From a mural in Birmingham commemorating poet Benjamin Zephaniah to the Observer’s favourite food shops: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in April 2024
The big picture: all of Birmingham’s human life is here
Claire Douglass’s giant vista of ‘late-stage capitalism in frightening times’ features many city notables, including Joe Lycett clutching a carrier bag
On my radar: Katherine Ryan’s cultural highlights
The comedian on her favourite new painter, the downfall of Diddy, and wanting to save Britney Spears
Comedian Munya Chawawa: ‘I want to be the Swiss army knife of TV shows – I’m up for all of it’
The comedian on his rise from lockdown sensation to double Bafta nominee, approval from Stormzy and splitting apples with his bare hands