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O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects creates "quiet yet present" garden studio in London
A low brick base anchors the timber structure of this pared-back garden studio, which O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects created as a workspace for a creative couple in Highbury.
Celebrity Traitors comes to a climax in nail-biting final
The second series of the hit show reached its climax on Friday after attracting 15 million viewers.
Black Doves actress says she loved playing 'a very Welsh assassin'
Gabrielle Creevy says she auditioned for the role using her Welsh accent "and they loved it".
To Live Is to Believe
Remembering Ursula von Rydingsvard, an Epstein survivor’s message for MoMA, interviews with Paul Pfeiffer and Layli Long Soldier, and the best costumes of our artsy Halloween party.
Dezeen's top five houses of October 2026
Featuring an architect's pink PoMo dreamhouse and a home for kids that looks like a wooden wardrobe, here are Dezeen's houses of the month for October.
Martin McDonagh Says Art Can Change the World. Just Not as Much as Murder.
The writer-director, known for his dark and bleak work, believes in film’s power to change our lives.
What we’re reading: Ian Rankin, Louise Kennedy and Guardian readers on the books they enjoyed in October
Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the commentsI’m a huge fan of Muriel Spark, but wasn’t sure I needed another biography of her, yet James Bailey…
Queens of the Stone Age Returns, and 8 More Songs We’re Talking About
The rockers rant against brainwashing, Snoh Aalegra declares her love, Zach Bryan floods the Hot 100 chart and more.
‘Being hated is very bracing’: Helen Garner on surviving three marriages and being called a ‘rotten feminist’
Her unsparing fiction and true crime writing have made her one of Australia’s most controversial and celebrated authors. The author discusses relationships, resilience – and finding global recognition five decades into h…
Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Is Reborn
A $195 million expansion of the Rock Hall features a new entry plaza, an amphitheater and a 40-foot-tall wall of glass.
From Wicker to Zelda: Ocarina of Time: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård star in a new fantasy romance, and Nintendo’s revered 1998 classic gets a fresh coat of paintWicker Out now Anyone who has ever fantasised about having a husband made out of wicker (…
This week Foster + Partners unveiled the replacement for San Siro stadium
This week on Dezeen, architecture studio Foster + Partners and US studio Manica unveiled their design for Generali Stadium in Milan.
Selma Blair says she is ‘so sorry’ to those she alarmed following alleged air incident
Actor pleaded not guilty to allegedly kicking a nurse and a police officer after an incident on flight from Los Angeles to New YorkSelma Blair has spoken for the first time since being charged with assault after a mid-ai…
Hack Could Leave AO3, a Popular Fan Fiction Site, Offline for Weeks
AO3, which hosts 18 million stories spun off from the likes of “Harry Potter” and “Heated Rivalry,” was taken offline after “an intrusion,” one of its founders said.
Australia’s best photos of the month – October 2026
Dolly Parton, tulips and outback life all feature in the best images captured across the country in OctoberApartments, community centres and a pink outdoor toilet: Australia’s 2026 National Architecture award winners – i…
How Bristol shaped Maya Jama before her TV fame
The Love Island host's journey from leaving Bristol as a teenager to reaching the BBC show's finale.
Listen to the First Atlas Sound Song in 15 Years
“Octoberland” also arrives with a music video
Ceilidh: A New Musical review – a joyous, riotous celebration of Scottish culture gets the audience on its feet
Shoreditch town hall, LondonScott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie’s audience participation musical gets toes tapping and bodies spinning – even if its story lacks a little depthThere’s only one thing you need to know before…
‘Patrick Stewart brought virile star power to the stage, from clowns to kings to wounded lions’
With his striking voice, so rich and resonant, the actor blazed through the RSC – and his time in Hollywood only enriched him. Yet he was a great team player, capable of anything, as his double acts with Ian McKellen sho…
The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
Minihorror by Barbi Marković; Paradise Burns by Pol Guasch; Hafni Says by Helle Helle; Googling for Soul by Hamid IsmailovMinihorror by Barbi Marković, translated by Jen Calleja (Faber, £14.99) This eccentric and fantast…
Middlemarch review – World’s Greatest Novel hurtles from deathbed panto to jolting marital tragedy
Swan theatre, Stratford-Upon-AvonThis RSC staging of the sprawling middle England masterpiece has humour, compassion – and even George Eliot herself as a characterIs there a literary achievement greater than George Eliot…