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Vanessa Thorpe
After 150 years, Mill’s wife gets credit for role in political opus
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Nicola Sturgeon
The avoidable tragedy of Dunblane
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Luke Turner
The hidden history of Britain’s fight for queer rights
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Anthony Quinn
How the British let loose between the wars
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Afua Hirsh
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Tim Adams
Snap happy: a century of photo booths
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Barnaby Phillips
Return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot
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William Lindesay
How I found my kindred spirit along the Great Wall of China
Fri 6 Feb 2026
Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
When India was the seat of Islam
Fri 23 Jan 2026
Sir Richard Lambert
Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian are straight from the autocrat’s playbook
Mon 12 Jan 2026
Jessica Bateman
‘My grandfather was a Wehrmacht soldier. It left him a broken man’
Mon 29 Dec 2025
Kenan Malik
We’re ‘bowling alone’ politically when we should be rallying for change
Sun 28 Dec 2025
David Barnett
In search of the ghosts of Christmas past
Fri 19 Dec 2025
Ian Thomson
The great Italian escape
Wed 17 Dec 2025
Richard Ovenden
In defence of pedantry
Sat 13 Dec 2025
Luke Turner
Lament for a lost London
Sat 6 Dec 2025
Tom Larkin
The Observer in brief: 234 years of history in 6 minutes
Thu 4 Dec 2025
Jonathan Bate
The infernal world of Christopher Marlowe
Thu 4 Dec 2025
Dan Hancox
The families of Franco’s victims still seeking justice 50 years after his death
Mon 17 Nov 2025
