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Imagine Yoko Ono, living life in peace
John Lennon’s widow is finally being hailed as an artist in her own right. But will she ever stop being pilloried for breaking up the Beatles
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Don't stop oil The US health chief says seed fat is toxic. Our experts disagree
Robert F Kennedy Jr claims that lard isa healthier option. Food writer Giulia Crouch gets the verdicts of leading nutritionists
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Gazan civilians held in isolation by Israel not told families had been killed
Joy turns to despair for detainees freed in the ceasefire as they return home to learn children and relatives are dead.
6 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
More than 1,600 dead as Myanmar toll rises
Rescue workers battled for a second night to find survivors of Myanmar's devastating earthquake, which has killed at least 1,644 people and injured thousands more.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
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Star Russian director in exile brings vision of Dickens to London
Dmitry Krymov, who left Moscow after the Ukraine invasion, plans hybrid show with UK and Russian actors
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Now a Nazi salute is 'cool': young Swedes fall into arms of far right
Driving through western Sweden, through pine forests dotted with elk warning signs, Lars Stiernelöf says he has noticed a worrying trend among boys.
5 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam's craziness. It's time to turn to Europe
In his final column, the Observer's foreign affairs commentator warns that Trump's America spells trouble for its allies, but it was ever thus
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Who could begrudge Reeves free tickets when she was, er, just trying to be a good parent?
Under a stricter code of conduct, the chancellor and others need only use their judgment on gifts
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Whitehall has left a generation of teenagers with no hope – Burnham
The number of young people not in education, employment or training has risen to unacceptable levels because Whitehall is failing to listen and respond to their needs, Andy Burnham will say this week.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
A tip for JD Vance: Greenland doesn’t care about your frail human ego
In August 2018, I did something that JD Vance and his wife, Usha, can only dream of: I went to Greenland, and I didn’t cause a national outcry against my presence.
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Mass mousehunt launched to stop rodents devouring albatross chicks
By 2015, scientists knew from camera trap evidence that mice were attacking albatross chicks on Marion Island, but no one had ever witnessed it firsthand on the small volcanic outcrop off the coast of South Africa.
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Big Mac? Non. Coke? Non. Tesla? Pfff: 'le boycott' of US goods hits the boulevards
The nation has been urged to shun Trump's America, but teenagers can't resist French fries
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Lenders try to reverse crunch court-case win for car buyers
British lenders are heading to the supreme court this week as they try to overturn a ruling that has propelled the car finance scandal to new heights, triggering government intervention and prompting fears of a £44bn compensation bill.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Peerage for Ofsted chief at time of head's suicide would be 'an insult'
Amanda Spielman, Ofsted's chief inspector when headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life after a bruising school inspection, is poised to join the House of Lords after being nominated by the Conservatives, the Observer can reveal.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Welby: I failed to act on abuse as its scale was 'overwhelming'
Justin Welby, the former archbishop of Canterbury, has said his failure to take effective action over a serial sadistic abuser was because he was \"overwhelmed\" by the scale of the abuse crisis in the Church of England.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
'My target is those who have looted my banks' – Bangladesh's governor
Despite attempts to discredit him, Dhaka’s central bank chief is determined to trace assets with the UK’s help, he tells the Observer
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets
Arrests, blacklists and deportations are chilling reminders of the red scare that transformed America
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Tax more, borrow more, ditch the OBR... other options open to Reeves
There is growing criticism of Rachel Reeves for her orthodox approach to managing the public finances. While it is clear that modest reductions in spending put forward in the spring statement cannot be described as a return to austerity, they are expected to deliver considerable harm to vulnerable people at a time when wealth inequality continues to rise.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Lights, camera, inaction... actors vent fury at 'self-tape' auditions
Actors seeking their next role are now routinely asked to \"self-tape\" their auditions, a practice that amounts to unpaid labour and reinforces elitism in the creative industries, the union Equity has warned.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
PM will 'act in national interest over high tariffs'
Diplomats now say Starmer, who has refused to issue a word of criticism of Trump since his return to the White House, must be prepared to retaliate or run the risk that the US president simply deploys the same tactic again and again, knowing his opponent will not fight back.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Trump spins Signalgate as a media lapse, not a damaging security breach
The US administration believes it can divert attention until the next scandal. It may prove a winning strategy,
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Let Britain's magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics
A new set of stamps on regional folklore reminds us of our deep roots to the land
4 min |
March 30, 2025
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Rescue effort continues after Myanmar quake with over 1,600 dead
Phyu Lay Khaing, who was brought out of the Sky Villa Condominium by stretcher, was embraced by her husband, Ye Aung, and taken to hospital, AFP reported. It is feared more than 90 people remain trapped there.
2 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
'To be groomed and pregnant at 15 felt as bad as it could get. To be a nana at 40 is to hit the jackpot'
On her first Mother's Day as a grandmother, MP Natalie Fleet tells Rachael Healy of her very personal fight for thousands of children born as a result of rape
4 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Diggers, discontent and a rebel MP set the tone at Reform's campaign rally
There was one name on the lips of many Reform supporters before their party's local election campaign launch in Birmingham on Friday night, but it wasn't Nigel Farage.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Anger as prosecutions of tax evasion enablers fall by 75%
Prosecutions of the enablers of tax evasion have plummeted by at least 75% in the past five years, with fewer than five criminal cases in 2023-2024.
3 min |
March 30, 2025
The Observer
Power switching Banks woo current account customers with cash payouts
If you're thinking of changing bank, several want your business: but time is running out on some deals, writes Shane Hickey
4 min |
March 23, 2025
The Observer
Teachers' Pensions is now assuming that I'm dead
I contacted you a year ago after you wrote about teachers not receiving their pensions because of assumptions that they were dead.
3 min |
March 23, 2025
The Observer
The what, when and how of securing a limited ceasefire
Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire after the US president, Donald Trump, spoke with the countries' leaders last week. But uncertainty remains about how or when this will take effect as Ukraine and Russia prepare to send delegations to Riyadh this week for parallel talks with the US.
2 min |
March 23, 2025
The Observer
Unregulated experts in family court face ban
Unregulated experts could be banned from the family courts under new proposals for proceedings involving children in England and Wales.
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