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Energy
Where there’s a drill, there’s no way
The Tories have pledged to resume drilling in the North Sea. But it will have a negligible impact on bills and could hamper the green transition, Fred Harter writes
Ukraine
Teen saboteurs
Young and vulnerable people are an increasingly popular weapon of hybrid warfare, manipulated and blackmailed by Putin’s agents into acts of arson and ‘terrorist attacks’, Liz Cookman reports
Fashion
The bride wore ox-blood
You’d think not getting married in white would make things easier. That buying a dress secondhand would be less fraught. Alas, Eva Wiseman writes, it was not meant to be
Ideas
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The Observer Walk
Rachel Sylvester
Bridget Phillipson: ‘We don’t know why British children are some of the unhappiest’
Grief
Melanie Reid
I park my wheelchair next to David’s armchair, lean on it, say hello darling… I can’t believe he’s gone
Green energy
Will Hutton
An energy revolution is in the wind
Art
Lily Isaacs
I never much liked abstract art but Bridget Riley turned the tide for me
Time well spent
Everyday sommelier
Easter eggs
Chocolate eggs, tasted and rated
Further reading
From the abyss of dreams to an architectural manifesto
Your essential guide from The Observer’s books desk
Further watching
From Babies to Click to Kill: The AI War Machine
The Observer’s TV critic Barbara Ellen on the best new shows airing and streaming
