With time-stopping attention to detail, the Observer’s art critic searches for redemption in the rubble of the catastrophic Delft explosion of 1654 – to miraculous effect
Unflinchingly depicting her battles with depression, Zoe Thorogood, a 24-year-old from Bradford, has scooped most nominations for this week’s Eisner Awards
The Irish photographer on the most beautiful film he’s ever seen, a book about utopic desire, and his favourite walk in County Clare – with free tea and cake