The Latest Breaking News from Mat Osman

Richard Osman feared House of Games would be taken off air after his exit

Welsh actor Michael Sheen will replace Osman as host of the popular BBC quiz show

The Independent UK · Sep 1

Richard Osman says House Of Games crew ‘looking forward to Michael Sheen’

The Damned United actor is taking over hosting duties from Osman.

Evening Standard · Aug 31

Suede say it’s ‘great to be recognised’ 33 years after Mercury Prize win

The band’s eponymous debut album took the Mercury Prize in 1993.

Evening Standard · Jul 30

Mat Osman: ‘I wanted to write about a dirty, dangerous, working-class London’

The Suede bassist and author on writing without a safety net, terrifying himself for his next novel and which of the Thursday Murder Club books – by his brother Richard – he likes best

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2024

‘I wanted to evoke a violent, sexual world’: how Suede made Animal Nitrate

‘When it went Top 10, the Radio 1 bigwigs got in touch and asked us what the song was about. They didn’t want another Frankie Goes to Hollywood moment’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 3, 2023

The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman review – teenage wastrels with ambition to burn

The Suede bassist’s second novel, a grimy tale of two young urchins in 17th-century London, is a florid but riveting read

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman and The Story Of The Forest by Linda Grant.

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023

The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman review – a pacy Elizabethan adventure

The Suede bassist’s alternative-history romp through the theatres and over the rooftops of Elizabethan London is full of charm and vigour

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2023

Suede’s Mat Osman: ‘The biggest difference between Richard and me is that he has no interest in being cool’

The bassist and author talks about artistic ambition, sibling dynamics - and how being on tour inspired his riotous new novel, The Ghost Theatre

The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023

Stormzy and Tracey Emin join Hay festival 2023 lineup

The UK’s best-known literary festival has a new CEO and promises ‘11 days of different’ as it unveils its full lineup featuring Richard Osman, Dua Lipa, Margaret Atwood and more

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023