Peace, love and gloriously diverse chaos triumph as UK hosts Eurovision
Eurovision’s Hannah Waddingham: from Ted Lasso to ‘overnight national treasure’
February 2023
Eurovision 2023 hosts to include Ted Lasso star
‘Torture in a tin’: Miriam Margolyes and others urge ban on foie gras imports
February 2021
Sunday with Alesha Dixon: ‘We head to the woods with our rescue dogs’
The singer tells Roz Lewis about lockdown lie-ins, virtual Pilates, dreaming of Cornwall and her nan’s rice and peas
September 2020
Why it matters when Black Lives Matter clothing is banned
The controversy around BLM fashion highlights the systemic racism that the movement is trying to change
October 2019
From T-Boz to Beyoncé: who is the best girl band member of all time?
To mark Sugababes’ return, it’s time to rank the 25 greatest female pop-group performers
January 2019
Once upon a time … British pop stars top the charts as children’s authors
Numerous comedians have shown they have the magic touch with bedtime stories: now it appears to be the musicians’ turn
June 2016
Brexit music festival 'nixed by spiteful Electoral Commission'
Several artists had already pulled out but Leave.EU claims Bpoplive was killed off by commission’s endless demands
May 2016
Alesha Dixon and 5ive pull out of Brexit gig
Acts cancel performances on discovering that BPop Live gig a few days before referendum is endorsed by Leave.EU
June 2015
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Britain’s Got Talent; The Auction House; The Syndicate; Doll & Em
A cunning canine stunt left Britain’s Got Talent viewers fuming, while Kay Mellor made a lottery of class war
April 2014
Simon Cowell tips a homegrown act to win Britain's Got Talent this year
X Factor judge joins David Walliams and defends decision not to hold auditions for ITV entertainment show in Scotland. By John Plunkett
July 2013
Harriet Harman to newspapers: 'how many women over 50 do you employ?'
Observer TV reviews
Rewind TV: Top Gear; Luther; Scandal; Your Face Sounds Familiar; Henry – review
July 2012
Lost in showbiz
Alesha Dixon: why she walked away from Olympic glory
She turned her back sports stardom for the humbler, but ultimately far more fulfilling, life of a Britain's Got Talent judge, she has revealed in an interview
April 2012
Darcey Bussell to join Strictly Come Dancing as judge
Former Royal Ballet principal ballerina to replace Alesha Dixon on BBC show's judging panel in autumn 2012
March 2012
Simon Cowell steps up BBC rivalry as he launches Britain's Got Talent
Media Monkey
Britain's Got Cowell, but no Ant and Dec
January 2012
MediaGuardian
Media Talk: Colin Myler, Rupert Murdoch and Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon quits Strictly Come Dancing to join Britain's Got Talent
