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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
