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Boom in comics paints a brighter picture for the book trade – and for literacy
Vivid visuals and funny characters are helping to draw more children into reading books, say experts
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March 09, 2025
The Observer
Millions in water firm fines to help restore our rivers
Millions of pounds of fines imposed on water firms will fund environmental schemes to protect the country's waterways after fears the money would be diverted to the Treasury.
1 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Tell Mama loses state funding despite rise of anti-Muslim hate
Police warn that cut will hamper ability to protect communities
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Mao Zedong's first Little Red Book was blue ... and without the spin
The thoughts of Mao Zedong, published in 1964 under the title Quotations, are considered the blueprint for Chinese communism and a guidebook to the Cultural Revolution.
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
'No settlement, no apology' — Oxford University accused of trying to silence academic
Despite winning a landmark legal battle over 'sham' teaching contracts, Alice Jolly believes it won't benefit other tutorial staff
3 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Britons among hardest hit by Covid fallout five years on
Slower bounceback despite higher spending. Failure to recover is 'damning indictment'
4 min |
March 09, 2025
The Observer
Charli xcx turns the Brits into Brats as she takes five gongs
All-conquering artist follows up on her bumper summer by lifting second-highest number of wins in a single year
1 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Ex-Barclays boss to fight FCA in court over ties to Epstein
This week Jes Staley hopes to overturn a City ban in a case that will reveal his dealings with the late financier.
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Never mind the planet's fate when the jet set feel the urge to seek out some winter sun
Self-denial will save the Earth, we're told. But big emitters seemingly haven't had the memo
4 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Him again? Windsor reacts to more Trump and circumstance
A second state visit for the US president widely seen as a necessary evil
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
I may be a pan-cultural youth vampire, but I think I'll leave gen Z to their slang
Parents trying to decode youth speak are leaving nothing for the young to identify as their own
4 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Fancy a stay at Tito's Yugoslav beach haven? Your room may soon be ready
A Croatian resort built by the communist leader is finally on the verge of rebirth from the ruins.
4 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Mine metals but don't harm the planet? Here's a copper-bottomed plan
It is the key ingredient of bronze, the alloy that helped create some of the world's greatest civilisations and took humanity out of the Stone Age on its way to modern times.
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
It's a gambol: why lambing weekends are an unlikely holiday sensation
In a shed in the Malvern Hills, lambs struggle clumsily to their feet as holidaymaking couples look on.
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Enough of the 'children these days' insults ... they're just human beings
Gentle parenting ruins young people, insists 'Britain's strictest head'.
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
The 'special' relationship that we have now is the one with our nearest neighbours
It's exhausting and humiliating to have no control - watching every meeting in the Oval Office for a glimmer of Trump's approval or displeasure, our security resting on a perceived slight or a mood.
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Shez Partovi
The neuroradiologist turned executive predicts that Al will transform the NHS, with huge benefits for patients and clinicians, he tells Julia Kollewe
4 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Enter JD Vance – Trump's attack dog who got the fight he wanted all along
He was supposed to be the inconsequential vice-president. But JD Vance's starring role in Friday's blowup between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy - where he played a cross between Trump's bulldog and tech bro Iago - may mark the moment that the post-war alliance between Europe and America finally collapsed.
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Gaza ceasefire talks stall as sides unable to agree on second phase
Israel had wanted to extend first stage by six weeks as terms of moving on could be politically disastrous
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
The name's Boyd: novelist on 007's future in the AI era
The writer, who wrote an official Bond novel, foresees a slew of Amazon spin-offs...
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Salman Rushdie out, Dan Brown in: why it's time to detoxify our middle-class bookshelves
Drop the pretence: instead of parading a love of highbrow literature, just enjoy the books you want to read
4 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
'We will sue': residents fight sky-high service charges on affordable homes
Investigation finds shared-ownership flats are being hit by 'extortionate and unreasonable' fees, trapping people in homes they can't sell
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
'Pupils are in fear every day': parents' concerns over top trust's new schools
Emergency meeting called over discipline at Mossbourne Federation
2 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
'The grapes won't wait': Lebanese winemakers' future in balance as conflict rages
Their thoughts should be focused on a new vintage. But instead the vineyard owners of the Bekaa Valley are more concerned with where the bombs are going to fall next - and counting the cost, they tell William Christou
4 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Tax war brews in Britain's beauty spots over charming little getaways by the sea
Second home owners are poised to fight back as Cornwall prepares to impose double council tax on them - leaving some councillors fearing for their budget,
5 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Tensions flare as Venezuelan vessel enters Guyana waters
Guyana's president has triggered a military response and diplomatic action after a Venezuelan coast-guard patrol entered its waters and approached an offshore oil facility, breaching maritime agreements.
1 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
Women of substance Now acting counts, not youthful beauty
Something seems different about Hollywood awards ceremonies.
1 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
'A bigger victory for Putin than any of his military battles'
Russian officials and Moscow's media outlets reacted with predictable glee to the dramatic clash between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump at the White House on Friday.
3 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
'What will be left of Labour's project?' MPs to rebel on aid cut
Backbenchers to express anger over decision to axe international budget in Commons debate
4 min |
March 02, 2025
The Observer
In Gene Hackman's home town, sadness and unease are mixed with bafflement
As New Mexico authorities investigate the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, their adopted home town of Santa Fe is grappling with the mystery of what happened to the couple.
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