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The Observer
Cut science funding and our remarkable progress against devastating disease will stall Ara Darzi
The recent news of a gene therapy that appears to slow the devastating march of Huntington's disease is, without question, a moment of profound hope.
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
She is an answer to the prayers of all those who long for change in society
Sarah Mullally, the first female archbishop of Canterbury, is a trailblazer whose NHS leadership skills will be invaluable to the church
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Illegal practices tear the reputation of Italian luxury fashion
It is an industry that thrives on quality, yet Italy's top houses are being investigated for subcontracting, black market markups and sweat shop labour
7 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Gregarious antlion
I have an awful feeling that I'm growing up. Something to do with an itchy feeling around what most insects would call the bum, though in point of fact I'm perfectly bumless myself.
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
I'd make a terrible traitor, says TV historian – but is he bluffing?
David Olusoga will vie with Stephen Fry and Clare Balding in a celebrity version of the hit show that rewards treachery
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Last call for the phone-hacking scandal - but is anyone still listening?
ITV's The Hack tells how Murdoch's reporters illegally intercepted voicemails. Will the story's loose ends ever be tied up, asks Ceri Thomas
7 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
The Conservatives must never have any part in Farage's populist extremism Michael Heseltine
At the start of the second world war, President Roosevelt was forced by his Republican opponents to agree that America would not enter it.
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Kemi who? Time is running out for Badenoch ahead of Tory conference
As members gather in Manchester, many believe only a new leader can save them from extinction
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
The gay scene saved my life. Don't let it wither and die
This weekend, London's GA-Y bar will close.
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. The great Kathy Burke gives good face
An interview that the actor Kathy Burke has given to promote her forthcoming memoir, A Mind of My Own, includes her infamous takedown of Helena Bonham Carter in the early 1990s.
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Far-right militias mobilise across the US – ready for Trump's call to arms
Since Charlie Kirk's killing, recruits have been flocking to white supremacist groups, while violence is also rising on the extreme left, writes Charlotte McDonald-Gibson in Washington
5 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Blair's peace mission in Gaza aims to make the impossible possible
The former UK leader is the first name on Trump's new 'Board of Peace'. And some say he is the most crucial
6 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
It's not enough to be up for the fight, Keir Starmer must show he has a strategy to win
Aharder challenge lies ahead for the prime minister persuading voters and some within his party that he can deliver
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Britain's high borrowing costs and low fertility rate could trap us in a debt doom loop
There is a foreboding sense that this winter could be a dark one when it comes to UK debt.
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
How Ukraine's wounded soldiers are relearning the art of intimacy
Thousands of young men return home with life-changing injuries
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Two years, two writers: a Palestinian and an Israeli perspective on the human cost of a terrible conflict
In October 2023, I told a grieving child the nightmare would pass. But war has become routine and the end feels impossibly out of reach
7 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Novice examiners making GCSE English 'unfair', say teachers
GCSE exam marking is becoming unpredictable and often unfair, English teachers are warning, with some pupils going up as much as two or three grades after a remark.
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
'Damn, boy, I think you got one': inside Gaza's deadly aid distribution centres
US whistleblower's videos raise questions about the hundreds of Palestinians killed at 'humanitarian' sites
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Network states or fantasy land?
A big idea to emerge with the digital economy is the “network state”.
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Staff dismay at CBS over anti-left views of new editor
The recently merged media giant Paramount Skydance is poised to appoint Bari Weiss as the editor-in-chief of CBS News as part of a $150m (£110m) deal to buy her controversial news outlet the Free Press.
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Press's crimes ruined lives, but not those of the papers' bosses
Those who oversaw the tabloid culture continue life unscathed, writes Martin Moore
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Why this could be the last waltz for rightwingers
People are tired of their favourite TV shows being used for reputation repair, says Sarah Manavis
3 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Altruism is holding Britain together
Volunteers keep vital services afloat and offer an antidote to our ever more isolated society
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Kushner shepherds $55bn mega deal for games giant
How big can buyouts of public companies get? Last week’s $55bn deal to take the gaming giant Electronic Arts private set a new record.
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Questions remain over Farage's earnings
Nigel Farage has not updated his register of interests in months, potentially failing to declare hundreds of thousands of pounds in earnings, speaking engagements, donations and gifts.
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Cyber-hack on Legal Aid Agency leaves abuse victims in danger
A cyber-attack on the government's Legal Aid Agency in April has left lawyers unable to bill for their work and victims of domestic abuse struggling to get representation.
2 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Investors eye top private schools and SEN provision
VC, the private equity group, has bought a 20% stake in an international group of private schools at a €7bn valuation, more than triple the group’s worth in 2021 and a sign of increasing buyout interest in the sector.
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
'They are treated with the most appalling hostility': the children seeking safety on Britain's shores
The number of unaccompanied children claiming asylum in the UK has soared, but after risking their lives to get here, many are being put at further risk, writes Martha Gill
4 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
Heseltine: 'We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No 10'
One of the Conservative party's longest-serving grandees has unleashed a blistering attack on Reform UK, comparing the party to \"the fascists of the 30s\" as he urges Kemi Badenoch to resist moving further right.
1 min |
October 05, 2025
The Observer
I was at the Manchester arena bombing. Did fate bring me to the synagogue?
When Tom Ludley and his firefighter team responded to the terror attack at Heaton Park, they were determined to avoid the mistakes of 2017, writes John Simpson
2 min |