What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in January
November 2021
French culture has a long fascination with serial killers
Letter: Richard Tomlinson points to the wide interest in the trial of Henri Désiré Landru 100 years ago, in response to an article that claimed the serial killer concept was not yet ‘a cultural vogue’ in the 1990s
September 2021
From the Observer archive
Colette’s tempestuous summer of 1911, as described in 1973
Events took a turn for the melodramatic, even by the French novelist’s high standards of melodrama. By Chris Hall
January 2019
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Colette review – Keira Knightley shines as a racy writer wronged
Why Colette is queen of the influencers
Wild, controversial and free: Colette, a life too big for film
Mark Kermode's film of the week
Colette review – Keira Knightley shines in gritty, glamorous biopic
December 2018
Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick'
The star of Colette on Harvey Weinstein, Disney princesses and why her visceral essay about childbirth and the Duchess of Cambridge hit a nerve
