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The tsunami survivor who lost her whole family

Sonali Deraniyagala, at home in New York: 'The book has allowed me to bring them close, to keep them close.' Photograph: Annie Collinge for the Observer What will you remember of the people you love?…
AUTHOR:Tim Adams
PUBLISHED: March 9, 2013
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3768 words)

Charlotte Church: my private life

Charlotte Church: 'I’m the kind of person who laughs off everything publicly, because you can’t go around wailing. Behind closed doors it made me weird out a bit.’ Photograph: Harry Borden for the…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 5, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3436 words)

What is it like to be an Olympic athlete's parent?

Bert Le Clos celebrates after his son Chad wins his gold medal inLondon. Photograph: Getty Images For Jackie Jamieson, the most emotional week of her life came four months before this year's…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 13, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2613 words)

This is how racism takes root

Five of the eight men convicted of child sex abuse in Derby: Mark Adaoui, John Shaw, Stefan Godfrey, Anthony Lambert and Ijaz Ahmed. Photograph: Caters News Agency By now surely everyone knows the…
PUBLISHED: July 22, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1676 words)

Usain Bolt: 'Legends have come before me, but this is my time'

Jamaica's Usain Bolt is hoping to become the first man to defend the Olympic 100m and 200m titles at London 2012. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters "This will be the moment, and this will be the…
PUBLISHED: July 24, 2012
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3117 words)

Mental health of benefit claimants is put at risk by welfare reform

Julie Carwardine: She believes her battle with the benefits and tribunals system made her attempt suicide. Photograph: John Domokos for the Guardian One day in May, a man arrived to sign on at…
PUBLISHED: June 20, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1884 words)

Joey Barton: a man of two halves

You could write yourself straight into Pseuds' Corner trying to describe Joey Barton. At the very least, you could give yourself a serious ache in the brain. Because although the barest of summaries…
AUTHOR:Alex Clark
PUBLISHED: April 14, 2012
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3261 words)

Anders Behring Breivik trial: the father's story

It is an unassuming bungalow in a nondescript village on the edge of a small town in southern France. An unmade driveway runs from the road between similarly recent modest villas to the bars of a…
AUTHOR:Jon Henley
PUBLISHED: April 13, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2145 words)

Anne Tyler: a life's work

If you were to pop by Anne Tyler's house in leafy Roland Park, Baltimore, on a Tuesday afternoon, you might interrupt her and five women friends deep into an episode of The Wire. They have seen all…
PUBLISHED: April 13, 2012
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3817 words)
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