If you like Baby Reindeer, you’ll love Young Mungo! 29 terrific TV shows – and the books to read instead
Want to watch less and read more this summer? Let your favourite series be a guide to clever, funny, moving titles you won’t be able to put down
January 2024
Good Grief review – Dan Levy’s satisfyingly grown-up drama
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Good Grief review – Richard Curtis style romcom from Schitt’s Creek’s Dan Levy
May 2023
Empty nest? Not a chance
From bills to personal space: a therapist on how to survive grown-up kids moving back home
The number of adult children living with parents in the UK keeps rising: two years ago, there were 4.9 million
March 2023
Observer New Review Q&A
Eugene Levy: ‘The eyebrows didn’t hinder or help my career, I don’t think’
The Schitt’s Creek star on his unlikely new travelogue, the thrill of working with family and his pal Jennifer Coolidge stealing the show
February 2023
When your ex gets the cat: the writer who divorced in her 20s – and turned it into a runaway bestseller
The Schitt’s Creek screenwriter Monica Heisey discusses her debut novel, the similarities between heartbreak and food poisoning, and why failure doesn’t need to make you feel terrible
January 2023
Book of the day
Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey review – a comic take on newly single life
A sardonic story of divorce, depression and the road to recovery by the Schitt’s Creek screenwriter
September 2021
The music essay
Collapsed laughing: how the gap between music and comedy has disappeared
Hurry up and wait: the joys of slow culture
July 2021
Stream team
‘Irresistibly funny’: the 20 best shows to binge right now
To help our readers through the latest lockdowns, we recommend the chillest, easiest and most laugh-out-loud series that we couldn’t stop watching
May 2021
‘Cliffhangers should be illegal!’: the most annoying things about TV
From shoddy subtitles to improbable accents and the fact that no one ever uses a toilet, our writers address the biggest bugbears on the small screen
March 2021
Schitt's Creek motel for sale – minus the 'Rosebud' sign
First the Rose family’s former mansion hit the real estate lists – now it’s the 10-room motel they called home
Golden Globes 2021: Nomadland and The Crown win big – as it happened
A semi-virtual kickoff to the awards season saw wins for Schitt’s Creek, Chadwick Boseman and Borat but there was continued outrage over diversity and alleged corruption
The full list of Golden Globes 2021 winners
All the winners of the 78th annual Golden Globes from the world of TV and film
February 2021
Schitt’s Creek mansion put up for sale for $15m
The G2 interview
Catherine O'Hara on the joy of Schitt's Creek: 'Eugene Levy is the sweetest man!'
December 2020
G2 quiz of 2020
The TV quiz of the year: from a Schitt’s Creek wedding to an explosive Homeland finale
2020 in TV
Dan Levy on Schitt's Creek: 'Winning nine Emmys was surreal'
Morning mail newsletter
Morning mail: RBA energy deal raises questions, Covid vaccinations begin, ATO's Schitt’s Creek fans
'That's not a write-off!': where the Australian tax office meets Schitt's Creek
