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Michael Segalov

Michael Segalov is a freelance journalist, filmmaker and author

March 2025

  • For Observer Magazine. Pictured are Jacob Dunne and Joan Scourfield at the Playhouse theatre in Nottingham. Jacob killed Joan’s son, James Hodgkinson, on a drunken night out in Nottingham 2011. Since serving time in prison for the manslaughter, Joan has reconciled with Jacob and the story has since being adapted to a play. Photo by Fabio De Paola

    My son’s killer and me: grief, pain and the power of forgiveness after a one-punch death

    When Jacob Dunne hit James Hodgkinson, he had no idea the punch would kill him. He recounts how his victim’s mother, Joan, helped him, while she reveals why she confronted him

February 2025

  • Largest Jonathan Bailey

    ‘I’m an actor, not a mouthpiece’: Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey on fame and the pressure to speak out

    Bridgerton, then Wicked, gave Jonathan Bailey a huge fanbase, but the responsibility on the actor to use his platform is intense
  • Judith Butler, l'Obs, September 27, 2023<br>HI-Res - PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 27: Philosopher and Writer Judith Butler poses for a portrait shoot on September 27, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Marie Rouge/Contour by Getty Images)

    This much I know
    Judith Butler: ‘Swimming is the closest thing I have to a religion’

    The philosopher, 68, tells Michael Segalov about kayaks capsizing, imitating trees, left-wing schisms and how instead of being stony-faced and serious, they like to clown around
  • Sheila Hancock shot for OM for her 92nd birthday

    ‘You name it, I did it’: Sheila Hancock on comedy, age and anxiety

    You might think Dame Sheila Hancock would be taking life a little easy – no chance. She talks about her working-class roots, being lucky in love, the frustration of being passed over for serious roles – and why she’s fed up
    with feeling anxious

January 2025

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    The new gold rush: why the precious metal has lost none of its allure

    The price of gold continues to rise, but who buys it, and where do they keep it? We head to Zurich’s secret vault and meet the dealers

December 2024

  • Andi Oliver wearing a pink dress and holding a fan against a matching pink and yellow background

    Andi Oliver: ‘Life’s too short to be appalling’

    The TV personality, chef, musician and author has made her cultural mark, but has faced her fights – racism, violence, grief, poverty as a single mum. How did this nascent national treasure turn trauma into triumph?
  • Kyla Harris and Lee Getty for BAFTA Breakthrough UK 2024

    ‘We want to take the sting out of shame’: Kyla Harris and Lee Getty on narratives, nudity and normalising disabled bodies

    The creators of We Might Regret This, an unflinching and taboo-busting sitcom about a tetraplegic woman and her friend/carer, challenges the perceptions of disability. But this is just the start of their story
  • Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston shot for OM in Melbourne, Australia

    ‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’: meet the neuroscientist who believes life could be eternal

    A brilliant young scientist believes that if we preserve our brains, they could be revived in the future, helping us live for centuries

November 2024

  • Mark Ward shot for OM at home

    ‘I’ve made every second count’: one man’s search for justice through the infected blood scandal

    Mark Ward, a victim of the infected blood scandal that has killed so many, has fought all his life for truth and acknowledgement of what happened to him and so many of his peers. Now, at last, his voice is being heard
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    ‘The best advice I’ve ever been given’: celebrities share their wisdom

    Words of encouragement, words of courage, wise words… Some of our most influential figures share the advice that’s helped them most
  • Matty Matheson holding a banana

    ‘You only get one shot so why not?’: The Bear’s Matty Matheson on cooking, addiction and making the most of life

    Millions knew him as The Bear’s lovable goofball Neil Fak, but his own story is more than a match for the show’s boiling tension. He talls about his restaurant empire, YouTube fame and journey back from addiction

September 2024

  • Harry Lawtey shot for OM

    ‘It has felt so bizarre’: Industry’s Harry Lawtey on coping with sudden fame

    It’s quite a leap for a ‘fragile, sensitive kid’ to find himself starring in a Hollywood action movie. After the huge success of Industry and his new part in Joker, Harry Lawtey reveals why being in denial is the only way he can make sense of it
  • John Lithgow shot for OM

    ‘I’m an ordinary man who plays crazy parts’: John Lithgow on tackling Roald Dahl

    When John Lithgow got the role of author and antisemite Roald Dahl, friends feared for his safety. He reveals why he’s never been one to shy from a challenge
  • ‘I’m a morning person’: James Bay.

    Sunday with James Bay: ‘I like to steal an hour at the skatepark’

    The musician on painting, parenthood and the joys of lazing around

August 2024

  • George Pointon: ‘It’s irresponsible to leave your child with me and expect them to learn something.’

    ‘They see me as a bigger version of themselves’: teacher George Pointon on life lessons from five-year-olds

  • DAM at Womad

    Palestinian hip-hop collective DAM: ‘Music can’t stop a war machine’

  • Jordan Stephens sitting on a bench in Greenwich Park, smiling and with his arms spread across the back of the bench and one leg forward, wearing khaki shorts, a white-T-shirt and white trainers

    ‘All this chaos. It’s part of who I am’: Rizzle Kicks’ Jordan Stephens on life after pop stardom

  • dancer Wayne Sleep, photographed at home.

    This much I know
    Wayne Sleep: ‘The bigger the stage, the better I became’

  • ‘The young offenders system worked for me’: the ex-convict turned chef

  • This much I know
    Naomi Klein: ‘So many of my ideas get lost’

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