Barbara Ellen
Barbara Ellen is a columnist for the Observer. She has also written for NME, the Times, Mail on Sunday, Elle, Marie Claire, Grazia, Loaded, GQ and Mojo
June 2024
May 2024
- Observer TV reviewsThe week in TV: Insomnia; Cold Case Investigators: Solving Britain’s Sex Crimes; Rebus; Trying; The Nevermets – reviewVicky McClure’s sleepless nights are only the half of it in a convoluted psychological thriller; new forensics and dogged detectives solve decades-old cases in a gripping documentary; and Rebus is reimagined with grit and wit
April 2024
March 2024
- Observer TV reviewsThe week in TV: Big Mood; Renegade Nell; A Gentleman in Moscow; Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods – reviewNicola Coughlan goes deep in a bleak millennials comedy of mental illness; fellow ex-Derry Girl Louisa Harland cuts a dash in Sally Wainwright’s bold Disney adventure; and Ewan McGregor makes for a rousing Russian aristo