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Monica Heisey

Monica Heisey is a writer and comedian from Toronto. Her first book, I Can't Believe It's Not Better, is out in spring 2015.

February 2024

  • Illustration by Observer Design of a heart-shaped record on a turntable.

    All you need is love songs: 12 novelists pick their favourite romantic tracks

    Writers who know a thing or two about matters of the heart on the love songs they adore – from Sondheim’s bittersweet portrait of a romance sceptic to Roberta Flack’s timeless expression of hope

December 2023

  • Illustration by Maria Grejc showing books in a modern living space with a Christmas tree

    2023 in Culture
    The best books to give as presents this Christmas

    Novelists and nonfiction writers reveal the books they will be giving as gifts – and the paperback they would love to find in their own stocking

February 2023

  • Love match: David Nicholls, Monica Heisey, Mike Gayle, Curtis Sittenfeld, Stanley Tucci and Ore Agbaje Williams pick their favourite romance novels

    ‘You can read it in the time it takes to have a one night stand’: authors on their favourite romcom books

    Stanley Tucci, Jenny Colgan, David Nicholls and others reflect on their favourite romantic comedies, including Heartburn, A Room With a View and The Spanish Love Deception

February 2021

  • Walkers and South Downs 1

    A joyless trudge? No, thanks: why I am utterly sick of ‘going for a walk’

    As a Canadian living in the UK, there’s one thing I still don’t get about the British: what’s so great about trudging through a muddy field to nowhere?

July 2020

  • People and flies

    'I got so sunburnt, I was like a piece of chorizo': comedians on their holidays from hell

    A vacation isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Some of our favourite writers share their bad trips

September 2019

  • Illustration of a spin class

    'I was an ex-wife. Time to become a hot ex-wife': how I found myself at Spin class

    At my first class I felt like a walking ‘before’ picture, surrounded by ‘afters’. Then the instructor turned the lights off, and I became a convert

July 2019

  • Friends

    The one where Phoebe takes ayahuasca? Imagining the Friends reboot

    Jennifer Aniston has teased a cast reunion – bring on the @ChandlerBong tweets and Joey’s #MeToo allegations

April 2019

  • The Knight King; Ed Sheeran; Dragon

    Ed Sheeran? Incest? Ice dragons? How Game of Thrones might end

    As the show concludes, there are multiple directions its final chapter could take. None of which are listed below

February 2019

  • Sarah Jessica Parker in Stella Artois’ Super Bowl ad

    Big, Blahniks and book stacks: imagining Carrie Bradshaw's Instagram

    Sex and the City’s shoe-loving star returned to TV in a beer commercial. But what would a 2019 Carrie’s socials look like?

January 2017

  • Spin-off TV wheel

    Frasier, Absolutely Fabulous and Joey: the dos and don’ts of TV spin offs

    As The Good Wife and 24 keep to the maxim of ‘old characters, new show’, we run through the rules in a reimagined TV universe

June 2015

  • Amy Schumer

    Amy Schumer: comedy's viral queen

    From photobombing weddings to attacking sexism, everything she touches turns to gold – but not all her comedy is as surefooted as her celebrated sketches
  • Nudist Barry Freeman on Studland Beach TX

    Summer in America
    Nude beaches in America: a guide for career nudists and amateurs

    Before you head out into the surf with nothing but a smile and SPF cream to protect you, there are a few things you should know
  • Key & Peele

    Clicker-bait: our guide to summer's best television

    True Detective and Hannibal lead an impressive slate of returnees, while Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer prequel boasts a cast that promises to deliver laughs. Looking for something else? Find it in our interactive guide

May 2015

  • CarrieCrying

    Don't fear the weeper: how to cry in public like a grownup

    A Japanese hotel has created rooms explicitly for women to cry in, but what if you can’t hold it? In her upcoming book, Monica Heisey explains what to do

April 2015

  • Cher in 2014

    The brilliance of Cher's Twitter – a jewel in the bizarro crown of the internet

  • Amy Schumer talks with CBS Late Show host David Letterman

    Best of late night
    Best of late night: Amy Schumer flashes Dave and Python take over Tonight

  • scarlett johansson, robert downey jr, chris hemsworth

    Best of late night
    Best of late night: Avengers feud, James Corden struts and Billy Crystal sings

  • Jennifer Lopez: recipient of a lapdance at the MTV Movie awards.

    MTV Movie Awards: a night of titillation, tears and tons of trailers

  • Best of late night
    Best of late night: Fallon and Madonna on holiday and Jon Snow ruins dinner

  • Best of late night
    Rihanna gets in bed with Kimmel and Helen Mirren 'sucks in' helium

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