Selected work
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Features
How long Covid forced me to confront my past and my identity
On the set of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend
Five years on from March 2020, long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten
The fandom that made me: Placebo
Bearing witness to migrant deaths in the Mediterranean
Brett Morgen on his Nirvana documentary
Shot: photographing gunshot survivors in the US
Listen to her purr… how to train your cat
Sadiq Khan on London's night-time economy
The 10 most inventive TV episodes
Mark Vessey's photographs of vinyl and book collections
Kedi: a documentary about Istanbul's street cats
Petzi: a box for spying on your pet
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Group pieces
‘89 perfect minutes’: 30 of the best short films and novels
Directors pick 15 great films not streaming in the UK
24 festive movies chosen by leading film figures including John Waters, Mark Jenkin and more
Pat Barker, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology
Joe Lycett guest edits the Observer New Review
Christine and the Queens, Haim and more on the joy of live music
Mark Rylance and other actors on their backstage secrets
Novelists on the housing crisis
Writers reflect on the influence of their mothers
A Vespa breakdown on one of the world’s deadliest roads
The songs Guardian writers can't listen to any more
Guardian critics on getting it wrong
Mati Diop and other directors who lit up 2019’s film festivals
Ana Lily Amirpour and other female directors bringing new blood to horror films
Famous Succession fans on their favourite scenes
Game of Thrones stars on how it changed their lives
Benjamin Zephaniah, Jilly Cooper and more on London
Doctors and nurses on the NHS in crisis
Cultural tastemakers on the things that inspire them
In praise of the British library
Nine women on sexism in the film industry
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Criticism
The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir by RuPaul
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
My streaming gem: Happy as Lazzaro
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Ghosteen
Young Fathers: White Men Are Black Men Too
Hear me out: why S1m0ne isn't a bad movie
Venus in Fur at Theatre Royal Haymarket
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On my radar
At the New Review I look after the weekly On My Radar slot, in which a celebrity chooses six cultural highlights. I have interviewed many fun people for this, including:
