Beatles biography One Two Three Four wins Baillie Gifford prize
Craig Brown wins prestigious award for nonfiction with book that judges say ‘has reinvented the art of biography’
October 2020
Kate Summerscale's 'true ghost story' leads Baillie Gifford prize shortlist
The Haunting of Alma Fielding joins five other books, whose subjects range from the Beatles to the brain, competing for the £50,000 prize for nonfiction
September 2020
Dara McAnulty becomes youngest ever finalist for Baillie Gifford prize
Diary of a Young Naturalist, the 16-year-old’s debut, joins 12 other books in contention for prestigious £50,000 nonfiction award
June 2020
The great escape: 50 brilliant books to transport you this summer
A vampire in Shanghai, artists on Hydra, and identical twins run away to New Orleans... dazzling novels plus the best politics, history,and memoir to take you away from lockdown
May 2020
The best books and audiobooks of 2020 so far
Hilary Mantel’s trilogy was finished at last, Blake Gopnik exposed Warhol’s private life and Richard E Grant brought new life to Iris Murdoch. Here are our highlights of the year to date
April 2020
One Two Three Four by Craig Brown review – all about the Beatles
Book of the day
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown – review
March 2020
Observer New Review Q&A
Craig Brown: 'It's difficult to spoof boring people'
Road trips, yoga and LSD with the dentist: what the Beatles did next
January 2020
2020 in books: a literary calendar
Sally Rooney’s screenplay, Hilary Mantel’s final Thomas Cromwell novel … what to look out for this year
June 2018
On my radar
On my radar: Craig Brown’s cultural highlights
The satirist and author on comedian Kieran Hodgson, his favourite celebrity dispute and the energy of Rodin
November 2017
Best books of 2017
The best biography and autobiography books of 2017
Memories of the high life, heart surgery and a Homer odyssey move Kathryn Hughes
October 2017
Ma’am Darling by Craig Brown review – being royal is bad for the character
Princess Margaret was bossy, petty and volatile, looked down on and lusted after. She is perfect material for Britain’s best parodist and satirist
September 2017
‘Not amused’: Princess Margaret’s misadventures in bohemia
Book of the day
Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret – review
March 2015
Rereading
Kingsley Amis: 45 ways of being annoying
Some writers obsess about love, or memory – Amis built an empire out of irritation. In Ending Up, he presented a group of people who turned annoying one another into a fine art. Craig Brown salutes the laureate of exasperation
