Aida Edemariam
Aida Edemariam is a senior feature writer and editor for the Guardian.
October 2026
July 2026
The ideas interview‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skiesElon Musk is trying to own it, competing powers are trying to fight in it and nobody seems to be regulating it. So who does space really belong to?
June 2026
The ideas interview‘I don’t want Europe to fail the way Turkey did’: Ece Temelkuran on fascism, death threats and life in exileTen years after she was forced to leave her friends and family, the Turkish journalist feels the importance of home more keenly than ever. And she believes it’s at the heart of many of the world’s conflicts
March 2026
The Audio Long ReadFrom the archive: ‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational school in impossible times – podcastThis week, from 2022: Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the chances they deserve?
By Aida Edemariam. Read by Lucy Scott
February 2026
November 2025
August 2025
February 2025
WeekendWicked star Cynthia Erivo on fame, fear and fighting classism; Marina Hyde on why gen Z kids are not alright; and the mind/body revolution – podcastFrom yearning for a ‘strong leader’ to being swept up in riots, the portents for our children are not good – and who can blame them for being so disillusioned, asks Marina Hyde. Oscar-nominated Cynthia Erivo has gone stratospheric as Elphaba in Wicked – what next for one of Britain’s brightest stars? And new research shows western medicine’s traditional split between brain and body is far from clear cut – could this new understanding provide a breakthrough for many complex conditions?
January 2025
December 2024
The Audio Long ReadBest of 2024: ‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books – podcastFrom July: In 2024, libraries are unofficial creches, homeless shelters, language schools and asylum support providers – filling the gaps left by a state that has reneged on its responsibilities. By Aida Edemariam
November 2024
July 2024
The Audio Long Read‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books – podcastIn 2024, libraries are unofficial creches, homeless shelters, language schools and asylum support providers – filling the gaps left by a state that has reneged on its responsibilities. By Aida Edemariam
June 2024
The long read‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than booksThe long read: In 2024, libraries are unofficial creches, homeless shelters, language schools and asylum support providers – filling the gaps left by a state that has reneged on its responsibilities
December 2023
December 2022
The Audio Long ReadBest of 2022: ‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational school in impossible times – podcastFrom September: Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the chances they deserve? By Aida Edemariam
November 2022
September 2022
- The Audio Long Read‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational school in impossible times – podcastAusterity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the chances they deserve? By Aida Edemariam