From bedtime with Harry Styles to watching stars snooze: the meteoric rise of sleep celebs
You can drift off to ‘sleep stories’ from Styles, Maya Jama and Alan Titchmarsh. Big name Youtubers host sleepalongs – or stream naps for laughs. Why are we getting under the covers with celebs?
June 2023
Smile, it’s summer
A birdsong app, an allergy cure and a cool glass of gavi: Alan Carr, Mary Berry, Maya Jama and others on the thing that makes their summer
The Q&A
Maya Jama: ‘The worst thing anyone’s said to me? That I wouldn’t be successful. Joke’s on them, I guess’
October 2022
Maya Jama to succeed Laura Whitmore as Love Island host
DJ and presenter will take over when the reality TV show returns for ninth series early next year
November 2021
Brit awards 2022 to remove gendered categories
British and international male and female artist categories condensed into two non-gendered awards, as four new genre categories added and Mo Gilligan announced as presenter
April 2021
TV review
Glow Up review – Bake Off for makeup offers joyful fun
‘We cried, it was emotional’: Maya Jama on being herself as new Glow Up host
January 2021
Sunday with Maya Jama: ‘I’ll create my perfect roast from Deliveroo’
The TV and radio presenter on afternoon starts, clean sheets and playing music for passersby
June 2020
Maya Jama: 'I shouldn't be where I am now'
A jailed father, a murdered boyfriend: the DJ turned TV presenter has had some hard knocks in her 25 years. She talks about her determination to overcome them
December 2019
Stormzy's Observer Magazine takeover
‘The spotlight can scare the shit out of me’: Stormzy speaks out
The all-conquering grime star talks about living in the public eye, a new politics of hope, and why it nearly all went wrong at Glastonbury
March 2019
‘Anyone else would have kicked him out’: celebrity flatmates reveal all
Stealing clothes, sharing a bed, cereal for dinner... from Shaun Ryder and Bez to the boys from Busted, former housemates remember their first house share
July 2018
Maya Jama: ‘I wanted to prove I’m not some girl they just found on Instagram’
From Rita Ora to Roseanne: celebrity apologies, rated!
August 2017
How to make the most of Notting Hill carnival
‘Let loose – and smile!’ From TV presenter Maya Jama to DJ Barely Legal, carnival regulars share their favourite moments and give tips on getting the most out of Europe’s largest street party this weekend
