Miranda Sawyer
Miranda Sawyer writes features for the Observer. She is also the paper's radio critic
August 2024
- Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radioThe week in audio: The Lost Archive of James Baldwin; Extreme: Muscle Men; Paris Olympics – reviewThe American writer’s personal effects, languishing in a French lock-up, are only part of a touching story. Plus, an entertaining tale of 80s bodybuilding, and gymnastics on the radio
July 2024
June 2024
The week in audio: Nick Ferrari; The News Agents; The Rest Is Politics; Oh God, What Now?; Electoral Dysfunction; The Turnout With GK Barry – review
With days to go to the UK’s general election, our critic listens to Starmer and Sunak face LBC’s listeners and dips into the big-name political podcasts
May 2024
- Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radioThe week in audio: Fur & Loathing; Dead Man Running; About the Boys; Vanessa Feltz – reviewNicky Woolf investigates a chemical attack at a furry convention, Myles Bonnar pursues a Scottish fugitive, Catherine Carr takes a sensitive approach to teenage boys, and a storm hits LBC
April 2024
March 2024
- Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radioThe week in audio: Serial season 4: Guantánamo; Hidden Treasures: The Dumb Waiter, Traitor; Dial F for Football – reviewThe grandaddy of podcasts reassesses the US terrorist detention camp; a rerun of Pinter and Potter plays is not to be missed. And at last, a genuinely funny new radio comedy…