Saturday, March 15, 2025

Culture

The birdman of Tooting Bec spreads his wings, in 1984

‘A tawny owl swoops round your head, there is a background scutter of twitchings and scratchings from the depths of cages, a crow called Brian screeches incessantly… the room is suffused with a limey smell.’ In 1984, the Observer’s...

Editors’ picks: 5 ways to incorporate tailoring into your wardrobe – in pictures

Bemi Shaw, contributing stylist‘Sharpen up a casual look.’ T-shirt, £120, Kenzo (brownsfashion.com). Earrings, £79, missoma.com. Waistcoat, £98, Jigsaw (johnlewis.com). Trousers, £40, riverisland.com. Trainers, £89.99, Adidas (kickgame.com). Bag, £75.90 for 4 days hire, Coperni (hurrcollective.com)

Doon Mackichan: ‘Before meetings I head-bang to Led Zeppelin’

My parents were eccentrics, living in a big mad house in the country. We had a free-flying parrot and a goat that came on walks. Everything was an adventure. At midnight on a school night, they’d say, “Let’s visit...

Ravinder Bhogal’s pumpkin and squash recipes for autumn

Pumpkin, kale and spelt broth with fried sageSage and pumpkin are a match made in heaven. This hearty, vegetarian broth is exactly what I want to eat when the temperature begins to take a nosedive.Prep 15 minCook 45 minServes...

Munya Chawawa looks back: ‘Bullies shamed me for being proud of my culture – so I’d go home and write raps about the cold,...

Born in Derby in 1992, comedian Munya Chawawa is best known for his online sketches skewering politicians, musicians and celebrities. Aged 11, Munya and his family moved back to England from Zimbabwe, to the village of Framingham Pigot in...

This is how we do it: ‘I’ve lost my faith – and with it my shame about sex’

Layla, 65 Our chaste public personas actually make us more passionate behind closed doors because what we’re doing feels excitingly furtive When I met Martin he was a 27-year-old virgin. We were both Catholic, but I had quite a...

Meera Sodha’s recipe for vegan chocolate cake with sprinkles | The new vegan

Could chocolate cake be one of the world’s most welcome guests? A prolific traveller across the globe, and an integral part of office meetings, fundraisers, dinner parties, batmitzvahs and no doubt weddings, too, the chocolate cake plays an outsized...

Next time a recipe tells you to discard the mushroom stems, don’t | Waste not

If a recipe calls for mushroom stalks to be removed, take the time to think whether that’s a strictly necessary step and, if possible, ignore the instruction and leave them on, to save both time and waste. The cap...

Tim Dowling: masonry – how hard can it be? But I’ve got to find the right trowel …

The morning after we return home I’m on the phone with the bank for a long time. The man at the other end is explaining to me why the new card I just received has already been cancelled.“There was...

Weekend podcast: Dolly Parton, John Crace on Keir Starmer, and could a hair transplant change one man’s life?

John Crace watches a glitter-covered Keir Starmer get down to business with a game-changing speech (1m21s); Dolly Parton on style, stardom and sexism (9m51s); plus one man’s leap of faith into the world of hair transplants (26m46s) ...
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