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Erica Wagner
Erica Wagner: At Hanukah, we must keep calling in the light

Tue 16 Dec 2025

Erica Wagner: At Hanukah, we must keep calling in the light
Avraham Burg
This is not simply a Jewish tragedy, this marks a zeitgeist of global hatred

Mon 15 Dec 2025

This is not simply a Jewish tragedy, this marks a zeitgeist of global hatred
Jonathan Wittenberg
It happened thousands of miles away but the horror reaches home

Mon 15 Dec 2025

It happened thousands of miles away but the horror reaches home
Jonathan Wittenberg
This Hanukah, reflect that both hope and light travel

Sun 14 Dec 2025

This Hanukah, reflect that both hope and light travel
The Observer leader
Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban

Sun 14 Dec 2025

Britain needs an Australian-style social media ban
Erica Wagner
An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye

Sat 13 Dec 2025

An endearing new production of Into The Woods brings a tear to the eye
Jon Hill
Dear Maga, there’s no such thing as a woke font

Fri 12 Dec 2025

Dear Maga, there’s no such thing as a woke font
Martha Gill
How the great British car-sharing experiment lost its Zip

Wed 10 Dec 2025

How the great British car-sharing experiment lost its Zip
Lily Isaacs
Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Sorry, Keir – when it comes to TikTok, you’re all at sixes and sevens
The Observer leader
Putin is laughing at Europe

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Putin is laughing at Europe
Tom Baldwin
Starmer needs to stop sweating the small stuff and be bold on Europe

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Starmer needs to stop sweating the small stuff and be bold on Europe
Phillippe Sands
Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror?

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror?
Simon Finkelstein
Don’t blame the OBR for the failures of politicians

Thu 4 Dec 2025

Don’t blame the OBR for the failures of politicians
Martha Gill
Champagne! Private members’ clubs celebrate fresh success

Wed 3 Dec 2025

Champagne! Private members’ clubs celebrate fresh success
Melanie Reid
No more BMWs for the disabled. We don’t get to be middle class

Wed 3 Dec 2025

No more BMWs for the disabled. We don’t get to be middle class
Prof Hashim Ahmed
Screening for prostate cancer would do more harm than good

Mon 1 Dec 2025

Screening for prostate cancer would do more harm than good
Hermione Lee
Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Tom Stoppard was a conscience to us all
Jonathan Wittenberg
We need more faith in our power to confront the climate crisis

Sun 30 Nov 2025

We need more faith in our power to confront the climate crisis
The Observer leader
The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury

Sun 30 Nov 2025

The Observer view on the budget: Trust and the Treasury
Steve Bloomfield
Modi holds Putin close, but he will make up with Trump

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Modi holds Putin close, but he will make up with Trump
David Hare
‘Tom Stoppard redefined Britishness as something freedom-loving’

Sat 29 Nov 2025

‘Tom Stoppard redefined Britishness as something freedom-loving’
Erica Wagner
We may see the world we have lived in through the bright lens of Stoppard’s gaze

Sat 29 Nov 2025

We may see the world we have lived in through the bright lens of Stoppard’s gaze
Richard Eyre
‘Knowledge and art weren’t negotiable commodities for him’

Sat 29 Nov 2025

‘Knowledge and art weren’t negotiable commodities for him’
Sam Freedman
Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education

Sat 29 Nov 2025

Labour’s holiday homework: solve the problem of special needs education
Rowan Pelling
RFK Jr’s sex poetry may raise a smile but no one’s libido

Fri 28 Nov 2025

RFK Jr’s sex poetry may raise a smile but no one’s libido
Xavier Greenwood
The hidden dangers of X marking the spot

Fri 28 Nov 2025

The hidden dangers of X marking the spot
James Harding
Introducing the new Observer digital subscription

Thu 27 Nov 2025

Introducing the new Observer digital subscription
David Barnett
‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’

Wed 26 Nov 2025

‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’
Martha Gill
Maternity care is in decline, despite lower birth rates

Wed 26 Nov 2025

Maternity care is in decline, despite lower birth rates
Kate Maltby
Films still sell myths about sex work

Tue 25 Nov 2025

Films still sell myths about sex work
Rutger Bregman
Big tech has our attention and now it wants our affection. We must resist

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Big tech has our attention and now it wants our affection. We must resist
The Observer leader
The Covid inquiry has unmasked the failings of Johnson’s government

Sun 23 Nov 2025

The Covid inquiry has unmasked the failings of Johnson’s government
Martha Gill
The Freemasons are on a PR drive. It’s a sign of panic

Wed 19 Nov 2025

The Freemasons are on a PR drive. It’s a sign of panic
David Miliband
We must fight for democracy in a dangerous world

Sun 16 Nov 2025

We must fight for democracy in a dangerous world
The Observer leader
Free the BBC

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Free the BBC
Mark Damazer
BBC bias is in the eye of the beholder

Fri 14 Nov 2025

BBC bias is in the eye of the beholder
Lily Isaacs
Reproductive rights are legal fact not feminist fiction, whatever Prescott memo says

Fri 14 Nov 2025

Reproductive rights are legal fact not feminist fiction, whatever Prescott memo says
Sir Richard Lambert
Raising costs for overseas students won’t help cash-strapped universities

Thu 13 Nov 2025

Raising costs for overseas students won’t help cash-strapped universities
David Aaronovitch
The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test

Wed 12 Nov 2025

The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test

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