‘Anger is blinding’: family therapists on how to resolve sibling feuds

With talk of an Oasis reunion, experts explain how sibling relationships can be particularly intense and problematic and rewarding'

For most of the 1990s and 2000s, the Gallagher brothers clashed on stage and traded high-profile insults in newspaper interviews and on social media. So rumours of an Oasis reunion tour in 2025 have prompted furious speculation about how the pair repaired a rift that for decades appeared intractable.

Family therapists told the Guardian that although sibling rifts are common and often reparable, reunions like the Gallaghers' only succeed if both warring parties are ready to bury the hatchet.