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The Observer
I couldn't even bring myself to despise rugby
In her search for a sport to love, Marie Le Conte finds the heat of a scrum leaves her cold
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Period app firms express shock at police checks of women's data
Senior executives at leading menstrual-cycle tracking apps are “in disbelief” at new UK police guidance that suggests officers could check women's phones for the apps after an unexpected pregnancy loss.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Hunger-striker's plea to PM: help free my son from Cairo prison
A British-Egyptian professor who has been on hunger strike for eight months, demanding the British government do more to release her son from jail in Cairo, is fighting for her life after being admitted to hospital.
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Lost and found: Francis Bacon...
When Stephen Smith tracks down one of Francis Bacon’s last living subjects - the former Soho night-club bouncer Ted Westfallen - he discovers more than just the mystery subject of a painting, but reveals a chapter in the riotous life of the artist.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Robots to be given tactile ‘skin’ and dexterous hands
A startup working on tactile robotic “skin”, allowing machines to feel objects rather than relying on vision, is among nine projects that received £23.3m in government funding to solve the problem of robot dexterity.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Danger zone: where will a 2C temperature rise leave our planet?
It was once thought almost impossible. Now scientists are warning of irreversible changes to the Earth's climate in just the next four years, writes James Tapper
4 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
The moron premium
Fantasy economics has become the populists' calling card. The consequences are anything but imaginary
2 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
US ‘move fast and break things’ is no return to 80s neoliberalism
How dramatically the world has changed for the leading progressive economists and political thinkers who gathered at Cambridge University this week for the Moller Institute’s conference Beyond Neoliberalism.
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
'Can't ChatGPT do it?'
The cull of office jobs
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Burberry wears its British identity crisis on its sleeve in turbulent times
When Burberry was successful, it bottled the essence of Britishness.
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Inside one hotel, the high price paid by taxpayers and asylum seekers
Hundreds of people given rooms in London have no idea when they can leave or what awaits them outside
3 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
The thinker who saw liberalism's flaw
Kenan Malik
4 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
Staff cull is a bitter pill for McKinsey to swallow
Any Other Business
1 min |
June 01, 2025
The Observer
I love our homeland, but we can't condone the starvation of civilians
I write as a Jew profoundly connected to Israel, whose people are like an extended family.
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Diana and me
Damian Barr, the author of Maggie & Me, remembers his late friend, the writer and editor Diana Athill
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
How China's need to come first in AI race drove the rehabilitation of 'Crazy' Jack Ma
The colourful founder of Alibaba fell from favour in 2020. Now he could be givena key role to play in Xi Jinping’s plans, writes.
4 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Telegraph finally finds buyer in US firm RedBird
Officially, two years of uncertainty at the Telegraph Media Group ended on Friday with the news that it has found a buyer.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
The beat never stops in a land that loves to dance
Mozambique's beachside capital, Maputo, boasts one of Africa's liveliest music scenes, blending local styles with rhythms from Portugal, the former colonial power, and modern beats from across the continent.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
I am a FTSE-100 board member with a disability. It's time for others to speak up
Whenever I explain why my experiences should matter to British business, I hope it's the last time I have to do so.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
EY feels heat in £2.7bn legal claim over audits
In an added twist in the ongoing court case, Sheikh Mansour has been linked to the collapsed company NMC Health, writes
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
The young assassins who think murder is protest
David Aaronovitch
3 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
How Beckham rift shed light on the growing craze for 'forensic fandom'
Followers who hunt for clues about celebrities' lives via social media posts led the way on Brooklyn story
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
We just can’t grow like Americans
Falling by 0.6% from a year earlier, the productivity of Britain’s private sector disappointed yet again last year.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Brain dead US mother kept on life support by state's abortion ban
Early one morning in February, Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old nurse from Atlanta, was rushed to hospital after her boyfriend found her “gasping for air in her sleep”.
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Cyber-attack will cost M&S £300m and last until summer
Marks & Spencer said a \"highly sophisticated and targeted cyber-attack\" would cost it about £300m in lost profits, with disruption expected to continue until July. The damage was extensive, but not existential.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
EMERGENCY APPEAL
HELP SUPPORT OUR MEDICAL TEAMS IN GAZA TODAY
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Theatre has become like a budget airline
Rachel Cooke
2 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Developers face fines for sitting on land
Property developers could be fined or locked out of future projects if they are deemed to be repeat offenders at “landbanking”, under a new set of proposals being put forward by the government.
1 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
Death of the centre right: Across western democracies, populists are ravaging traditional conservatives
Britain’s Tories are not alone. Sam Freedman examines how the new right turned against managers, civil servants and professionals
8 min |
May 25, 2025
The Observer
If the battle for Britain becomes Starmer v Farage, then how should Labour fight it?
A couple of months after the 2024 general election, I asked Morgan McSweeney, Labour's chief strategist, whether he thought the Conservatives or Reform would be his party's primary opponent at the next national contest. He gave what I thought was a candid and reasonable response, because it was the one I would have given myself at the time. He replied that he wasn't yet sure of the answer.
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