Feature writer and interviewer. Seen in The Guardian, The Observer, New York Times, Marie Claire, iD.
Pushed to the limit: six birth stories from around the world
From pop songs to warm pools, Candice Pires hears six very different accounts of women’s experience in labour
Land of the free
Five years ago, Candice Pires and her family moved to the ‘liberal, laid-back’ US city of Portland. Would the shockwaves of 2020 spell the end of their lives there?
Vows: Homeless in Seattle, and Marrying Under an Overpass
The wedding day of Michelle Vestal and Bob Kitcheon marked 84 days that she has been clean from crack cocaine. “I would never have done it if it wasn’t for him,” she said
‘Young people are angry’: the teenage activists shaping our future
In a political climate where most adults are inert with despair, a growing number of teenagers are responding with action.
Ming Smith: 'I've always had to break boundaries'
Photographer Ming Smith has been making pioneering work since the 1970s. Finally she is receiving the acclaim she deserves
Don’t panic! Meet the experts with a steady hand when catastrophe strikes
In an extreme life-or-death situation, would you be able to hold your nerve?
Margaret Atwood: 'People bond to the books. Nobody wants my shoelaces.' | The Observer Magazine
The writer, 75, on scary parties, dystopian fiction and being short
Richard Dreyfuss: 'When I die I want to hit God in the face' | The Observer Magazine
The actor, 68, on agnosticism, depression and having ‘the finest body of work of any American actor’
Dick Van Dyke: 'I am hungry for contemporaries' | The Observer Magazine
The actor, 90, on being married to someone half his age, growing up during the Great Depression and hoping to live to be 100
Experience: my brother framed me for murder
"My brother had withdrawn his confession and my parents testified that at the time of the murder he was at home with them. I was sentenced to life"
Bootsy Collins: ‘LSD was a big part of why I left James Brown’s band’ | The Observer Magazine
My mother named me Bootsy. My birth name is William Earl Collins. I asked her why and she just said, “Because you looked like a Bootsy.” I left it at that.
Experience: I accidentally bought a giant pig | Guardian Weekend
'I was told she was six months old, had come from a breeder and wouldn’t grow any bigger than a very large cat'
Vivienne Westwood: 'I do things that irritate people' | The Observer Magazine
The 73-year-old designer and campaigner on what drives her, the last time she cried and why she eats so much lettuce.
Moby: 'I was disappointed to be heterosexual' | The Observer Magazine
The musician and activist, 51, on veganism, loneliness, the allure of fame and being boringly not gay
The coldest jobs in the world
Antarctic scientists, avalanche specialists, Alaskan farmers and an industrial deep-freeze manager… Candice Pires talks to five people who have to endure extreme cold to do their job.