian crisis grows. War photographer Giles Duley travels to Lebanon and hears refugees’ moving stories
July 2013
Meet Gino Strada, unsung hero to the poorest victims of war
The surgeon has arried out 30,000 operations, mostly in war zones, and his NGO has treated 5 million people. Obama oversees a killing machine, he tells Carole Cadwalladr
April 2013
Afghanistan survivor turns lens on horrific injuries in Syrian conflict
Syrian refugees by Giles Duley
March 2013
The 10 best ...
The 10 best … photographic self-portraits
From Andy Warhol to Gillian Wearing as her father. Images chosen by Sean O'Hagan
February 2013
Observer TV reviews
Rewind TV: Complicit; Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline; Meet the Izzards – review
The ethics of torture were explored in the slow-burning spy drama Complicit, while Eddie Izzard met his distant relatives in the desert, writes Phil Hogan
