The Observer

Kneecap: ‘Nobody actually thinks we’re terrorists. It’s a carnival of distraction’ After a tumultuous 2025 in which they were rarely out of the headlines, the Irish-language hip-hop trio @KNEECAPCEOL are back with a new ‘statement piece’ album, writes @msmirandasawyer bit.ly/4rNr5q7

“The sexiness of #heatedrivalry and the books makes people have ideas about me. They’re not sure what to expect when they meet me … I’m just normal,” says Rachel Reid Barbara Ellen meets the writer of everyone's favourite steamy hockey series changing the fanbase and challenging stories of sexuality on screen bit.ly/4bx4nMJ

‘It would be easy to look at Irsay’s 25-year mission as an exercise in kleptomania.’ @XAMGreenwood watches billionaire Jim Irsay’s astonishing archive of artefacts – from Beatles memorabilia to Kerouac’s On the Road scroll – go to auction bit.ly/4uvIMgf

The Dean: Berlin’s new bolthole bit.ly/3PnUoly

'Being without a phone is alienating, but you experience the world in harsh real time as if anew,' says @olivia_ovenden As more users purposefully take time away from their devices, it’s unsurprising that fiction is reflecting that desire to break away from technology bit.ly/4spJiew

Why Rachel Reid wrote Heated Rivalry Rachel Reid’s queer ice hockey romance series #HeatedRivalry is an erotic power play. She explains why it has started conversations that are long overdue bit.ly/4bx4nMJ

The Other Bennet Sister reimagines Austen – again bit.ly/4smTEvt

Why I wrote Heated Rivalry bit.ly/4uD1jaE

Design and Homes Editor, Observer Magazine bit.ly/4bmczAG

Demand for jabs outstrips supply as fear of meningitis outbreak spreads bit.ly/4s2PVTb

Ready to fly again: Molly Caudery is on the up as she eyes LA 2028 bit.ly/4lCUD8m

Mikel Arteta’s biggest achievement is making Arsenal whole again bit.ly/40J1SlC

Boxing is like a mating dance between two birds bit.ly/4sVpO13

Afcon chaos just latest blot on world football record – but the top flight is no better bit.ly/4uO4kVR

The green light: Nigel Slater’s recipes for the first shoots of spring bit.ly/47yaL5t

Want to tell a story? Then ditch the phone, writes @olivia_ovenden Broken mobiles have become a cinematic trope but disconnecting needn’t be dramatic bit.ly/4spJiew

London Marathon: Dreams of pace, PBs and three magical digits: 26.2 @martinlove166 has run 41 marathons and counting – there are some numbers etched into this runner’s mind ahead of @LondonMarathon bit.ly/4bnQBNH

'My daughter learned to say, “Mummy’s back hurts.” And all the time, I couldn’t escape the vague sense that this was all my fault. Instead of bouncing back, I had broken,' writes @laurenbravo The writer chronicles how she adapted to life with chronic back pain - one chore at a time bit.ly/4lD3RkV

'Her art is an extraordinary expression of the power of the imagination and the will to find meaning' Lily Isaacs reviews a new biography of Yoko Ono’s shadowed life bit.ly/4uBs27x

Melissa Hamilton: ‘Timothée Chalamet should check himself before making disrespectful comments’ The ballerina @hmelissa84 speaks to @tara_dwmd on pursuing her dream, meeting Harry Styles and dancing Mary Vetsera in Mayerling bit.ly/413Y7rf