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The Observer
Tech bros want AI to look after me. No thanks
As robots creep into the workplace Melanie Reid argues that some jobs require a human touch
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
King will tell Andrew to quit Windsor lodge after paying no rent for 22 years
King Charles is expected to push ahead with talks this week aimed at persuading Prince Andrew to quit his Royal Lodge home.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Krøyer's deep-sea anglerfish
All my days are nights, a night that will last a lifetime. The artificial division of time into days means nothing to those of us who prefer the cold, dark and joyous depths of the ocean to the exposed superficialities of ordinary beings.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Politics has left gen Z screaming into the void.
At least Hezza is offering us hope
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
The clocks have gone back again, but it may be time for a rethink
Women feel at risk on darker streets and road accidents rise. Could year-round British Summer Time help?
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Ghost trusters: one in three haunted by those bumps in the night
From Moaning Myrtle to Jacob Marley, Britain has had a long love affair with ghosts.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
'I envy people who can walk': writer Kureishi mourns loss of movement through ballet
The Buddha of Suburbia author broke his neck three years ago. He tells Vanessa Thorpe why he used a filmed dance piece to document the devastating aftermath
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Pros 'stealing to order' in the Great Louvre Robbery
Art loss specialists say the gems are en route to Eastern Europe to be recut or broken up, but there is hope they can be retrieved intact, writes Vanessa Thorpe
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Bootstrappers Fhaheen Khan, MakeUK
Barney Macintyre talks to a rising economist about the uncertain future of British manufacturing
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Charles is royally rattled as scandal engulfs his brother
The moment that Buckingham Palace has to explain what King Charles is up to, rather than relying on his actions to speak for themselves, is the moment when you know the royals are rattled.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
As the dancing queens take their last tango, has Strictly lost its sparkle?
Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly's announcement that they are to leave Strictly Come Dancing - handing over the \"sparkly baton\" at the end of the current 23rd run - was a light entertainment atom bomb.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Time has come for a new era of investment to power British growth
As the budget draws near, a critical question must be asked: which sector can mobilise capital at scale to drive growth?
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Ozempic maker faced with 'meltdown' as directors quit
Boardroom drama erupts at Denmark's Novo Nordisk as its market value plunges and competition intensifies in the weight-loss sector, writes Barney Macintyre
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Strictly come despot: Trump's new ballroom is a power move
“Nothing will be torn down,” said the White House press secretary of President Trump's plans to add a new $250m (£190m) ballroom to the building where she and her boss work.
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Dita Kraus
Holocaust survivor and ‘Librarian of Auschwitz' who gave hope to other children in the death camp
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
No ceasefire in the West Bank, lament Palestinians under siege
As masked settlers attack their homes and olive groves, residents of Turmus Ayya have no one to turn to, they tell Ruth Michaelson
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Expelling legal migrants is a move straight from the Idi Amin playbook
This latest Tory plan for expulsions opens the door to curtailing the rights of us all
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Sunil Amrith: the author who almost lost his nerve – then won big
If scale of ambition is a measure of significance, the author Sunil Amrith cannot be beaten.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Musk has put a hex on X, but his $44bn bought a lot of power
Three years ago, when Elon Musk completed his $44bn acquisition of the social network then known as Twitter, he wrote an open letter to the service's advertisers.
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Trump eyes conquest of Davos
Reports that Donald Trump has decided join the annual global elite gathering in Davos in January are a mixed blessing for the World Economic Forum (WEF).
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Two elections, two stories – and neither good for Labour
This week's two elections were a story of very different turnouts. Record numbers voted in Thursday's Caerphilly byelection but the number taking part in Labour's deputy leadership race dropped off a cliff.
2 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Good grief! How traditional mourning is giving way to something a little less grave
Martha Gill
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
China to Suffolk via the Arctic: new sea route brings climate peril
Melting ice sheet opens up north-east passage - which brings fresh political and environmental dangers
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Israel will have to address its self-inflicted PTSD
A 'moral hazard' looms for the country's citizens as they come to terms with atrocities in Gaza, warns Steve Biddulph
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Messageboard 4chan refuses to pay fine over 'free speech'
The US messageboard 4chan is openly defying British regulators, refusing to comply with the Online Safety Act in what its lawyers call a “war” over free speech.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Jesper Brodin
The former flat-pack king is now poised to take on the refugee crisis, writes Andrew Anthony
4 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Prison officers helped missing Epping hotel sex offender find his way to the station
Hadush Kebatu, who was due to be deported, was heard asking staff: 'Where do I go, what do I do?' before taking train to London
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Reform's Doge-style cost-cutting units 'haven't found any waste', say councils
The party's attempt to mimic Elon Musk's efficiency department in the US has been branded 'fantasy politics' by critics
3 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
High visa prices could deter top US scientists from moving to UK
Thousands of top scientists and researchers in the US, feeling unloved and underfunded by the Trump administration, are looking for new possibilities abroad.
1 min |
October 26, 2025
The Observer
Victorious Lucy Powell has a resonant message – and the PM would be wise to listen to it
After a disastrous byelection in Wales, Labour's new deputy leader should not be frozen out by Starmer
4 min |