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David Aaronovitch
Echoes of Chamberlain: Trump’s Iran peace agreement is ‘the Emperor’s new deal’
Mon 22 Jun 2026
Sadiq Khan
‘Brexit has cost Britain billions. It’s imperative we rejoin the EU’
Sun 21 Jun 2026
We have a moral responsibility to keep our children safe online
Sun 21 Jun 2026
The Observer Leader
The audacity of hope – for an open Labour leadership contest
Sun 21 Jun 2026
Brendan Cox
Ten years after my wife, Jo Cox, was murdered, I believe our country is in peril
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Ukraine is not the only forgotten war
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Patricia Clarke
AI anxiety is fast becoming a political problem
Sun 14 Jun 2026
The Observer Leader
A Declaration of Interdependence
Sun 14 Jun 2026
The Observer Leader
A manifesto for children
Sun 14 Jun 2026
Kenan Malik
Sentencing the Palestine activists for terrorism places civil liberties in grave peril
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Evan Moffitt
Trump gives America a taste of the big cheese
Wed 10 Jun 2026
The Observer view
The forgotten war
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Dennis Sherwood
A single exam result can change a pupil’s life – but grading in England is a lottery
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Mandy Yin
I had to close my beloved restaurant. VAT was taking too big a bite of the profits
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Tony Blair has lost his sense of direction on economic growth
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Kate Maltby
It’s not the British Museum’s job to police the culture wars
Sun 7 Jun 2026
Never mind keeping our heads over AI, we’ve already lost them to the billionaires
Sun 31 May 2026
Sue Pritchard
Bounce back, or bounce forward? Britain's farming choice
Sun 31 May 2026
Lily Isaacs
A new ice hockey crush is zero help in this heatwave
Sun 31 May 2026
The Observer view
The Observer view: Trump’s war in Iran has made him Putin’s useful idiot
Sun 31 May 2026
Tony Blair
The future demands a radical response based on understanding the world we live in
Sat 30 May 2026
Sarah Dear
Google’s AI Search is seducing us into a spoon-fed future
Sat 30 May 2026
Erica Wagner
How to get cheers, not boos, when you make your commencement speech
Thu 28 May 2026
The Observer view
AI is not a magical power. We need to keep our heads
Sun 24 May 2026
Philippe Sands
Rogue states won’t always get away with murder. In the end justice will prevail
Sun 24 May 2026
Sam Freedman
Are graduates facing an AI ‘jobpocalypse’? The evidence is unclear
Sat 23 May 2026
Zack Polanski
This year I’ve had Nazi salutes thrown at me and been called a ‘gay jew’. How did we get here?
Sat 23 May 2026
The Observer view
Welcome to Italy
Sun 17 May 2026
Sharon Graham
Unite has a clear message for Labour: change or die
Sun 17 May 2026
Letters to the editor
We needn’t worry about Claude’s ‘humanity’, it’s actually a question of semantics
Sun 17 May 2026
Adele Zeynep Walton
Ofcom fining a pro-suicide website is no substitute for a public inquiry into government failures
Sun 17 May 2026
The Observer view
Nigel Farage has a problem with the truth
Sun 17 May 2026
John Naughton
We used to be social media broadcasters but now we’re mobile couch potatoes
Fri 15 May 2026
The Observer view
Starmer should stay
Sun 10 May 2026
Letters to the editor
A one-day debate could revive assisted dying bill
Sat 9 May 2026
The Observer Leader
Starmer should stay
Fri 8 May 2026
Tom Baldwin
Starmer must be bold on rejoining the EU
Sun 3 May 2026
Letters to the editor
Lords were doing their job of scrutiny on assisted dying
Sun 3 May 2026
The Observer Leader
The Observer view: Farage and the price of Britain’s rules
Sun 3 May 2026
Brad Gray
Spooked investors could ground Heathrow’s third runway
Sun 3 May 2026
Keir Starmer
We have a choice – sink into division or rise together, stronger
Sat 2 May 2026
Phil Rosenberg
After Golders Green, Britain must confront the brutal reality of antisemitism
Fri 1 May 2026
AI shortcuts aren’t all they’re cracked up to be
Wed 29 Apr 2026
Letters to the editor
The Southport murderer’s family needed intervention
Sun 26 Apr 2026
The Observer Leader
Keir Starmer must find the courage to rejoin the EU
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Neil Kinnock
The British people know Brexit has failed them. They also know how to fix it
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Neil Kinnock
The British people know Brexit has failed them. They also know how to fix it
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Kate Maltby
The Devil Wears Prada plot is an impossible dream for job-hunting gen Zs still living at home
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Matthew Barzun
Unity isn’t meant to be easy – its difficulty is what brings us together
Sun 26 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
Sex ed for all is long overdue
Mon 20 Apr 2026
AI cannot be allowed to trample on our mental health
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Letters to the editor
‘Unsafe’ convictions are not a lost cause
Sun 19 Apr 2026
Kate Maltby
I watched as Orbán schmoozed Jewish voters in a synagogue. The irony was stark
Sat 18 Apr 2026
John Nash
How to stop a generation being ‘ravaged by predatory algorithms’
Fri 17 Apr 2026
Letters to the editor
Everyday stories of confusion over AI
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Sebastian Hervas-Jones
Confessions of an online addict: ‘My phone is a needle and social media the concoction it delivers’
Sun 12 Apr 2026
The Observer Leader
The court of appeal is failing the justice system
Sun 12 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
How TMZ became a paparazzo-driven political weapon
Tue 7 Apr 2026
The Observer Leader
The Artemis programme is for all humanity
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Kevin Fong
I was a Nasa medic in the space shuttle era. Artemis II gives me hope for the future
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Letters to the editor
Sick workers need occupational health, not doctor’s notes
Sun 5 Apr 2026
Lily Isaacs
I never much liked abstract art but Bridget Riley turned the tide for me
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Tech bosses knew their products caused harm
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Letters to the editor
Why a shift to the centre won't help Labour
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Philip Collins
Matt Brittin must learn to be a politician
Sun 29 Mar 2026
Evan Moffitt
Kiss and tell: ‘queerbaiting’ PR gives showbusiness a free pass
Wed 25 Mar 2026
Evan Moffitt
Trump’s first ‘antifa’ prosecution is a warning to the left
Tue 24 Mar 2026
Kim Darroch
Europe must find a way to defend itself that does not rely on the US
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Philip Collins
Britain’s only way out of this mess is a shift to the centre
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Letters to the editor
School-ready children? Ask a health visitor
Sun 22 Mar 2026
Luke Barley
The five trees that made Britain
Wed 18 Mar 2026
The Observer Leader
The Observer view: the chancellor’s big idea
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Xavier Greenwood
The $100m pop culture collection now being broken up at auction
Mon 16 Mar 2026
David Aaronovitch
War is not a game of Call of Duty, Mr Trump
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Ed Miliband
‘Our mission is to drive for clean, homegrown energy we can control’
Sun 15 Mar 2026
The Observer Leader
Trump is a man without a plan
Sun 15 Mar 2026
Letters to the editor
Top dogs are biggest losers genetically
Sun 15 Mar 2026
If ‘war is hell’, what exactly is Pete Hegseth fighting for in Iran?
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Lily Isaacs
What do teenage boys see on TikTok?
Mon 9 Mar 2026
Letters to the editor
Assisted dying bill offers the gift of life
Sun 8 Mar 2026
The Observer Leader
Keir Starmer’s answer to Donald Trump shows principle, not pandering
Sat 7 Mar 2026
James Harding
A passport, a history, and the country that took us in
Fri 6 Mar 2026
Why a Tennessee children’s hospital was named after Dolly Parton
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Sanam Mahloudji
You can’t bomb Iran into democracy
Mon 2 Mar 2026
Gwyneth Lewis
If the Welsh language dies it’s not just Wales that will be the poorer for it
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Casey Magloire
Be it F1, small-screen scheming or life admin, it’s all a question of strategy
Sun 1 Mar 2026
The Observer view
After the Ayatollah
Sun 1 Mar 2026
Avraham Burg
I won’t remain silent on this cynical war
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Deborah Mattinson
Jersey’s move to legalise assisted dying should be a wake-up call to the Lords
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Zack Polanski
Labour ignored voters in Gorton and Denton. We listened to them. And we won
Sat 28 Feb 2026
Nazir Afzal
Fayed’s Harrods could be Britain’s Epstein Island
Fri 27 Feb 2026
James Harding
After Andrew, the royal machine’s invisible men should face a reckoning
Wed 25 Feb 2026
As blizzards hit NYC, forget the doom – try snowscrolling
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Evan Moffitt
Clavicular didn’t invent ‘looksmaxxing’ – gay men have been at it for a long time
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Seun Matiluko
The BBC wins no marks for its production at the Baftas
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Lily Isaacs
What Sarah Ferguson’s (many) books say about her
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Kenan Malik
The AI threat is far greater than job losses
Sun 22 Feb 2026
David Olusoga
No one anticipated an easy reign for Charles III but this mess will go down in history
Sun 22 Feb 2026
The Observer Leader
It’s time the royal family got on their bikes
Sun 22 Feb 2026
