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January 2024

  • Willem Dafoe shot for Observer magazine in London

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer Photography

    From Peter Capaldi on satire, politics and privilege to life as Hugh Hefner’s wife in the Playboy Mansion: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in January 2024
  • Kane Robinson as Izi and Jedaiah Bannerman as Benji running along a street in a scene from The Kitchen

    The Kitchen review – Kane Robinson shines in Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares’s dystopian London drama

    ‘Top Boy’ Kane Robinson and Jedaiah Bannerman excel in the directors’ feature debut, which isn’t quite as distinctive as its near-future setting
  • Kane Robinson, left, and Daniel Kaluuya photographed in London by Phil Fisk for the Observer New Review, December 2023.

    ‘He’s the party starter!’ Daniel Kaluuya and Kano on friendship, football and their new film

    The Oscar winner – and now director – and the rapper and Top Boy star Kane Robinson are longtime friends. Their new movie, the dystopian thriller The Kitchen, draws on their city childhoods

December 2023

  • ‘Human powder keg’ … Kane Robinson as Sully in Top Boy

    2023 in TV
    The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 8 – Top Boy

    Adrenaline-packed gangster drama, spot-on political critique and a final scene so stunning it will be talked about for years – this is the revolutionary show’s best outing ever

October 2023

  • Film still: The Kitchen. (L to R) Kane Robinson as Izi, Jedaiah Bannerman as Benji in The Kitchen. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

    The Kitchen review – high-energy drama of near-future rundown housing estate

    Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya co-direct a drama about a funeral-service worker looking for a way out of the chaotic housing block of the title

September 2023

  • Kane Robinson and Ashley Walters in Top Boy

    From council estates to celebrity superfans: farewell Top Boy, the drama that changed TV for ever

    It launched movie stars, redefined what gangster stories could be and grew into a mature, world-class drama. As the London gangster epic’s final series looms, it leaves Black British culture on the ascent

October 2022

  • ‘Her first appearance takes some beating’ … Amy Winehouse.

    Ranked
    The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!

    As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions

March 2022

  • Top Boys Season 2. Ashley Walters as Dushane in Top Boys Season 2. Cr. Chris Harris/Netflix © 2021

    TV review
    Top Boy review – this brilliant crime drama always leaves you guessing

    Netflix’s show about London drug gangs is back, adding instantly engaging new characters to an incredibly impressive cast. It’s at its peak – and not moving from that spot

September 2021

  • British rapper Kano performing at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Original Observer Photography

    Michael Rosen, Paloma Faith, St Etienne and ‘champing’ holidays – the best photography commissioned by the Observer in August 2021

August 2021

  • Kano at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London.

    Kitty Empire's artist of the week
    Kano review – rage, joy and seriously pre-pandemic vibes

    The grime hero makes an impassioned return to the stage with brass, strings, gospel – and a moshpit making up for lost time

June 2021

  • Thom Yorke, Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice, and Kano, some of the musicians backing the Let the Music Move campaign.

    Radiohead, New Order and more artists call for overhaul of post-Brexit touring rules

    More than 200 UK acts including the Chemical Brothers, Kano and Wolf Alice back Let the Music Move initiative, calling for financial help and cutting red tape for EU tours

May 2021

  • Coldplay perform in front Pyramid stage for Live at Worthy Farm.

    Lockdown culture
    Live at Worthy Farm review – beautiful music marred by technical meltdown

    Access problems mean this could be remembered as a failure – but the filmed performances, from Coldplay’s twinkling spectacular to Kano’s dynamic theatre, are superb
  • Wolf Alice play at the Stone Circle.

    Club culture
    Live at Worthy Farm: follow along with Glastonbury’s livestreamed festival

    With a lineup including Coldplay, Michael Kiwanuka, Haim and Wolf Alice, Glastonbury’s livestreamed show is the next best thing to being there. Follow along here as it airs online
    • The Guardian picture essay
      Behind the scenes at Glastonbury’s Live at Worthy Farm – photo essay

    • Live at Worthy Farm: joy as Glastonbury makes a rainy return

    • Culture in peril
      Glastonbury: PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, George Ezra and Róisín Murphy join livestream bill

March 2021

  • ‘We wanted to capture that feeling of the emergence of hope of the summer ahead’ ... (L-R) Este Haim, Chris Martin, Michael Kiwanuka.

    Culture in peril
    Glastonbury live-stream festival: Coldplay, Michael Kiwanuka and Haim to perform

    Damon Albarn, Idles, Jorja Smith, Kano, Wolf Alice and Honey Dijon will also appear at Live at Worthy Farm, a ticketed virtual event on 22 May

November 2020

  • Nines, who has topped the 2020 Mobo nominations.

    Nines tops nominations for first Mobo awards since 2017

    West London rapper scores five nominations at celebration of Black British music, with J Hus, Lianne La Havas, Mahalia, Tiana Major9 and Darkoo all earning three

September 2020

  • Michael Kiwanuka, who has won the 2020 Mercury prize.

    Michael Kiwanuka wins 2020 Mercury prize

    Folk-soul singer wins £25,000 prize on third attempt for the album Kiwanuka, described by the Guardian as one of the best albums of the past decade

July 2020

  • Michael Kiwanuka, Dua Lipa and Stormzy.

    Mercury prize 2020: Stormzy, Dua Lipa and Michael Kiwanuka among nominees

    More female artists nominated than any other year, including a fourth nomination for Laura Marling
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