A timely account of a fraught part of Europe is named Stanford Dolman travel book of the year. Here, one of the judges heralds a master storyteller and gives an overview of the nominees
Picasso reveals his most erotic year, Andreas Gursky predicts the post-truth era, O’Keeffe and Hopper hit Oxford – and the only way is Sussex for William Blake in our exhibitions preview
To mark 200 issues of Observer Food Monthly, we pick the most significant books published in the years since the magazine launched
Eighteen reasons to look forward to the next 12 months (and we haven’t even mentioned the royal wedding…)
We welcome “Pogrom”, the second book in The Maltese Cat Book Series. Read about The Maltese Cat Series Book 1 here. The Maltese Cat is back in action, and this time the stakes are higher than they have ever been. He has been invited to Saudi Arabia by his polo-playing friend Bruce and a prince from … Read more
Tasty spices from India, long-forgotten recipes from France – and Turkish delight from Narnia. Bee Wilson takes comfort in cookbooks