Miranda Sawyer
Miranda Sawyer writes features for the Observer. She is also the paper's radio critic
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First cast by Shane Meadows, in This is England, Socha now stars in his latest, The Gallows Pole. He describes how acting saved him from a life of violence – and why he loves a madcap scheme
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Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radioThe week in audio: Vernon Kay; Rylan: How to Be a Man; Children Locked Away – review
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As her hit feminist novel, The Power, becomes a TV series, the writer talks about dark episodes in her past that underpin her work, and how she is inspired by a new generation of women
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White’s emotional investigation into kids in abusive households is a must-hear. Plus, queer parents debunk gender roles and a hilarious return for Radio 4’s spy drama
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On Mother’s Day, seven Observer writers talk about the women who shaped their lives in a host of different ways, by instilling a love of art and creativity, by navigating life’s complexities – or even through their painful absence
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Even the Lineker row couldn’t stop Stephen Nolan; Gordon Corera launched an insightful look back at the Iraq war; and Rory Cellan-Jones talked to others about the trials of Parkinson’s Disease
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The producers of Serial return with a new cold case, while Carol Morley revives the reputation of an Oscar-winning but forgotten film-maker
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Jermain Defoe reflects on a career of two halves, Ivy Le goes hunting, and marginalised figures from history have their stories told at last
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A cosmonaut chooses to go it alone, while a cop falls for a robber. Plus, standup meets the boardroom, and extra lashings of Magic
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A global catfish scam and a Somalian woman’s adolescence make for two gripping World Service shows, while Sheffield’s finest still sound good on the dancefloor