Congrats to the brilliant Laura Cumming - Critic of the Year at last night’s press awards, here with highly commended colleague Jay Rayner. Congrats also to shortlisted writers Rachel Cooke and Tim Adams. What a team of writers The Observer has! We are v proud 👏🙏🙌

Claire Rousay: Sentiment review – the sound of life happening elsewhere dlvr.it/T5k0mf

Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson & Charles Hazlewood: Death Songbook review – a vivid time capsule dlvr.it/T5jxRP

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter review – the faithful will rejoice dlvr.it/T5jtQk

Crime and thrillers of the month – review dlvr.it/T5Z1M8

Mania by Lionel Shriver review – we need to talk about stupidity dlvr.it/T5WRsh

Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story by Caroline Lucas review – the Green MP’s alternative vision dlvr.it/T5VKJ1

There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib review – hoop dreams and home truths dlvr.it/T5VBwl

Back to Black review – wildly uneven portrait of Amy Winehouse dlvr.it/T5V6mV

Leyla McCalla: Sun Without the Heat review – a freewheeling, joyous listen dlvr.it/T5V6mD

Now Play This 2024 review – the eccentricity is the point dlvr.it/T5V2fB

The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey review – a deft saga of Ireland’s evolution dlvr.it/T5TygV

Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Yr Life review – uneven railing against the evils of capitalism dlvr.it/T5TygK

Fake ads, real politics: the art of Foka Wolf, the ‘Birmingham Banksy’ – in pictures dlvr.it/T5TyfS

Close Your Eyes review – melancholy magic as Víctor Erice addresses his own enigmatic legacy dlvr.it/T5Trll

James V: Katherine review – queer love in the time of the Scottish kings dlvr.it/T5Tpp4

Bleeding Love review – Ewan and Carla McGregor star in listless father-daughter drama dlvr.it/T5Tpmv

Opponent review – impressive drama about an Iranian refugee in limbo in Sweden dlvr.it/T5Tn0Z