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Vanessa Thorpe
After 150 years, Mill’s wife gets credit for role in political opus

Sun 22 Mar 2026

After 150 years, Mill’s wife gets credit for role in political opus
Nicola Sturgeon
The avoidable tragedy of Dunblane

Thu 12 Mar 2026

The avoidable tragedy of Dunblane
Luke Turner
The hidden history of Britain’s fight for queer rights

Fri 6 Mar 2026

The hidden history of Britain’s fight for queer rights
Anthony Quinn
How the British let loose between the wars

Sat 28 Feb 2026

How the British let loose between the wars
Afua Hirsh

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Tim Adams
Snap happy: a century of photo booths

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Snap happy: a century of photo booths
Barnaby Phillips
Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot
William Lindesay
How I found my kindred spirit along the Great Wall of China

Fri 6 Feb 2026

How I found my kindred spirit along the Great Wall of China
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
When India was the seat of Islam

Fri 23 Jan 2026

When India was the seat of Islam
Sir Richard Lambert
Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook

Mon 12 Jan 2026

Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook
Jessica Bateman
‘My grandfather was a Wehrmacht soldier. It left him a broken man’

Mon 29 Dec 2025

‘My grandfather was a Wehrmacht soldier. It left him a broken man’
Kenan Malik
We’re ‘bowling alone’ politically when we should be rallying for change

Sun 28 Dec 2025

We’re ‘bowling alone’ politically when we should be rallying for change
David Barnett
In search of the ghosts of Christmas past

Fri 19 Dec 2025

In search of the ghosts of Christmas past
Ian Thomson
The great Italian escape

Wed 17 Dec 2025

The great Italian escape
Richard Ovenden
In defence of pedantry

Sat 13 Dec 2025

In defence of pedantry
Luke Turner
Lament for a lost London

Sat 6 Dec 2025

Lament for a lost London
Tom Larkin
The Observer in brief: 234 years of history in 6 minutes

Thu 4 Dec 2025

The Observer in brief: 234 years of history in 6 minutes
Jonathan Bate
The infernal world of Christopher Marlowe

Thu 4 Dec 2025

The infernal world of Christopher Marlowe
Dan Hancox
The families of Franco’s victims still seeking justice 50 years after his death

Mon 17 Nov 2025

The families of Franco’s victims still seeking justice 50 years after his death

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