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Our language was food
On food and family
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Ben Stokes
When Ben Stokes called the earlier generation of England captains who had criticised his team's Ashes preparations \"has-beens\" this week, the arrow flew at Ian Botham, the foremost grumbler about England's warm-up schedule in Perth.
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Green lairds, Lego millions and the battle to buy back Scotland's land
Holyrood wants more community ownership of rural land - but it's still an uphill struggle, writes Xavier Greenwood
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November 16, 2025
The Observer
A woman's lot: overpaying the price for male hormone gel
As evidence grows that testosterone can help middle-aged women, so too is the gap between what they're charged and what men pay for the same products.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Walmart's 'clicks and bricks' plan
Doug McMillon, Walmart’s CEO since 2014, will step down in January.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
If you like seconds, you'll love this...
I am a “Would you like seconds?” person.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
The fixer treading a risky path through the new humanitarian hellscape
David Beasley had a hotline to Trump and raised billions to feed children. As aid cuts bite, Steve Bloomfield hears of his next move
5 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
All-star cast, zero-star reviews... but it's a critical mauling for Kim K to celebrate
Kim Kardashian's legal drama has been called the 'worst TV show of the year', ensuring it plenty of coverage. Was that the plan all along, asks Miranda Sawyer
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Taliban edict on female aid staff pushes Afghan women deeper into the shadows
Save the Children is among the NGOs to have bowed to a regime ban in order to keep delivering some aid ... just not to women.
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
HSBC shortlists George Osborne for chair role
Despite lacking experience heading a big listed firm, the former chancellor's geopolitical chops make him a strong contender.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She was very good at loving and hating the right things'
What comes to my mind when I think of Rachel is just her appreciation of loveliness.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Boxing champ Joshua to fight raw YouTuber
Two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is in talks to fight YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Miami next month, a clash many say is a new low for the sport.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
The real threat isn't a 'woke right' – it's conservatism's old demons
Kenan Malik
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
What we lose now we will never get back
Some people will be reading this and thinking: why the fuss?
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She was as she wrote – bright, vivid, funny, generous, modest'
I met Rachel at a party - a book launch, I think. “You're Richard Eyre,” she said, and I admitted it. It was a passionate friendship at first sight. I knew her writing and was thrilled to find that, in person, she was as she wrote (not always the case) - very bright, vivid, funny, warm, dazzlingly well read, unopinionated but never short of an opinion, modest, generous, loyal, even though a connoisseur of gossip.
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November 16, 2025
The Observer
In the rush to embrace AI, companies see their 'agents' go rogue
In July, the technology founder Jason Lemkin enlisted an AI system to help build new software for his company, SaaStr. The hope was that this tool ~ an autonomous “agent” developed by Replit - could help him code faster, more creatively, and more efficiently.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Hope Rehab Thailand: journey to recovery
At Hope, the aim is to provide affordable and quality care to people struggling with addiction.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Costa Rica's green halo slips as leader toys with oil and gas
More than a century ago, the American oil company Sinclair drilled an exploratory well on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She was full of mischief, curiosity, wisdom and energy'
RIP the beautiful, brilliant Rachel Cooke. We first met in 2001. She was 32, I was 40. I loved her writing, and loved her as a person. Fearless, funny and with zero tolerance for pretentiousness or bullshit.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Fans of Sir Jim refuse to give up on Manchester United or Ineos
In the 12 years since legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester United has been a football club in decline.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Crying BBC bias is an old party trick Mark Damazer
During the closely fought 1992 general election campaign – Major v Kinnock - the main BBC TV news bulletin, which I was editing, ran an item on NHS health budgets (yes, even then).
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Increasing costs for international students won't help cash-strapped university towns
A chancellor with an overriding commitment to growth would not slap an arbitrary tax on one of the country’s most successful export sectors.
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Free the BBC
The answer to political interference is to secure the independence of the BBC
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
OBR predictions vary wildly. It's time for the Treasury to take back control
Any national budgetary process involves careful deliberation, refining forecasts and making difficult judgement calls about the economic and political reaction.
3 min |
November 16, 2025
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'We would refer to The Observer as The Weekly Cookey'
Whenever she arrived - to a dinner, a book event, a concert - she would have a smile on her face and a light in her eye that seemed to say: \"This is going to be fun.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
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Please release me: pop's brightest stars learn to take fans by surprise
After months of drought, with no clearly defined \"song of the summer\", the music industry has delivered a downpour.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
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Trump lets Orbán avoid sanctions on Russian oil
The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, emerged victorious from the White House after securing an exemption from sanctions on imports of Russian oil that were designed to punish Moscow for the war in Ukraine.
1 min |
November 09, 2025
The Observer
Reeves will raise tax to 'transfer wealth between generations'
The chancellor's plan for a 2p tax increase while cutting national insurance will benefit younger working people, writes Rachel Sylvester
3 min |
November 09, 2025
The Observer
Wave of British B Corps shows firms can be a 'force for good' and still turn a profit
The list of companies meeting strict ethical criteria is growing fast in Britain, but the largest firms have yet to take the plunge, writes Matthew Bishop
6 min |
November 09, 2025
The Observer
In the mass grave of Gaza, anguished families hunt for their lost loved ones
Civil defence teams and doctors are racing to unearth and identify tens of thousands of bodies buried under rubble. Ruth Michaelson and Aseel Mousa report
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