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Observer TV reviews The week in TV: Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam; Penance; Westworld and more

A fine documentary on Miss World shows how far we have come since 1970

Published: 22 Mar 2020

Best culture 2019 The faces of 2019 – in pictures

Dick and Dom on the decks, Skin from Skunk Anansie, Ben Stokes in the Lords pavilion, Dafne Keen from Her Dark Materials … Guardian photographers look back at their portraits of the year

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Published: 27 Dec 2019

Autumn arts preview 2019 Ronan Bennett: ‘Top Boy was special to me... I poured it all into the scripts’

Published: 31 Aug 2019
'The show needed to come back': how Drake rescued the druglords of Top Boy

Published: 12 Aug 2019

Ashley Walters – so solid dad

The actor and former So Solid Crew rapper had his first child as a teenager. He was determined not to repeat his own father’s mistakes. Now, a dad for the eighth time, he explains why he’s stopped looking for a rulebook

Published: 12 Nov 2016

My self-portrait Ashley Walters' self-portrait: 'I don't get as much female attention as I'd like' – video

Musician and actor Ashley Walters analyses his reflection while looking down the lens of the camera and drawing his self-portrait on an iPad

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Published: 15 Jun 2015

My big break: Ken Loach, Caitlin Moran, Lennie James, Grayson Perry and more explain how they made it

Are the arts today really closed off to anyone who doesn’t have the right background or financial support? We asked musicians, film-makers, actors, artists, architects and others at the top of their field how they got there

Published: 14 Apr 2015

Film&Music: the Live magazine issue Keeping it reel: urban film and the riots

This year's UK riots made gritty dramas such as Kidulthood and Shank look all too real. But could these films be part of the problem, asks Live magazine's Zindzi Rocque-Drayton

Published: 15 Dec 2011

What to say about What to say about ... Off the Endz

Leo Benedictus: Bola Agbaje's new play has sent some critics into raptures – but are they looking too hard for the next big thing?

Published: 23 Feb 2010