The royals are just like much of our press - trapped in a fantasy version of Britain’s past
David Olusoga
We can’t enjoy a better future until we begin to reshape institutions no longer fit for today
August 2020
Harry and Meghan insist on privacy. Apart from when they’re the ones doing the dishing
Catherine Bennett
A new book will invite derision and give yet more ammunition to their detractors
May 2019
The illustrated city
Pomp, circumstance and celebrity: people-watching in Windsor – a cartoon
Harry and Meghan release wedding photos to mark anniversary
March 2019
What if the Caribbean refused royal visits until reparations were paid?
Nalini Mohabir
Charles and Camilla are the latest to arrive and help whitewash the injustices of slavery and empire, says Nalini Mohabir of Ryerson University, Toronto
January 2019
Unfazed: royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason on a life-changing year
Inspiring others ‘who look like me’ to take up music just as important as fame, says teenager
December 2018
It will take more than a gold piano to bring down the house of Windsor
Catherine Bennett
We live in the worst of times – but amid the darkness good things happened in 2018
Brigid Delaney
From the World Cup to the royal wedding, seven big stories of 2018
Today in Focus
Windrush, Brexit, Trump and Cambridge Analytica: looking back at 2018
November 2018
The Kingdom Choir review – royal wedding stars give pop the gospel treatment
Royal wedding and Trump visit rack up £9m in policing costs
October 2018
Observer New Review Q&A
George the Poet: ‘My manifesto was in poetry when I ran for student union chair’
The spoken word artist from north London on drill music, using art to educate young people and the joy of podcasting
June 2018
Taking a lesson from Michael Curry could just save the Church of England
Andrew Brown
Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason wins two Classic Brits
Beckhams donate royal wedding outfits to fund for Manchester attack
Sunshine and a royal wedding spark British spending spree in May
May 2018
Posh royal expert exposed as Tommy from upstate New York
Thomas J Mace-Archer-Mills dispensed advice to Duchess of Sussex on how ‘us’ Brits behave
Europe now
Andrzej Krauze on the royal wedding – cartoon
Across Europe, millions watched the ceremony as Britain’s preparations to leave the EU rumbled on
Letters: the royal wedding: a survival strategy
Now that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have tied the knot, what next for the royal family?
