Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Newsletters
Sign in

Alex Moshakis

Headshot of Alex Moshakis

Alex Moshakis was a commissioning editor for the Observer Magazine when ownership of the title transferred to Tortoise Media in April 2025

March 2025

  • heston blumenthal<br>Heston Blumenthal shot for OM

    ‘It’s part of who I am’: Heston Blumenthal on the bipolar diagnosis that saved his life, his journey of self-discovery – and how he finally emerged from his family’s shadow

  • Stacey Dooley shot for oM

    Stacey Dooley: ‘I’ve spent my life assuring everyone I’m a strong woman’

December 2024

  • Peter Sarsgaard shot for OM at the Four Seasons Hotel in LA

    ‘I always have a moment of confession’: Peter Sarsgaard on truth, ethics and the quirks of family life

    Peter Sarsgaard’s calm authority has brought depth to a huge range of roles, from Dopesick to Batman. He talks about his dismay at Trump’s victory, trying to do the right thing, and raising his daughters with Maggie Gyllenhaal

October 2024

  • Richard E Grant hugging a tree

    ‘Does time heal? I don’t think so’: Richard E Grant on love, loss – and bonking

    The raw intensity and personal honesty that Richard E Grant brought to Withnail and I was real and has never left him. Now the actor and diarist, still grieving the loss of his wife, talks openly about heartbreak, ambition and his traumatic upbringing

August 2024

  • Alison Hammond selfie-style portrait

    Weekend
    Actor Michael Sheen on leaving Los Angeles, presenter Alison Hammond’s rise to fame, and Philippa Perry on empty-nest syndrome – podcast

    Podcast59:56
  • Alison Hammond shot for OM

    ‘Enthusiasm propels you through anything’: Alison Hammond’s rise to fame, from Big Brother to Bake Off

June 2024

  • Clare Fernyhough, Daisy Greenwell and Joe Ryrie of Smartphone Free Childhood

    ‘We wanted to change the norm on smartphone use’: grassroots campaigners on a phone-free childhood

    Most UK children have their own smartphone by the age of 11. But what if we didn’t give them one? A group of parents wants their kids to enjoy a phone-free childhood – and their numbers are growing

April 2024

  • Actor Daniel Mays photographed by Alun Callender for the Observer Magazine at The Mildmay Club, London.

    ‘I was always able to get away with things’: Daniel Mays on playing bent coppers, acting opposite Michael Douglas, and working-class bias

    It’s a huge leap from playing a bent copper in Line of Duty to starring in the musical Guys & Dolls, but if anyone can make a role work, it’s actor Daniel Mays

February 2024

  • Ray Winstone shot for OM

    Ray Winstone: ‘I don’t wanna talk about acting!’

  • Leo Woodall crouching down on one knee

    ‘If it goes to my head, I’ll be unbearable’: actor Leo Woodall on taking the lead in One Day

October 2023

  • Robert De Niro photographed in New York in 2019.

    ‘Our political situation is such a fragile thing’: Robert De Niro on fatherhood, family – and Trump

    He’s one of Hollywood’s greatest stars – and one of its most private. At 80, he has become a father again, has just made another Scorsese film and is still outspoken about the dangers of Donald Trump
  • A composite illustration with pix of Barbie, Jelly Tots, Rob Biddulph Post-its, flowers, playing cards, eggs, reality TV, Gilbert & Sullivan, jumping child, magic wand

    Parenting at every age
    Shakshuka, reality TV and planting seeds: parents share their special family rituals

    Our writers share their personal customs and household habits from eggy breakfasts to opera, learning lines and planting seeds
  • ‘I’ve had so much great good fortune in my life’: Patrick Stewart wears suit by Gabriella Hearst, and shirt by Paul Smith.

    ‘On stage, I could escape’: Sir Patrick Stewart on childhood trauma and acting success

    Sir Patrick Stewart is one of our most admired actors, a master of Shakespeare – and the universe. But his start in life was anything but starry. Here, he talks about writing his memoir, his violent father – and why he’d love to do more comedy

July 2023

  • Greta Gerwig actor, director, shot for OM

    ‘It had to be totally bananas’: Greta Gerwig on bringing Barbie to life

    Greta Gerwig’s subtle and beautifully nuanced touch has led to her being hailed as one of Hollywood’s greatest directors. But when she got her teeth into Barbie, she went all-out massive, pink and ‘completely unhinged’

March 2023

  • Allan Jenkins (on the right), aged four, with his mum and her Siamese cat, and his brother Christopher, aged five.

    Dear Mum … writers reflect on the unique influence of their mothers

    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

February 2023

  • Red Nose Day 2022 TK Maxx Talent In T-shirt Launch<br>LONDON,ENGLAND - OCTOBER 21: (This image is embargoed from all usages until 00:01 UK TIME Wednesday 9th February,2022) Jamie Demetriou , is supporting Red Nose Day 2022 by wearing a t-shirt from the incredible collection of chari-tees, which features designs from 11 awesome artists, available from 2nd Feb 2022 to raise money for Comic Relief. In the studio in London on the 21st October. (Photo by Jake Turney/Comic Relief/Getty Images)

    Weekend
    Bafta-winner Jamie Demetriou, unmasking dating app cheats, and peeing: to sit or not to sit? – podcast

    Podcast41:09
  • Jamie Demetriou wears multicoloured jacket by Bode (mrporter.com) and white T-shirt by uniqlo.com

    ‘I’m heavily reliant on slapstick’: Jamie Demetriou on imposter syndrome and his surreal childhood

January 2023

  • Michael Rosen in his book-filled study in London.

    ‘I have sad thoughts every day. I try not to be overcome by them’: Michael Rosen on coping with the death of his son

  • Rory Kinnear wears blazer and T-shirt, both by Toast; trousers byAlex Mill at mrporter.com; socks by LondonSock Company; and trainers by Veja.

    ‘The umbrella of kindness carries on’: Rory Kinnear on death, fairness and Judi Dench

October 2022

  • Sally Hawkins with her hands in her hair. She is wearing a loose grey top and a scarf. From The Shape of Water.

    ‘Have I mucked it up?’: Sally Hawkins on being shy and empathetic – and not taking life too seriously

    She’s one of the most gifted actors of her generation but Sally Hawkins is a reluctant star. In a rare interview, she talks about self-criticism, losing herself in her imagination and making people laugh
About 72 results for Alex Moshakis
1234
Explore more on these topics