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The Observer
UK 'impact' office to drive purpose in the economy
Compared with sexy stories about tax rises and Downing Street leadership challenges, the creation of a new arm of the Cabinet Office was never going to make headlines.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'Saviour of Papa Johns' accused of taking unlawful slice of foreign workers' pay
A franchisee's firms have been taken off the Home Office licensed list after a joint Observer and BBC investigation
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Protesters in prison: 'It's not a crime to want to pass on a better world'
For months, activists have been writing from British jail cells to Adam Weymouth about their anger and fear that the UK's right to peaceful protest and civil disobedience is being stolen away
9 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'Safe and legal' routes for refugees created as Labour gets tough on immigration
Hardline measures will include regular checks on status in move by government to combat threat from Reform
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
The elephant in the room on a trip to the zoo
The Victorian menageries have been rebranded as modern arks, but their talk of conservation can be painfully contradictory
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She was a person I was always cheered to see walk into a room'
I didn't know Rachel well - and now, of course, I wish I'd got to know her better.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Joanna Lumley had come as a Norland nanny
At the abbey, there was too much to take in. An embarrassment of colour and pomp and crazy jewellery. It was huge and hideous, exquisite and sacred, all at once. My dear, the outfits! Liz Truss bustled in, enclosed in orange pleats. Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, was wearing a union jack scarf that made her look just like one of the fans who'd slept overnight in a tent in the Mall.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Furious Trump dodges questions as Republicans prepare to vote on files
After dodging reporters' questions about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein for two days last week, Donald Trump broke cover on Friday to address the latest revelations in the scandal that has plagued his second presidency.
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Gold, sweat and tears: sexual harassment scandal of Australia's fly-in, fly-out miners
Lured by influencers selling a dream of riches in the Outback, young Europeans are discovering the dark side of working in the country's mining sector.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Please Brie mine – Waitrose serves up a cheesy festive romcom
Christmas TV adverts may seem like snowglobes of festive cheer but they're bloody commercial battlegrounds for the tinsel pound and the public imagination.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Our language was food
On food and family
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Ben Stokes
When Ben Stokes called the earlier generation of England captains who had criticised his team's Ashes preparations \"has-beens\" this week, the arrow flew at Ian Botham, the foremost grumbler about England's warm-up schedule in Perth.
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Green lairds, Lego millions and the battle to buy back Scotland's land
Holyrood wants more community ownership of rural land - but it's still an uphill struggle, writes Xavier Greenwood
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
A woman's lot: overpaying the price for male hormone gel
As evidence grows that testosterone can help middle-aged women, so too is the gap between what they're charged and what men pay for the same products.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Walmart's 'clicks and bricks' plan
Doug McMillon, Walmart’s CEO since 2014, will step down in January.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
If you like seconds, you'll love this...
I am a “Would you like seconds?” person.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
The fixer treading a risky path through the new humanitarian hellscape
David Beasley had a hotline to Trump and raised billions to feed children. As aid cuts bite, Steve Bloomfield hears of his next move
5 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
All-star cast, zero-star reviews... but it's a critical mauling for Kim K to celebrate
Kim Kardashian's legal drama has been called the 'worst TV show of the year', ensuring it plenty of coverage. Was that the plan all along, asks Miranda Sawyer
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Taliban edict on female aid staff pushes Afghan women deeper into the shadows
Save the Children is among the NGOs to have bowed to a regime ban in order to keep delivering some aid ... just not to women.
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
HSBC shortlists George Osborne for chair role
Despite lacking experience heading a big listed firm, the former chancellor's geopolitical chops make him a strong contender.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She was very good at loving and hating the right things'
What comes to my mind when I think of Rachel is just her appreciation of loveliness.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Boxing champ Joshua to fight raw YouTuber
Two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is in talks to fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Miami next month, a clash many say is a new low for the sport.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
The real threat isn't a 'woke right' – it's conservatism's old demons
Kenan Malik
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
What we lose now we will never get back
Some people will be reading this and thinking: why the fuss?
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She was as she wrote – bright, vivid, funny, generous, modest'
I met Rachel at a party - a book launch, I think. “You're Richard Eyre,” she said, and I admitted it. It was a passionate friendship at first sight. I knew her writing and was thrilled to find that, in person, she was as she wrote (not always the case) - very bright, vivid, funny, warm, dazzlingly well read, unopinionated but never short of an opinion, modest, generous, loyal, even though a connoisseur of gossip.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
In the rush to embrace AI, companies see their 'agents' go rogue
In July, the technology founder Jason Lemkin enlisted an AI system to help build new software for his company, SaaStr. The hope was that this tool ~ an autonomous “agent” developed by Replit - could help him code faster, more creatively, and more efficiently.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Hope Rehab Thailand: journey to recovery
At Hope, the aim is to provide affordable and quality care to people struggling with addiction.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Costa Rica's green halo slips as leader toys with oil and gas
More than a century ago, the American oil company Sinclair drilled an exploratory well on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She was full of mischief, curiosity, wisdom and energy'
RIP the beautiful, brilliant Rachel Cooke. We first met in 2001. She was 32, I was 40. I loved her writing, and loved her as a person. Fearless, funny and with zero tolerance for pretentiousness or bullshit.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Fans of Sir Jim refuse to give up on Manchester United or Ineos
In the 12 years since legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester United has been a football club in decline.
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