Newspaper
The Observer
The real crisis Britain faces isn't immigration but a profound breakdown in trust
Kenan Malik
4 min |
November 23, 2025
The Observer
Latin America fears US 'sabre-rattling' is about regime change not drugs
This week, the USS Gerald R Ford — the world’s largest aircraft carrier — arrived in the Caribbean.
3 min |
November 23, 2025
The Observer
Tearful stars and fan videos strap a rocket to Wicked 2's broomstick
The plodding sequel is going stratospheric thanks to a slew of memes rather than its official campaign
2 min |
November 23, 2025
The Observer
Meloni and the Libyan warlord: how Italy freed an alleged mass murderer in order to secure its borders
In January 2025, a man stepped off an Italian government jet in Tripoli and disappeared back into the shadows of one of the world's most brutal migration control systems.
7 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'Among her gifts was a talent for seeing through bullshit'
Rachel was one of the great journalists of our time.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Chinese firm owns publisher that axed Sarah Ferguson book
The publisher of Sarah Ferguson's recently cancelled children's book is owned by a Chinese state company.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'What a sadder, stupider world it is already without her'
I first became a fan of Rachel's writing, all those 25-plus years ago, because of how clever but warm, engaged but questioning all of her articles were, whether she was writing about food, interviewing scientists or explaining her love of cricket.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
We can't restore the old order, but we can try to stop the new world disorder
David Miliband
6 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Rain eases but flood warnings persist in Storm Claudia's wake
Parts of England and Wales are at risk of further flooding in the wake of Storm Claudia, the Environment Agency warned yesterday.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
The academics who stuck by disgraced Epstein to the end – and those who didn't
According to newly released emails, a group of thinkers kept ties with the tycoon long after most cut them. One even recommended a book 'similar' to Lolita. Alexi Mostrous, head of investigations, reports
5 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She never missed a trick and was always incredibly kind'
Rachel had a beguiling combination of supreme intellect and an appreciation for the absurd.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Record courts backlog threatens right to jury trial for thousands
Minister says overloaded system in England and Wales needs to change as case delays lengthen. Rachel Sylvester reports
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
How a cunning plan to bolster the prime minister backfired spectacularly
Far from steadying the ship, Downing Street's antics have amplified the turmoil and emboldened those eyeing the leadership
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'Goddess of wealth' spent 20 hours a day in bed at helm of £5bn crypto scam
Zhimin Qian, jailed for 12 years, was asleep when found by police
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
In the race to embrace renewables, China is the unlikely global leader
Beijing has emerged as the new energy superpower at Cop30, but will this spur Europe to invest more and compete in the 'global south'?
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Gilt yields up as budget U-turn rattles markets
Until last week, the price the UK government pays for investors to hold its debt had been gliding gradually downwards, falling to an 11-month low on Tuesday. Then came the news that Rachel Reeves would ditch a planned income tax rise.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Gilson Lavis
Squeeze drummer and reformed wild man of new wave, who rebuilt his life to become an artist and mentor
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Mail hovers after RedBird pulls out of Telegraph deal
The future of the Daily Telegraph is going to auction after US private equity firm RedBird Capital pulled its consortium out of a deal to buy the newspaper on Friday. Speculation has grown that the Daily Mail group will bid for it.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
So just who led the BBC into its darkest hour? Take a look at the prime suspects
In a wood-panelled room in the prow of the old Broadcasting House, the director generals met for dinner. They were nearly all there - stretching back decades, up to Tim Davie, then the current DG, who had invited them all to join him.
10+ min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
After the week No 10 lost control, further chaos could be fatal for Starmer
An income tax 'wobble', the briefing against Streeting ... ministers now veer between despair and anger, write Catherine Neilan and Rachel Sylvester
4 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Fast fashion squeezes UK middle-market brands
Fast-fashion brand Shein held a concession at BHV Marais in Paris earlier this month that attracted long queues and 50,000 visitors in its first five days, each forking out an average of €45.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
He noticed you, and what you were up to
Journalists shouldn't interview people they know, or even (I think) acquaintances with whom they're friendly.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Pink-footed goose
Oh, how I love the sweet winters of England. I come here every year for their gentleness, kindness and welcome. When the wind comes whistling straight from the Urals to my beloved Norfolk marshes, I never complain. I just think how much worse it is back home in Greenland.
2 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'She was a newspaper's dream.' Remembering Rachel Cooke
The Observer journalist, who died last week, was the heart and soul of the paper for 25 years. Here, Tim Adams reflects on her extraordinary legacy. Overleaf, friends and admirers pay their personal tributes, and we reprint a selection of her writing
6 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
If I'm drunk and alone, I'll play this song
Watching the not-very-funny comedy The Break-Up, I'm an Easter Island statue of ill-humour.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'Forever a twinkle in her eye, she emanated a gorgeous warmth'
I met Rachel years ago, in the early days of her writing for The Observer. A wonderful game supplier, Ben Weatherall, had arranged for people from what was formerly known as Conran restaurants to go to this lodge in the Highlands and go deer stalking. We spent the day on the moors.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
UK 'impact' office to drive purpose in the economy
Compared with sexy stories about tax rises and Downing Street leadership challenges, the creation of a new arm of the Cabinet Office was never going to make headlines.
1 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'Saviour of Papa Johns' accused of taking unlawful slice of foreign workers' pay
A franchisee's firms have been taken off the Home Office licensed list after a joint Observer and BBC investigation
3 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
Protesters in prison: 'It's not a crime to want to pass on a better world'
For months, activists have been writing from British jail cells to Adam Weymouth about their anger and fear that the UK's right to peaceful protest and civil disobedience is being stolen away
9 min |
November 16, 2025
The Observer
'Safe and legal' routes for refugees created as Labour gets tough on immigration
Hardline measures will include regular checks on status in move by government to combat threat from Reform
3 min |