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The Observer
‘A very deep sense of duty’: Starmer’s work ethic endures despite the resignations
The defence secretary’s shock departure leaves the PM looking more isolated than ever. But he plans to fight on. Tom Baldwin reports
5 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Young switched off by tracking devices and ‘self-optimisation’
It’s been nearly two weeks since Steven Bartlett declared on his Diary of a CEO podcast that drinking three glasses of wine had ruined his life.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
‘My foster parents taught me that if you are loved, you will be destroyed’
On a visit to his old foster home in Makerfield, the poet tells Rachel Sylvester about his time in care after being stolen from his mother, why St George’s flags don’t worry him and how he would give up everything to have a family
8 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
SpaceX’s $2.1tn listing tests moonshot capitalism’s limits
Elon Musk’s venture has achieved a record-breaking valuation, but questions remain over investors’ connection to reality
2 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
‘Jodie could be anyone’: the deepfake porn victim named campaigner of the year after law change
Jodie Campaigns among the activists recognised at the Sheila McKechnie Foundation Awards
1 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Alan Hale
The ‘fuzzy object’ the astronomer sighted in 1995 turned out to be a huge comet last visible from Earth in 2215BC
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Pisces rising as Wayve and Moneybox flirt with IPO option
Digital wealth manager Moneybox and autonomous driving startup Wayve are considering allowing investors to sell shares on London’s Pisces market, a newly launched trading platform for private businesses, The Observer can reveal.
1 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Squeaky Burnham time: it’s too close for comfort for Labour in Makerfield
The man who would be PM appears to have a lead in byelection polls, but does he have what it takes to hold onto it?
4 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Thick-legged flower beetle
There’s nothing so delicious as a flower.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Police officer ran county lines drug ring ‘worth hundreds of thousands’
Gary Parkinson served for 15 years and was jailed for conspiracy to supply class A drugs to small towns in Devon
4 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Met reveals ‘Al Capone’ strategy to root out men who pose the biggest threat to women
A new scheme aimed at targeting London’s 100 worst abusers has yielded impressive results. Now it is set to be rolled out nationally, reports Rachel Sylvester
5 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
A children’s manifesto
The young deserve to feel safe and happy. When so many don't, it is a national emergency
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
The millionth parkrun crosses the finish line back where it all began
The weekly event marked its millionth run yesterday in the park where it started in 2004. The Observer was among those taking a lap of it
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Metaphor-loving tech bros don’t know what they’re Tolkien about
First it was Leo XIV, quoting the wizard Gandalf in his recent papal encyclical on humanity and artificial intelligence. Now it is Anthropic’s boss Dario Amodei.
1 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Curry Barker
The film-maker terrifying Gen Z with his breakout hit Obsession is being hailed as the saviour of modern horror, Barbara Ellen writes
4 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Medical students’ ‘landmark’ breakthrough on child brain cancer
Two medical students have made a “landmark” breakthrough in tackling the deadliest form of childhood brain cancer, a disease that has thwarted researchers for decades.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
I grew up where this violence erupted in Belfast. The far right has no idea what's going on here
Burnt cars, torched houses and masked mobs bring back painful memories. Yet still Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson fan the flames
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
A declaration of interdependence
Trump has vandalised the special relationship, but Britain is still lucky to sit at a great global crossroads
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
There’s money in being the bootleg Harry Styles — just a few million less
As the pop megastar begins his Wembley residency, lookalike Sean McNicholas is having the time of his life, Lily Isaacs writes
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
LUCY & YAK: PROVING KINDNESS BELONGS IN BUSINESS
Kindness isn't soft. It’s a business model. Fashion has a problem. Too much waste. Too much overproduction. Too little care for the people who make it.
1 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Free speech should not cost us the truth. Honesty needs to be enshrined in law
From ‘fake news’ to online conspiracy theories, powerful interests are lying to us with impunity
6 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Six months in... why I still have nine reasons to be optimistic about 2026
At the start of the year I wrote a column listing 10 reasons to be optimistic about the world in 2026.
4 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Green shoots of eco recovery in Permira’s carbon-counting deal
The investment pendulum may be starting to swing greenwards again, especially as soaring oil prices remind investors of the case for alternative clean energy.
1 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Property firms set to cash in on defence spending
While the government tears itself apart over the defence budget, the UK’s property and construction companies are preparing to cash in on the extra spending, as weapons manufacturers, defence logistics companies and others scramble for new warehouse and office space.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
People are in a rage over AI. It’s time the government noticed
When I interviewed Jack Clark, the co-founder of the AI lab Anthropic, last month he told me the public is living through a moment of “generalised anxiety” about artificial intelligence: a diffuse unease about the future of jobs, the economy and the technology itself.
3 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Former armed forces minister would consider leadership bid
Al Carns resigned last week hours after John Healey’s departure as defence secretary, with both men citing problems with the delayed defence investment plan (Dip) as Nato summit looms.
1 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Lib Dems plot to reclaim environmental policy territory from challenge of Polanski’s Greens
As the Green party has surged in the polls, so have accusations that it has sidelined environmental issues for a broader leftwing populism.
2 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Missing in action: Fergie the ‘bossy general’ and her grandiose plans
The former duchess envisaged herself at the helm of a global organisation dreamed up, and majority owned, by Jeffrey Epstein
4 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Sentencing the Palestine activists for terrorism places civil liberties in grave peril
Ruling raises spectre of what the defence barrister Rajiv Menon describes as ‘creeping authoritarianism’
4 min |
June 14, 2026
The Observer
Doctor, the critics will see you now: we're still diagnosing House – 14 years on
Freelance journalist Janet Murray decided to start watching the television drama House, starring Hugh Laurie. It didn’t go well.
3 min |