Farewell, with regret … Kirsty Wark, Newsnight’s smiling assassin in stripes
Rachel Cooke
Kirsty Wark bids farewell to Newsnight after 30 years on show
November 2023
From flagship to flagging: cuts that place Newsnight in jeopardy
Faced with falling figures, Kirsty Wark’s departure and new ways we consume news, a show that once set the agenda is in deep trouble
October 2023
Kirsty Wark to step down from BBC Newsnight after 30 years
The programme’s longest-serving presenter will leave after the next UK election
October 2022
This much I know
Kirsty Wark: ‘I’m known to be an interrupter. My kids just tell me to shut up’
The broadcaster, 67, on dreaming of being an actor, seeking peace on the Isle of Arran and the privilege of taking part in the Queen’s funeral coverage
December 2020
Sunday with Kirsty Wark: ‘The Isle of Arran is my joyous place’
The news presenter plays tennis, walks on the beach and relaxes with wine and cards. By Michael Segalov
April 2019
Show time: the 2019 shortlist for museum of the year
From the V&A Dundee to the Pitt Rivers in Oxford, public figures including Kirsty Wark and Matthew Rhys champion their favourite museums
March 2019
Emily Maitlis to lead all-female presenting team on Newsnight
Emma Barnett and Kirsty Wark complete current affairs show’s first female lineup
October 2018
Emily Maitlis and Nick Robinson audition in Question Time pilots
Lost in showbiz
Will the last overpaid man at the BBC please turn out the lights?
May 2018
Living well
Kirsty Wark: ‘We should work a four-day week and on the other day learn another skill’
The Newsnight presenter, 63, talks about her early menopause, HRT and what’s wrong with our living-for-the-weekend culture
April 2017
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Born to Kill; Kirsty Wark: The Menopause and Me; Broadchurch; Doctor Who and more
Channel 4 has a new psycho-killer hit, Kirsty Wark pondered the menopause with wit and sensitivity, and Broadchurch’s detectives bowed out in style
Letters: diet has a vital role to play in dealing with the menopause
It’s not an illness, it’s just a fact of life
‘I just coped’: Kirsty Wark on breaking the silence about menopause
Wark’s BBC documentary is the latest example of articulate women talking about ‘the change’
July 2016
Best holiday reads 2016
From gripping fiction to history, brilliant poetry to biography, our guest contributors offer their recommendations for the beach and elsewhere
March 2016
Media Monkey
Media Monkey: House of Cards, Line of Duty and Kirsty Wark
Mark Thompson on scoffing turtle, is ITV’s Drive the new Jump, and the Sun holds out over Brexit decision
February 2016
How we work now
On the pulse: a chef, a football manager and a TV star track their heart rates
What does a stressful job do to you? We asked people including Sam Allardyce, Kirsty Wark and Angela Hartnett to wear a heart rate monitor for a day to find out
March 2015
Election 2015: the female journalists asking the hard questions
The women asking the questions - in pictures
December 2014
Kevin Spacey, Debbie Harry, Slavoj Zižek: the best answers to your webchat questions
Does John Lydon fear death? How does Flying Lotus see himself in 20 years’ time? How does Tracey Emin deal with the haters? What we’ve learned from a year in webchats …