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Gordon Corera
For spies, Venezuela signals a new world
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Giles Whittell
How many snowmen can you make from Storm Goretti?
Tue 6 Jan 2026
The Observer leader
Might is not right
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Jack Straw
‘Zack Polanski’s migration policies aren’t naive – they’re dangerously misleading’
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Paul Hayward
The death of two of Anthony Joshua’s inner circle is a body blow
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Andrei Soldatov
Russian people are numb to the deaths of their fathers and sons in Ukraine
Fri 2 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
Royal Mail’s efforts to address its logistics problem have arrived too late
Thu 1 Jan 2026
Katherine Pangonis
Brigitte Bardot was no simple heroine
Tue 30 Dec 2025
Martha Gill
Libraries are essential to help us navigate the world
Sun 28 Dec 2025
The Observer view
Britain cannot afford Reform
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Philip Collins
Starmer is a PM without a cause – he needs an epiphany
Sat 27 Dec 2025
Lucy Winkett
Hands off our Christmas, Tommy Robinson
Mon 22 Dec 2025
Michael Rosen
My Eddie, a vision on a sleigh: a story of grief for Christmas
Sun 21 Dec 2025
The Observer
The return of Erasmus brings glad tidings
Sun 21 Dec 2025
Alex O’Connell
I’m in earnest about festive fun, but Stephen Fry’s Lady Bracknell overcooked the ham
Sun 21 Dec 2025
Sarah Manavis
Dare to dream that we have reached peak tweakment
Wed 17 Dec 2025
Erica Wagner
Erica Wagner: At Hanukah, we must keep calling in the light
Tue 16 Dec 2025
Avraham Burg
Avraham Burg: Bondi shooting marks a zeitgeist of global hatred
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Jonathan Wittenberg
It happened thousands of miles away but the horror reaches home
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Jonathan Wittenberg
This Hanukah, reflect that both hope and light travel
Sun 14 Dec 2025
The Observer leader
Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Erica Wagner
An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye
Sat 13 Dec 2025
Jon Hill
Dear Maga, there’s no such thing as a woke font
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Martha Gill
How the great British car-sharing experiment lost its Zip
Wed 10 Dec 2025
Lily Isaacs
Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens
Wed 10 Dec 2025
The Observer leader
Putin is laughing at Europe
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Tom Baldwin
Starmer needs to stop sweating the small stuff and be bold on Europe
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Phillippe Sands
Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror?
Sun 7 Dec 2025
Simon Finkelstein
Don’t blame the OBR for the failures of politicians
Thu 4 Dec 2025
Martha Gill
Champagne! Private members’ clubs celebrate fresh success
Wed 3 Dec 2025
Melanie Reid
No more BMWs for the disabled. We don’t get to be middle class
Wed 3 Dec 2025
Prof Hashim Ahmed
Screening for prostate cancer would do more harm than good
Mon 1 Dec 2025
Hermione Lee
Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Jonathan Wittenberg
We need more faith in our power to confront the climate crisis
Sun 30 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury
Sun 30 Nov 2025
Steve Bloomfield
Modi holds Putin close, but he will make up with Trump
Sun 30 Nov 2025
David Hare
‘Tom Stoppard redefined Britishness as something freedom-loving’
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Erica Wagner
We may see the world we have lived in through the bright lens of Stoppard’s gaze
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Richard Eyre
‘Knowledge and art weren’t negotiable commodities for him’
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Sam Freedman
Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education
Sat 29 Nov 2025
Rowan Pelling
RFK Jr’s sex poetry may raise a smile but no one’s libido
Fri 28 Nov 2025
Xavier Greenwood
The hidden dangers of X marking the spot
Fri 28 Nov 2025
James Harding
Introducing the new Observer digital subscription
Thu 27 Nov 2025
David Barnett
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Martha Gill
Maternity care is in decline, despite lower birth rates
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Kate Maltby
Films still sell myths about sex work
Tue 25 Nov 2025
Rutger Bregman
Big tech has our attention and now it wants our affection. We must resist
Sun 23 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
The Covid inquiry has unmasked the failings of Johnson’s government
Sun 23 Nov 2025
Martha Gill
The Freemasons are on a PR drive. It’s a sign of panic
Wed 19 Nov 2025
David Miliband
We must fight for democracy in a dangerous world
Sun 16 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
Free the BBC
Sun 16 Nov 2025
Mark Damazer
BBC bias is in the eye of the beholder
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Lily Isaacs
Reproductive rights are legal fact not feminist fiction, whatever Prescott memo says
Fri 14 Nov 2025
Sir Richard Lambert
Raising costs for overseas students won’t help cash-strapped universities
Thu 13 Nov 2025
David Aaronovitch
The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test
Wed 12 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
Political interference at the BBC
Mon 10 Nov 2025
Anthony Seldon
In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten
Sun 9 Nov 2025
Planetary Guardians
The world must unite around a climate plan
Sat 8 Nov 2025
Thomas Dyja
Mamdani faces an uphill battle – but at least New York has its soul back
Thu 6 Nov 2025
George Simms
Finally, a peace prize Trump deserves
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Zack Polanski
‘Hope has just won in New York – it can win here too’
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Patrick Kidd
Obituary: Diane Ladd, actor
Thu 6 Nov 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
The John Lewis Christmas ad is machine-tooled schmaltz – and it gets me every time
Wed 5 Nov 2025
James Rubin
Dick Cheney was a hardline conservative in his time. Yet times have changed
Tue 4 Nov 2025
Wes Streeting
‘We’re working to root out medical misogyny’
Mon 3 Nov 2025
The Observer leader
Nvidia holds too much power over AI
Mon 3 Nov 2025
Paul Webster
What I learned singing with prisoners every week
Sun 2 Nov 2025
Will Jennings
‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’
Fri 31 Oct 2025
Lily Isaacs
Lily Allen shows that for young women, power lies in the tell-all
Thu 30 Oct 2025
Tobias Ellwood
Why I back the baccalaureate
Wed 29 Oct 2025
Juergen Maier
Britain can’t afford to delay its green energy transition
Wed 29 Oct 2025
Sarah Foot
Postgraduate study shouldn’t just be for the wealthy
Tue 28 Oct 2025
Shuab Gamote
Politics has left gen Z screaming into the void
Mon 27 Oct 2025
The Observer leader
Use Russia's money to defend Ukraine
Mon 27 Oct 2025
Ben Zaranko
‘Badenoch and Farage should stop making rules they can’t keep’
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Steve Biddulph
Israel will have to address its self-inflicted PTSD
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Erica Wagner
The Bruce Springsteen biopic will be blinded by his light
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Marie Le Conte
When France is such a joke, there's nothing else to do but laugh
Sun 26 Oct 2025
Matthew Kneale
The king and the pope have a lot to pray for together
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Martha Gill
Good grief! How traditional mourning is giving way to something a little less grave
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Onjali Q Raúf
Schools can’t blind our children to the injustices in Gaza
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Peter Hain
‘Wales should stick with Labour’
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Giles Whittell
It’s not enough. But removing Andrew’s dukedom is a start
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Philip Collins
The police made a mistake. Starmer is right to wade in
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Kenan Malik
Without a two-state solution, what hope is there?
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Peter Hain
What Gaza and Israel can learn from Northern Ireland
Sat 18 Oct 2025
Jessy Parker Humphreys
Starmer attempt to reverse Maccabi ban is a dangerous own goal
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Matt Cain
An injection to prevent HIV is something to celebrate
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Martha Gill
Cosmetic surgery in the UK needs some work doing
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Marie Le Conte
Anyone for padel? No, I hadn’t heard of it either
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Mishal Husain
After 10 years, we still don’t know how Shamima Begum’s story ends
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Bernard Gray
Former Nato chief warns Russia is at war with UK
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Dahlia Scheindlin
‘We’re not going back to 6 October’
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Jonathan Wittenberg
‘Our grief can become anger – or it can deepen our humanity’
Mon 13 Oct 2025
Frank Skinner
Did Spitting Image have to turn Paddington into a coke-addled wreck?
Sun 12 Oct 2025
Selma Dabbagh
This brutal narrative must now change
Sun 12 Oct 2025
The Observer leader
The ceasefire must become a lasting peace
Sun 12 Oct 2025
James Rubin
I worked on a Gaza peace plan with Blair
Sat 11 Oct 2025
William Keegan
Reeves must do ‘whatever it takes’ to heal the UK economy
Sat 11 Oct 2025
