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Alfred Brendel
Piano virtuoso who felt silence was important in music and comically chided coughers and sneezers
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June 22, 2025
The Observer
'This isn't a leader. This is a man in hiding': the myth of Khamenei is over
In Tehran, even under a rain of missiles, people find each other. That's the image emerging on Iran’s fractured, unstable internet. Among those is Bahman, a bookseller in central Tehran. Each evening, he posts late-night updates from his shop — cafe lights still flickering, cigarettes passed under taped windows, strangers exchanging meaningful nods. Another social media user wrote: “The city is wounded, but still breathing - together.”
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
TSB unlikely to attract big banks desperate to grow
As a takeover approach for TSB is expected to kick off a long-awaited consolidation of Britain's mid-tier banks, the question is not so much who but why.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Slam dunk for LA Lakers in record $10bn sale
Last week's $10bn sale of a controlling stake in the LA Lakers basketball team has set a new record value for a professional sports franchise.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Trump keeps Nato allies on edge over pledge to increase defence spending
As summit looms and global tensions rise, podcast’s exposure of UK forces’ weakness is a prescient warning
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Who v Beatles: the original nepo baby causing a big s-s-s-sensation
The Who keep firing drummer, Zak Starkey — and his irked Beatle dad doesn't want him to get fooled again, writes Barbara Ellen
4 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Israeli hackers steal $90m Iranian crypto – and 'burn' it
A group of pro-Israel hackers known as Predatory Sparrow targeted Iran's largest crypto exchange last Wednesday, stealing roughly $90m (£67m).
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Chancellor faces U-turn on tax rules after non-doms take fright
Mounting evidence that super-rich non-doms are quitting the UK after changes to how they are taxed may push Rachel Reeves into an embarrassing U-turn.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
French police wade into the small boats battle
Small boats crossing the Channel will be intercepted for the first time under new laws proposed by French ministers.
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Jaws proves the power of a snappy title
Rachel Cooke
1 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
The world waits for Trump decision as B-2 bombers move into position
President caught between European diplomacy and risks of US military action
3 min |
June 22, 2025
The Observer
Flight 171: 'They only had a few seconds. There were no good options'
An engine failure or pilot error? Questions are mounting as the Air India disaster investigation begins.
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
'The fascists have tried to occupy our area': how Trump's raids unleashed a firestorm
It started with seizures of immigrants in factories and troops on the streets — and ended with nannies grabbed from parks and a tide of resistance that has even surprised activists.
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
A world on fire makes compelling case for west's leaders to sit round G7 table
When the G7 meets in Canada today it will be the 51st gathering since its foundation. But there will be no polite applause from the gallery. Instead, it faces searching questions about its relevance in these turbulent and divided times, with war in Europe, the Middle East in flames, and the Oval Office occupied by someone openly disdainful of alliances and multilateralism.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Barbara Holdridge
The audiobook pioneer whose early recordings of Dylan Thomas kickstarted a global phenomenon
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Trainline's new AI customer assistant veers off the rails
Among other errors, bot insists an adult can travel with child's ticket
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Northern Ireland shaken but defiant after mobs set 'foreign' homes ablaze
Protesters pledge unity and police vow to hunt offenders after nights of violence stoked by alleged attack on girl
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Oceans summit fails to secure treaty to protect marine life
The third United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice concluded on Friday on a muted note, falling short of its headline goal of securing the 60 ratifications needed to enforce the High Seas treaty. Critics also claimed the conference failed to address fossil fuel emissions, deep sea mining and practices that may threaten the future of the ocean.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Barbara Woodward
She's the favourite to be MI6's first female boss, but don't expect Judi Dench's M.
5 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Age of insecurity
Labour has committed to spend. Now it must show a restive public exactly where the money will go
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
'The most damaging thing for the sea' ... and 300 trawlers are at it in Europe
Conservationists call for action after tracking hundreds of vessels they suspect of harmful deep-sea fishing.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Warner Bros splits operations to face the challenge of digital future
Hollywood's identity crisis continues apace - and US TV is in trouble.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
From crisis to cure: Wes Streeting has cash and a bold vision for the NHS – but can he deliver?
The health secretary's plans for prevention, digital reform and community care may well turn decades of rhetoric into reality
4 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
This is no ordinary war. The world has entered a new age of impunity
On Thursday night, amid reports of an imminent attack on Iran by Israel, an emergency war meeting led by Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace unit, was held at a military base in Tehran.
5 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
No flight, no answers and no full BA payout
British Airways is refusing to cover our out-of-pocket costs after it cancelled our flight.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Two dead and two injured in US 'politically motivated' shootings
A gunman disguised as a police officer shot dead a US politician and her husband in a “politically motivated assassination” in Minnesota yesterday, police have said.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Shenzhen seeks more miracles with plan to lure foreign talent
In 45 years, Shenzhen has grown from a fishing village in mainland China, across the river from Hong Kong, into a large, affluent and liveable city that has been likened to Singapore, though more hi-tech.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Dangers of the social media disaster chasers
At 9.08am BST the plane took off from Ahmedabad airport bound for London Gatwick. The cockpit gave a mayday call.
1 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Shock, sorrow and disbelief in London
Hundreds of people would be usually out on a warm Friday evening on Ealing Road.
3 min |
June 15, 2025
The Observer
Locked-up profits: Trump's private prison donors stand to gain from jailing migrants
As Donald Trump's immigration crackdown intensifies, some of his closest allies in the private sector stand to profit from ICE raids.
3 min |