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The Observer
Poor CEO pipelines reveal British short-term outlook
UK business has a serious problem with succession.
1 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
From New Jersey to Germany: a rabbi's search for liberalism
Shaped by orthodox faith, one Jewish leader faces another form of extremism in Germany, reports Jessica Bateman in Dresden
4 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Sir Keir can refresh his Number 10 crew but they still need the captain to steer the ship
Absence does not always make the heart grow fonder. Sir Keir Starmer has returned from his disrupted summer break to be greeted by Labour's lowest rating of his premiership. At 20 points, the party is just three ahead of the wretched Tories and trails 15 behind Reform, which has dominated the news cycle during the summer recess and led every opinion poll since May. Sir Keir's personal favourability rating is just a little better than the score held by Rishi Sunak just before he led the Conservatives to a crushing defeat without precedent in that party's history.
4 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Trump's war on the Fed sparks inflation warning
Fed governor Lisa Cook is suing the president for trying to fire her. His move is one of the most serious threats to the Reserve in 74 years, writes Katie McQue
3 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
As cost of weight loss drug soars, fears that those who need it most will be left behind
The price of Mounjaro doubles tomorrow but appetite for the injections does not appear to be shrinking
2 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Labour's taking on Reform — and it's about time too
I am not privy to the innermost thoughts of Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Cabinet Office minister tasked with negotiating the “resetting” of our economic relationship with the European Union, but I can make a reasonable guess.
2 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Face down Reform
Starmer needs to remember what he stands for and find his inner JFK
2 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
World football can strike a blow against Israel – if it has the courage
Four days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Fifa and Uefa, the international and European football authorities, banned all Russian teams from playing in their competitions. “Football is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine,” they said.
3 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
No one will admit fault for missed flight fiasco
I, my husband and around 12 fellow passengers missed the 1.30pm Ryanair flight from Porto to Belfast on 2 August after being unavoidably delayed in the passport queue at the flight gate. We checked our bags at 11.30am and were in the queue for passport control as soon as the gate was announced (it is not possible to join the queue before this time).
3 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
US sisters, take note: don't diss our repressed British blokes. That's our job
What's not to love about Taylor Swift's engagement to Kansas City Chiefs footballer, Travis Kelce? The antique sparkler shaped like a throat lozenge; the Instagram announcement liked 33.3m times and counting ... Yet, a persistent niggle: is this a \"diss\" on the calibre of British men?
1 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Angela Mortimer
The 'frail' Wimbledon, French and Australian grand slam winner who made tactical brilliance her hallmark
3 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Queen Elizabeth II 'was a remainer'
Queen Elizabeth II was a remainer who told a senior minister \"we shouldn't leave the EU\", according to a new book.
1 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return of Russia's reigning prima donna
Anna Netrebko says she doesn't support the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, but her Tosca faces a chorus of critics
4 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Donors desert Starmer over Gaza, first-year failures and freebies fallout
Labour's wealthy backers are hanging on to their cash in a sign of their unhappiness at the party's performance after winning power
3 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Sorry, but I can't get too upset if the big chains become has-beans...
The first Starbucks in New York opened in 1994 - but I didn't go.
2 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
A modern Enlightenment is possible
Will Hutton
4 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Your problems
No one will admit fault for missed flight fiasco
3 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Al cause of job losses for under 25s
In an influential Ted talk in 2013, economist Erik Brynjolfsson said employers should use artificial intelligence to improve productivity by augmenting workers' human capabilities; their main goal should not be merely to replace people with AI.
1 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Pope's support for the Chagossians echoes far beyond the Vatican's walls
Philippe Sands went to Rome with a delegation of the islands’ exiles for a rare audience with Leo XIV.
1 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Dismay in nursery sector as free hours plan grows
When Jeremy Hunt revealed sweeping reforms to the free childcare scheme in 2023, Chizzy Chukwukere, founder of Zippys Day Nursery in Greenwich, southeast London, was supportive. \"Anything that helps parents with affordability is a positive,\" she said.
2 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
So sick to make money out of body distress
The news that Serena Williams - a woman with arguably one of the fittest and strongest bodies in the world - is delighted to have lost those pesky post-baby pounds is a story that should give us pause.
2 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Western firms make move to get back into Russia as peace efforts signal end of isolation
When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, western companies ran for the exit amid a wave of international opprobrium. Now, some firms are manoeuvring to get back in as US efforts to end the war ease Russia's isolation.
1 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Trump's Warp Speed surprise mixes the message on vaccines
Dare we hope that Donald Trump is tiring of his anti-vax health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr?
1 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
There's a cancer treatment revolution — but Britain is being left behind
For more than four decades, the developed world has been quietly beating cancer. The death rate, when adjusted for age, is falling rapidly, mainly owing to new treatments and big public efforts to stop people smoking. More awareness of bugs that can cause cancer, such as H-pylori in the stomach, have helped, too. In the US, for example, stomach cancer mortality was nine times lower in 2021 than it was in 1950.
3 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Reeves feels the pinch as bond yields squeeze spending room
The cost of long-term UK borrowing rose to its highest level in almost 27 years last week, putting pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to find ways to raise extra income as she prepares for her autumn budget.
1 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
'No one wants to live in a world where journalists are killed live on television'
As Israel kills five more media workers in Gaza, the UN says the 'eyes and ears of the world' must be protected.
4 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
How to deal with able-bodied cynicism? Laugh
Seeing the world from a wheelchair exposes life's complications, says Melanie Reid
2 min |
August 31, 2025
The Observer
Reeves needs to call time on dodgy stats
On Friday, the latest retail sales numbers for the British economy were due to be published.
1 min |
August 24, 2025
The Observer
Lucy Connolly isn't a hero. Justice doesn't mean a verdict you approve of Kenan Malik
Lionising a woman who pleaded guilty to stirring up racial hatred is a moral failure by the right
4 min |
August 24, 2025
The Observer
We can't shrink from Palestine Action
There is one part of the UK where terrorist flags and placards have rarely been off the news.
3 min |