Rob Delaney: ‘The average British citizen is funnier than the average American’
The reader interview
Post your questions for Rob Delaney
August 2023
Observer New Review Q&A
Rob Delaney: ‘I can’t help it, swearing makes me happy’
The actor and writer on getting his grief down on the page, the five ingredients of good comedy and why the actors’ strike is sure to succeed
July 2023
UK stars hold London rally in support of striking US actors
Sucession star Brian Cox tells gathered members of Equity union ‘we are at thin end of horrible wedge’
April 2023
Black Mirror: new trailer promises big stars and big shocks
Audiobook of the week
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney audiobook review – a tender memoir about the death of a child
November 2022
Ryan Reynolds to appear at Just for Laughs comedy festival at O2 London
The festival will celebrate 40th anniversary in 2023 with London shows featuring the actor talking to Rob Delaney, plus host of standup acts
October 2022
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photography
The best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in October 2022
‘We have a new capacity for pain’: comedian Rob Delaney on life after the death of his son
In 2018, the American comedian Rob Delaney lost his two-year-old son, Henry. He talks to Alex Moshakis about grief, longing – and why it’s OK to be angry
Book of the day
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney review – a father’s raw sorrow and wit
Comedian Rob Delaney writes with searing honesty about the death of his young son
April 2022
TV review
The Man Who Fell to Earth review – small screen sequel series crash lands
The Bubble review – Judd Apatow’s star stuffed pandemic comedy runs out of puff
November 2021
The G2 interview
Rob Delaney on love, loss and married life: ‘No, my wife is not having an affair with her karate teacher’
The star of Catastrophe and Home Sweet Home Alone answers your questions on everything from family tragedy to the value of comedy
Home Sweet Home Alone review – surprisingly funny festive sequel
Borat co-writer Dan Mazer and a comically adept cast including Ellie Kemper, Kenan Thompson and Rob Delaney, make for a diverting enough retread
Send us your questions for Rob Delaney
Ahead of the release of Home Sweet Home Alone, The Guardian will be putting readers’ questions to the actor and comedian
October 2021
Do we really need a new version of Home Alone?
A new trailer has surfaced for Home Sweet Home Alone, which looks to be a sequel that’s also a carbon copy of an original that doesn’t need bettering
July 2021
Looking for love? Dress as a shark! Is Sexy Beasts a new low for dating shows?
A disturbing new Netflix series makes dates dress up as animals – from rhinos to insects – so that choices are made on personality not looks. So why is everyone involved so hot?
June 2021
Names in the news
Rob Delaney is going to prove that love is all about animal attraction
Rebecca Nicholson
The comedian is hosting a TV show where contestants go on blind dates while dressed as sharks and pandas
March 2021
Tom & Jerry The Movie review – sanitised relaunch of the cat and mouse combatants
Uninspiring fights and sketchy rules of engagement mean this lazy reprise won’t excite real aficionados of the eternally warring pair
August 2020
Vasectomies: men recall final cuts and close shaves
Letters: Rob Delaney’s frank and funny account of his vasectomy revives memories for readers including Mike Cashman and the Rev Trevor Smith
