The week in TV: Joan; Industry; Nobody Wants This; Heartstopper – review
There’s grit and glamour in a 1980s-set crime drama; the millennial City saga’s third series rivals Succession; boundaries are tested in a romcom both classic and modern; and TV’s sweetest teens grow up
September 2024
‘There was just this beautiful openness’: behind the scenes of Heartstopper’s steamiest season yet
Observer New Review Q&A
Alice Oseman: ‘I’m 50 pages into writing the final Heartstopper... I’m excited but it’s also bittersweet’
December 2023
Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper becomes the UK’s fastest-selling graphic novel ever
First three days of sales also made the fifth volume of the LGBTQ+ young adult series the overall best-selling book of the week across all categories
August 2023
The Guardian view on Heartstopper: a phenomenon that defines a generation
The last word
‘Pandora! I adore ya!’: the best descriptions of first love in literature
July 2023
Hungarian bookstore fined for selling LGBTQ+ novel in youth section
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman was on shelves for young people and did not have closed packaging as required by controversial law
May 2023
Elena Ferrante and Marian Keyes among authors competing in Eurovision book contest
As musicians prepare for the Eurovision song contest on Saturday, entries for its literary counterpart have been announced
April 2023
Alice Oseman reveals plans for sixth volume of Heartstopper graphic novels
Forthcoming fifth volume of the hit series was planned to be the last but writer says a sixth book will give characters ‘their final moment to shine’
April 2022
Names in the news
Thanks in part to Alice Oseman, TV has never been better if you’re young and gay
Rebecca Nicholson
Heartstopper is just the latest show to portray same-sex romance in a wholesome and sympathetic way
