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The Observer
Good morning, Vatican! How Leo XIV will show the world signs of leadership
From his cape to his slippers, the new pope will be watched closely in his first week for hints about his pontificate
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
The first lady vanishes
Speculation is growing over just how much time Melania Trump has spent in the White House since her husband's return to office, writes
1 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Sundowning: a calm label for fear and chaos
As night falls, dementia can wreak more havoc on patients and carers, says Melanie Reid
2 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Ørsted's blow to British energy
The Danish company pulling the plug on its giant windfarm project off the East Yorkshire coast sparks fears of a funeral wake for North Sea energy, writes
2 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Don't send these men to prison, make them plant trees instead
If anyone wondered why Reform are doing well, they need look no further than the sentimental hype and faux outrage gushing from every media and social outlet about the felled Sycamore Gap tree.
2 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Attenborough's film aiming for sea change in bottom trawling
Catching scallops or shrimp can be a destructive business. Fishing vessels laying waste to unspoiled seabed ecosystems with metal dredges or big, heavy dragnets provided the most eye-opening scenes in Ocean with David Attenborough, a cinematic plea to save the marine world that premiered last week in London.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Unlike Musk, Gates lives in present
The richest man on the planet is involved in “killing the world’s poorest children”, said Bill Gates last week, reigniting a feud with fellow tech tycoon Elon Musk, whose slashing of US foreign aid through the “department of government efficiency” Gates blames for the deaths of many thousands of young people.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
The future of the monarchy may depend on lying low and staying out of trouble
Martha Gill
4 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Teachers driven potty by poor toilet training
Almost half of teachers in England have children in reception classes who are still not toilet trained, six months into the school year.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Beating yourself up over your ChatGPT emissions? Don't – there are much better ways to save energy
Fears that Al will bring about the apocalypse have been around as long as AI itself. But concerns over the energy usage of generative AI may also be overblown.
2 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
OpenAl rows back on plan to become 'for profit' company
In a blogpost last week, chatbot maker OpenAI said it was to become a public benefit corporation (PBC) but remain \"overseen and controlled\" by the non-profit board that ousted its chief executive, Sam Altman in 2023.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Deal suggests that Starmer has Trump's number
As far as optics go, last week’s Oval Office announcement of a trade deal with the UK was a triumph for Keir Starmer’s strategy of making nice with Donald Trump.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Aardvark
My week
2 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Britain risks paying the price of having the world's costliest work visa fees
Competing political and economic goals on immigration are resulting in the loss of valuable skills and talent, reports political editor Rachel Sylvester
4 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Deliveroo's £2.9bn food for thought on UK startups
Add Deliveroo to the long list of innovative British startups to sell themselves rather than continue trying to make it on their own.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
The chancellor needs to remember what the 'E' in VE Day stands for
Having been born the day the Mallard broke the steam locomotive speed record of 126mph between Grantham and Peterborough — 3 July 1938, since you ask ~ I have vivid memories of the second world war.
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Starmer builds on 'coalition of willing' to set up new EU deal
Landmark UK-EU summit set to agree broad partnership for defence and security
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Got no signal? Phone networks called out over poor coverage
Mobile data provided by operators is misleading customers, warn MPs
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Nations that dismiss soft power can end up on the naughty list
Once upon a time in Lapland I gave Santa Claus a lift. As he squeezed himself into the passenger seat of my rented Kia, I tried and failed to resist the urge to make a comment comparing this with his normal ride.
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Merz charts a path back to growth – release the debt brake and spend on defence
“One of the tests of the cabinet will be whether ministers’ business cards contain a fax number.” So quipped a corporate leader to me on the day Friedrich Merz was not quite crowned and then crowned the 10th chancellor of postwar Germany.
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Saving the lost boys: the antidote to toxic male influencers
The lure of online misogyny and violence is damaging teenagers. A new group of youth centres is determined to turn the tide, discovers
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Labour's Farage disguise is already wearing thin with Britain's progressive majority Will Hutton
Reform is a joke party with joke policies, joke values and a consummate joker as its leader.
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Molly-Mae may be an Insta superstar, but her appeal doesn't translate to television
What can we learn about an influencer that they haven't posted about already? The answer is in Prime Video's new docuseries Molly-Mae: Behind It All, starring the UK's most popular influencer, Molly-Mae Hague.
1 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Trump Family Inc: how the US president and his clan ushered in a new golden age of corruption
The presidency and personal gain now go hand in hand - and no one has been able to do anything about it, reports Patricia Clarke
5 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Dowager Princess Marianne
Photographer and doyenne of German and Austrian nobility
3 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
The US presidents' wives are disobliging. I think I hear some excitement
How surprised were you when you realised Michelle Obama was not at Donald Trump's inauguration? Were you admiring? Perhaps you were taken aback or envious that she, like Melania Trump, has chosen when to be a professional wife.
2 min |
May 11, 2025
The Observer
Like a summer fling, cricket slows down time
In the first of a monthly series, Marie Le Conte tries to find a game she can fall in love with
3 min |
May 04, 2025
The Observer
The next 100 days Trump's to-do list
During his debate with then-Vice President Kamala Harris last September, President Donald Trump said that he had never read Project 2025 — a conservative thinktank’s over 900-page plan to reorganise and reshape the United States in 180 days.
5 min |
May 04, 2025
The Observer
Goodbye to the Brexit bad boys - Farage is now wooing gen X women
Reform's new recruits are female, less ideological and more worried about energy bills than Europe
4 min |
May 04, 2025
The Observer
Britain stands on centuries of Christianity but the faith doesn't live in its people
While many younger people are flocking to the church, the wider decline in attendance raises existential questions
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