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Creator Fund backs student scientists with £42m pool
A UK-based firm has raised the world’s largest venture capital fund aimed exclusively at finding and backing student scientists.
1 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Thomas Tuchel
The German coach taking England into the World Cup has yet to sing the national anthem. He says he must earn the right, Patrick Kidd writes
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Sweet dreams are made of hits for back catalogue investors
Potential long-term income from songs by hit-makers such as Eurythmics, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey has piqued the interest of institutional investors, leading to a wave of deals this year for the back catalogues of proven artists.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
I Dua, I Dua: star joins the double wedding set with city ceremony and Sicily celebration
The singer and her new husband are the latest celebrities to tie the knot at home then jet off for a days-long party in the sun, reports Caitlin Macdonald
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Raw sewage dumped in UK seas and rivers for 1.5m hours this year
Swimmers say they feel powerless and accuse water companies of failing to protect Britain’s coastline
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Revolutionary change in Putin’s Russia can only come from within
Every summer revives hopes among Russia’s liberal-minded intelligentsia for a sudden and dramatic political change in the country.
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Exams change lives, but grades are a lottery
Ofqual admits marking can be inconsistent — yet there is little pupils can do about it, writes Dennis Sherwood
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
‘Safe’ in their rooms, children are being caught in a global grooming pandemic
Tech firms will be made to install software to prevent children taking or sharing nude images. For some families, the move comes too late. Rachel Sylvester reports
10 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
‘I didn’t know any other George fans. I think it was a weird form of rebellion’
On a hot early summer lunchtime, Sathnam Sanghera and I are lost in the woods.
8 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
In weaponising Henry Nowak’s death, the right has come full circle on identity politics
For many black and Asian Britons of my generation, the Henry Nowak bodycam footage would have appeared tragically familiar.
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Europe is David to China’s Goliath
Fleets of ghost container ships are leaving European ports, filled with little but air as they head home to China.
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
‘Are we doing a story? My God, I’m alive again!’
The first time I was approached by Nevine Mabro, then commissioning editor at Channel 4, to make a film about Jon Snow and his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, I didn’t want to do it.
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
I had to shut my beloved restaurant. VAT was taking too big a bite of the profits
I did everything right. The arithmetic still stopped working. After 13 years in food, I closed Sambal Shiok last week.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
The forgotten war
The Ukraine conflict is at a tipping point. Europe must seize this moment to support Zelensky
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Flat-headed cat
The wildest of all wild animals is the cat. Being a cat myself, I see that as a matter more of fact than of pride.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Starmer to host Zelensky talks as west seeks to seize moment
Europe’s leaders meet in London today to ratchet up pressure on a Russia weakened by four years of war.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Kyiv’s robot army starts to turn the tide against a faltering Russia
After four years of conflict, Ukraine is now a world leader in drone technology, giving it a strategic edge that could prove decisive, writes Jen Stout near the front line in Kharkiv
5 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Nigel Farage and the grisly grapple for the title of Britain's nastiest party
As Reform and Restore feud, the plea of Henry Nowak’s grieving family is ignored by a competition in outrage and division
4 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Hinge offers ‘purple hearts’ to men brave enough to share
Hinge, the dating app billed as the platform “designed to be deleted”, is “rewarding” users who spend the most time and energy engaging with lots of potential suitors.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
West Ham co-owner exits club in wake of allegations
The billionaire businessman David Sullivan yesterday stood down as joint-chair and director of West Ham United over what he described as “entirely false” claims against him.
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
Musk's X provocations are a threat to democracy in Britain, says Streeting
Labour leadership hopeful criticises the world’s richest man for stoking anger over Henry Nowak’s death
3 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
All human frailty was there in Murrell’s spending
The items bought with embezzled SNP funds speak to our spend and reward psychology, writes Melanie Reid
2 min |
June 07, 2026
The Observer
A useful idiot
Donald Trump's adventure in Iran has been extraordinarily helpful to Vlaldimir Putin.
3 min |
May 31, 2026
The Observer
Blair takes a second swing at his critics
Catherine Neilan Whitehall editor Tony Blair has hit back at his critics after his excoriating essay on the future of Labour, published last week, unleashed a wave of condemnation from current Labour politicians.
1 min |
May 31, 2026
The Observer
Palace was sent dossier on Andrew's work as a trade envoy
Buckingham Palace was sent a dossier of 30,000 emails six years ago that may have contained evidence of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor passing confidential government information to a banker friend, court documents have revealed.
1 min |
May 31, 2026
The Observer
Tech bros have not bought off my institute, but the implications of AI blow my mind
The debate is not about Labour's mission.
4 min |
May 31, 2026
The Observer
Global domination is cold comfort as Arsenal lose Champions League final
Gunners fans around the world were left with a familiar taste of what might have been.
2 min |
May 31, 2026
The Observer
First came the businessmen. Then the blood. Now the victims of South Sudan’s ‘oil wars’ want justice
Executives of Swedish firm Lundin Oil are accused of complicity in war crimes. After a trial that could change legal history, grieving witnesses await a court’s verdict.
10+ min |
May 31, 2026
The Observer
Linda Masarira
Outspoken Zimbabwean activist who became a leading voice for women's rights and economic justice
3 min |
May 31, 2026
The Observer
Make every vote count
Proportional representation offers a solution to the crisis of legitimacy in British democracy and can restore trust in the political system
3 min |