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The Observer
OnlyFans stays undervalued as the money keeps rolling in
The owner of OnlyFans was paid more than $700m in dividends last year, on top of $1bn he had already received from the streaming platform.
1 min |
August 24, 2025
The Observer
Joe Caroff
The centenarian designer who created the 007 logo and classic film posters just wanted his art to be effervescent
3 min |
August 24, 2025
The Observer
Despair among aid flight crews as airdrops bring only meagre relief for Gaza's starving
As famine is declared, dropping food pallets from the sky is largely futile but with roads closed options are limited.
3 min |
August 24, 2025
The Observer
Historians dismayed by 'scandal' of BBC cutting access to written archives
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
3 min |
August 24, 2025
The Observer
If Trump has his sights on a Nobel peace prize, he should focus on Gaza
Earlier this summer in the Oval Office, Donald Trump boasted: “We just ended a war that was going on for 30 years.” Not for the first time the US president was confused about the past and catastrophically wrong about the future.
3 min |
August 24, 2025
The Observer
Don't mix Coke and politics, Cambodian government urges as rapper's fans call for boycott
Coca-Cola accused of cancelling contract with musician VannDa following his criticism of Thai army's invasion
3 min |
August 24, 2025
The Observer
The right wing just twists and shouts
Last Thursday morning came the news that GDP in June grew by 0.4%.
4 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
The planet is burning, and now people are heading north, just like swallows
My niece, who lives in France, was recently marooned on the Outer Hebrides by an amber weather warning. Storm Floris raged through, cancelling ferries, corralling tourists in damp cafes.
3 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Trump turns tables on Goldman boss's DJ gig
The Goldman Sachs PR department probably thought it a genius idea to big up the new boss's love of spinning a few discs at parties.
1 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Bosh! Fame gamer turns influencer
A onetime market trader with a conviction for handling stolen goods, Thomas Skinner first entered the collective consciousness in 2019 as a larger-than-life contestant on The Apprentice.
1 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Iranians left without power as regime uses electricity to mine Bitcoin
Lake Urmia in Iran was once the second-largest saltwater lake in the world.
3 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Dear Keir* Nigel
After a gruelling few months, Keir Starmer is on holiday. He'll be back soon, recharged and ready to lock up more pensioners.
2 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Marmalade hoverfly
Stillness is movement. Movement of the highest possible intensity.
2 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
We've got Trump all wrong – his big thrill is still life in the celebrity lane
Does Donald Trump miss being a “mere” celebrity?
2 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Palestine Action’s violent criminality is not lawful protest
Last weekend more than 500 people were arrested in Parliament Square. To understand the debate on the proscription of Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, we are publishing the arguments on both sides. The home secretary sets out the reasons why she proscribed it as a terrorist group and Huda Ammori, the organisation's co-founder, explains why she is challenging that decision in court
3 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
As protests hit TV, Israelis can no longer look away from plight of Gaza
Almost two years after Hamas's onslaught, the story has begun to move from the hostages to starving Palestinians
4 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Palestinian children still denied life-saving care by UK visa delays
When Keir Starmer announced last month that he was \"accelerating\" efforts to evacuate sick children from Gaza, there were celebrations among medical charities horrified by the humanitarian crisis.
2 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Britain's shameful past holds a vital message about immigration culture today
Deplorable attitudes to refugees failed to stop solidarity across the divides
4 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
'My daughter Zoe is not a terrorist. Why has she spent a year in prison?'
The mother of jailed Palestine Action protester says she is proud of her and angry at the UK government
4 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
AI will help our work and lives, but it's not a colleague or friend
Social media companies have taken zero responsibility to date for the social ills their tools have encouraged. But it’s not too late to put guardrails in place to keep social artificial intelligence (AI) companies from changing what it means to be human.
2 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
No deal, no peace but just by turning up, Putin proves the winner in Alaska
The Russian leader has tightened his grip on power at home by avoiding an end to the war in Ukraine
4 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Manic in the glen: why the world has gone wild for Scotland this year
Celebrities, influencers and US top brass join an influx of international tartan-mad tourists
3 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
The Vance guard: the new right being cooked up in the Cotswolds
The vice-president shared BBQ and beers with allies whose thinktank has come to the attention of the Electoral Commission.
5 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
But for Mom's surprise, our US trip was a bum deal
Our family holiday started with an LAX strip search, which opened a Pandora's chest of secrets
3 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
My car hire ordeal over a rejected Monzo card
I used Stressfreecarrental.com to hire a car for a visit to my 92-year-old dad in France.
3 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Trump left empty-handed because there's no deal yet that Russia and Ukraine can do
The US president has overlooked a vital lesson of war - that combatants will only begin talking when fighting has become futile
4 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Billion-dollar bundles: how wrestling got into the ring with networks and streamers
WWE and its martial arts stablemate UFC may have delivered a knockout blow to pay-per-view in the US
2 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Red carpet or not, Zelensky faces an uphill struggle for Trump's attention
Will Volodymyr Zelensky get the red carpet treatment when the Ukrainian president arrives at the White House for talks with Donald Trump tomorrow?
2 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Proscription was disproportionate – and has had a chilling effect
Last month I was granted permission by the high court to legally challenge the proscription of Palestine Action.
2 min |
August 17, 2025
The Observer
Peek, flick, flutter... how to flirt like a true señorita in a heatwave
Whether fluttered by a Spanish noblewoman under a lace mantilla or waved today inside a crowded tube carriage, a handheld fan is a useful tool for the flirtatious: a peek, a flick of the wrist ... and the eyes have disappeared again.
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