How positive male role models are detoxifying the social media ‘manosphere’
Influencers advocating for mental health, self-love and parenting are reclaiming the space from Andrew Tate and his ilk
January 2023
Three things
Three things with Joe Wicks: ‘If I’m having a stressful day, I jump in the ice bath’
In our weekly interview about objects, and on the eve of his Australian tour, the fitness star shares his craving for cold, and the worst job he held as a backpacker
June 2022
Play some Kylie, keep it short and enlist your friends! The beginner’s guide to loving exercise
There are many reasons people struggle to get fit. Here’s how to build an effective fitness routine that you’ll stick to – and (mostly) enjoy
May 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: The Time Traveler’s Wife should be excellent … but is it?
Joe Wicks says millions of parents suffering mental health issues after lockdown
April 2022
Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years
Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town
September 2021
Observer New Review Q&A
Joe Wicks: ‘Exercise for your mental health and the body will follow’
The nation’s lockdown fitness coach on being glued to social media, emotional eating, and his latest plans to inspire children to get moving
June 2021
Fit in my 40s
Fit in my 40s: what next after the Couch to 5k app?
Even when I’ve done the 5k, failed to maintain my prowess peak and slid inexorably back down to couch, I’ve never thought twice about going back to the app
January 2021
Celebrity fab abs: who’s top of the lockdown dance fitness classes?
TikTok and Joe Wicks help more girls get active amid pandemic, survey finds
December 2020
Joe Wicks tops YouTube list of most popular UK videos in 2020
Joe Wicks and KFC recipes among UK's top Google 2020 searches
The Observer's faces of 2020
Joe Wicks: 'I believe when you give, give, give, the world ends up giving back'
Play time
Jack and the Beanstalk review – online panto is fee-fi-fo-fun
November 2020
Joe Wicks completes 24-hour workout for BBC Children in Need
Fitness coach raised more than £1.5m in live event featuring celebrities and schoolchildren
October 2020
Lockdown #1 was bad, but lockdown #2, like all sequels, will be much worse
Joel Golby
The days will be shorter, the weather colder – plus we’ve already done as much Joe Wicks and as many jigsaws as we can handle, says Guardian and Vice writer Joel Golby
July 2020
Sound and vision
This week's home entertainment: from Little Birds to Ramy
Anaïs Nin’s erotic short stories get the Sky Atlantic treatment, while Ramy Youssef’s comedy is back for a second season
Joe Wicks ends live PE lessons after helping millions keep fit
Fitness guru who made his name online during lockdown has donated £580,000 of advertising revenue to NHS charities
The Guardian view on improving public health: a job for the nanny state
Editorial: Boris Johnson wants to do something about obesity levels in England. It will take more than upbeat rhetoric and input from Joe Wicks
June 2020
The return of the 'himbo': the antidote to toxic masculinity
From Joe Wicks to Jason Momoa, does the return of the archetype suggest a new era of maleness?
