‘Is there a place for the poor?’ Artists and activists try to revive Johannesburg, crumbling City of Gold
Rachel Savage
The Observer
April 19, 2025
World news
Issues around basic services, corruption and class trouble vibrant Johannesburg, which this year hosts the G20 summit
Pledge to create thousands more nursery places has backfired, early years groups say
James Tapper
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Education
Schools are pushing out established groups as funding for more places comes on stream
‘It’s less intimidating, less vulnerable’: why cooking in company helps us to talk
Alim Kheraj
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Food
The pressure’s off when we’re not staring at each other, we can relax and have a nice chat. By Alim Kheraj
Now Play This 2025 review – the end of an era of experimental game design
Simon Parkin
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Games
After 10 fun-packed years, it’s a wrap for the UK’s biggest celebration of indie, communal gameplay. But the folk games at the heart of this year’s edition have now filtered into the mainstream, from Taskmaster to The Traitors
Sci-fi Musk is brainstorming ways to breed his ‘legion’ more efficiently
Arwa Mahdawi
theguardian.com
April 19, 2025
Opinion
A Wall Street Journal article offered disturbing details about the billionaire’s behavior. Imagine the backlash if he were a woman
David Oyelowo: ‘My wife and I made the decision early on never to be apart for longer than two weeks’’
Hayley Myers
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Stage
The actor, 49, tells Hayley Myers<em> </em>about his royal heritage, earliest memory, hard times in a hostel, four gifted kids and what happened when he met Sidney Poitier
The showdown between Harvard and the White House – day by day
Anna Betts
theguardian.com
April 19, 2025
Education
After months of pressure to defend itself, Harvard rejected demands from the Trump administration
Self Esteem review – straight outta Gilead
Kitty Empire
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Music
A triumphant staging by Rebecca Lucy Taylor of her new album, A Complicated Woman, is part artistic statement, part power pop club night
One to watch: Jane Paknia
Laura Snapes
The Observer
April 19, 2025
Music
Inspired by Alice Coltrane, Sophie and a certain Muppet, the New York musician lives out her dream on an addictive second EP
UK couple who died in Italy cable car crash named
Harry Taylor
theguardian.com
April 19, 2025
World news
Graeme Winn, 65, and Elaine Winn, 58, were among four people who died in incident on Thursday