It’s Labour’s turn to crash and burn as party can’t defend Elphicke’s defection
John Crace
Anneliese Dodds drew the short straw and was sent out to pretend Nat had always been Labour through and through
March 2024
Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
S6 Ep 5: Amol Rajan, broadcaster
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
UK politics: Sunak refuses to say how abolition of national insurance would be funded – as it happened
January 2024
TV tonight
TV tonight: Sheila Hancock is on sparkling form in a brilliant interview
‘We need jungle, I’m afraid’: how University Challenge went viral on the rave scene
December 2023
University Challenge special axed over lack of support for disabled contestants
Christmas alumni episode had one blind entrant and another who was neurodivergent, both of whom say they did not get help
October 2023
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
The week in radio: Young Again with Kirsty Young; The Today Podcast; McCartney: A Life in Lyrics – review
Kirsty’s back with the A-listers in a classy but flimsy format, Nick Robinson and Amol Rajan get emotional during their new show, while Macca takes a leisurely trip down memory lane
July 2023
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: The Bear; The Sixth Commandment; Rosie Jones: Am I a R*tard?; University Challenge – review
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University Challenge review – Amol Rajan is lighter, kinder and more passionate than Paxman
TV tonight
TV tonight: Timothy Spall stars in dark drama about true story of seduction and murder
New host, new set, same fiendish questions: behind the scenes with the all-new University Challenge
February 2023
TV tonight
TV tonight: Bill Gates talks politics, divorce and chickens
Amol Rajan gets the billionaire philanthropist to open up. Plus: Joe Lycett eats a naughty donut. Here’s what to watch this evening
December 2022
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Litvinenko; Strike: Troubled Blood; How to Crack the Class Ceiling; The White Lotus and more
David Tennant breathes some life into an extended deathbed scene; Strike and Robin lose their fizz; and, if you’ve recovered, what next for The White Lotus?
October 2022
Greta Thunberg: 'I'm not an angry teenager' – video
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg says she finds the erroneous portrayal of her as 'an angry teenager who condemns every individual's behaviour' funny
August 2022
Brief letters
A toxic but effective cure for gout pain
Amol Rajan to be new host of University Challenge
July 2022
Boris Johnson and the Lebedevs: how I exposed the prime minister’s defining scandal
The ties between the PM and an ex-KGB officer, first revealed in the Observer three years ago, could be Johnson’s lasting legacy
June 2022
BBC’s Amol Rajan criticised for using phrase ‘pro-life’ in Roe v Wade interview
Pro-choice campaigners say hearing the term, seen as partisan, on Today programme was ‘disappointing’
March 2022
TV tonight
TV tonight: Elena Ferrante beautifully unpacks friendship, class and privilege
The TV adaptation of My Brilliant Friend reaches Lenù and Lila’s friendship in 70s Italy. Plus: Crufts. Here’s what to watch this evening
December 2021
Who could replace Laura Kuenssberg as BBC political editor?
Kuenssberg will step down next year – but which journalists are ready to step into the hot seat?
Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radioThe week in radio: Young Again with Kirsty Young; The Today Podcast; McCartney: A Life in Lyrics – reviewKirsty’s back with the A-listers in a classy but flimsy format, Nick Robinson and Amol Rajan get emotional during their new show, while Macca takes a leisurely trip down memory lane
