Slashed painting owned by Stephen Fry’s mother tells chilling story of fleeing from Nazis
1920s canvas of Dutch woman, to be shown for first time at Holt festival, has slit from border guards’ bayonets
June 2024
Stephen Fry likens removing Parthenon marbles to Nazi Germany taking the Arc de Triomphe
Actor and comedian says it would be ‘classy’ move if British Museum returned the ancient sculptures to Greece
Treasure review – Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry can’t save muddled father-daughter Holocaust drama
A trip to Auschwitz raises painful family history in a film that fumbles its honourable intentions with overstuffed and miscast characters
Observer New Review Q&A
Stephen Fry: ‘The Conservatives are what we call in poker a busted flush’
Treasure review – Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry uneasy in well-intentioned Holocaust drama
Sir Oliver Popplewell obituary
May 2024
Fair Access
Celebrities join campaigners in call for cheaper version of ‘gamechanger’ HIV drug for poorer countries
Garrick Club votes to accept female members for first time
April 2024
Admit women or we quit, Sting and Stephen Fry tell Garrick
Pass notes
A cunning plan! Could Ben Elton bring back Blackadder?
March 2024
Garrick Club asked to consider membership for seven leading women
‘Nothing in the language excludes admission of women’: KC issues opinion on Garrick Club rules
The Garrick Club’s notable members – in pictures
Gary Lineker, Theresa May and David Nicholls join the Hay festival 2024 lineup
The Inventor review – charming stop-motion Leonardo da Vinci as voiced by Stephen Fry
The Inventor review – Leonardo da Vinci animation explores the great artist’s later life
February 2024
The reader interview
Stephen Fry: ‘I was never cute – I’ve got better looking as I’ve got older’
As Britain’s pre-eminent brainbox voices Leonardo da Vinci in new stopmotion film The Inventor, he answers readers’ questions on dinner parties, trivia quizzes and getting old
Berlin film festival 2024 roundup – tasty treats and the odd potboiler
A careworn Cillian Murphy excelled, Atlantics director Mati Diop returned, astronaut Adam Sandler had us drifting off, and kitchen dramas continued to sizzle
The reader interview
Post your questions for Stephen Fry
He’s the consummate actor, writer, renaissance man. What on earth wouldn’t you like to learn Stephen Fry’s take on?
January 2024
How we made
‘It was originally Smartarses v Dunderheads’: how we made QI – by John Lloyd and Alan Davies
‘QI is about how extraordinary the world is. Learning that elephants are 22 million times the size of bees makes you realise you haven’t really been paying attention to anything’
