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Bob Daugherty
The photographer who was 'always in the right place', captured history from Nixon's fall to Carter's limo stunt
3 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Funding doctors' pay claim 'could cost £1.3bn'
Doctors' demands for a 26% pay rise would cost at least £1.3bn, new analysis shows.
1 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Private jet and match tickets: McCluskey in the spotlight after Unite's internal report
Union anger after claims its former boss took free trip to watch Liverpool in Madrid
4 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
A man-made famine
Britain must recognise a Palestinian state and bring to an end the Gaza humanitarian crisis
3 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Grasshopper relic for sale. But was it stolen from King Tut's tomb?
Some argue the artefact up for auction should be returned to Egypt
3 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
'Starvation hits mentally and physically. $2,000 a month won't even buy bread'
Those who can afford food in Gaza – even at dizzying prices - eat just one small meal a day. Others have to go without, reports Ruth Michaelson
3 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Biotech start-ups on quest for 'holy grail' anti-ageing drug
From anti-necrotic drugs to gene therapy, big tech has longevity in its sights, reports
3 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Delayed for an hour — then denied a refund
I booked two train tickets via the LNER website for travel on 16 June from London King’s Cross to Scarborough. To keep costs down (£57 total, including a senior railcard discount), the journey involved two changes and three operators: LNER, Northern and TransPennine Express.
2 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Americans can't get enough of Cotswolds chocolate-box villages
US visitors aren't just enjoying holidays in the area, they're buying up homes and moving in
2 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
The 'one voice against 20 extremists' format is designed to monetise hate
Sarah Manavis
3 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Agyemang burnishes her credentials as the ‘saviour of a nation’
After England booked their place in the Euro 2025 final with their dramatic victory over Italy, a recently adopted refrain rang out from fans of the Lionesses. Chants of “Sweet Agyemang”, to the tune of Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline, echoed around Stade de Genève.
2 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
What would Fanon say about Gaza? Kenan Malik
“Every brother on the rooftop can quote Fanon,” the Black Panthers’ Eldridge Cleaver once claimed.
4 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Unfair trade: banker who took the rap for Libor walks free
The case of Tom Hayes, who had his Libor conviction overturned last week, raises serious questions about the justice system.
4 min |
July 27, 2025
The Observer
Hyacinth macaw
Face it, I'm gorgeous. I doubt if there's anything living more gorgeous than me: a full metre of glorious blue from beak to tail.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
To solve the housing crisis, parties must be willing to take some electoral pain
A renter buying an average first home in London needs more than £65,000 in savings and a salary of £120,000.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
The lab detective: how genetic breakthrough freed a mother jailed for killing her children
Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison until Carola Vinuesa uncovered the truth in a drop of blood. By Rachel Sylvester
10+ min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
From Watergate to Covid, this is why so many of us vanish down rabbit holes
What do we mean when we talk about conspiracy theories? It isn’t simply about holding the idea that there are sinister, secret forces doing shady things.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Hezbollah must decide: disarm, fight on or turn fully to politics
Devastated by war with Israel and with its key allies in disarray, the Lebanese militant group is isolated and facing the most significant choice of its 40-year history, writes
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Three years on, the honeymoon is over for Poland's Ukrainian refugees
More than a million people fleeing the war have brought many benefits, but a painful history between the two nations and the far-right is stirring divisions.
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Deny, delete and delay: the secrecy operation inside special forces
After allegations emerged of unarmed men and boys being murdered in Afghanistan, the special forces closed ranks when the military police investigated
9 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Bacteria know no borders we must stay in the fight
The reported cessation of the Fleming Fund represents a catastrophic abandonment of Britain's leadership on one of the gravest threats to global health security.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Video killed the radio star, but who killed the WTF!
The fabled music video director Tim Pope is to appear at the North Berwick arts festival, Fringe by the Sea, next month.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Wellies, worms and birdsong are vital to child mental health, writes the ZSL's
We have a problem. Young people’s mental health has reached a crisis point. Outdoor time at school has halved in a generation, according to a recent report from the Play Commission.
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
The Epstein files: Trump is trapped by the conspiracy theory he once gloried in
The US president's closest aides loved to accuse Democrats in the Biden team of covering the child sex-trafficker's tracks. Yet in power, they now call the client list a hoax. The Maga movement is not buying it, report Xavier Greenwood and Fred Harter
5 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
The prizes and perils from sucking up (or standing up) to Trump
Stand up or suck up? There are two choices world leaders face in dealing with Donald Trump, and last week provided supporters of both theses with the perfect argument for why they are right.
3 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
In her genes? The woman who is giving DNA analysis a reboot
After paying $305m, Anne Wojcicki is back at the helm of 23andMe - the genetic data company she cofounded, ran, then left bankrupt. Can she convince the doubters who say she can't lead the business into its new, nonprofit phase?
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Tech giants rush to secure energy for Al datacentres
Mark Zuckerberg said last week that his company Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build datacentres, some of which would rival the size of Manhattan.
1 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Mortgage rules shake-up has an instant effect for first-time buyers
When Amber Leaux graduated from university in 2018, she moved back into her parents' council flat in north London to save for her first home.
2 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
Starmerish diplomacy is earning global respect – but Britain remains unconvinced
While foreign leaders warm to a steady, pragmatic prime minister, voters at home are waiting to be impressed
4 min |
July 20, 2025
The Observer
The show's over: Stephen Colbert is cancelled ... and so is satire in America
Jacob Weisberg unpicks the sorry tale behind a court case, the payment of $16m to Trump's future library and the end of The Late Show
3 min |