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Seun Matiluko
The canker of violence, 1963
Mon 16 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
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
Erica Wagner
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
The Observer view
After the Ayatollah
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
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
Evan Moffitt
Clavicular didn’t invent ‘looksmaxxing’ – gay men have been at it for a long time
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Erica Wagner
As blizzards hit NYC, forget the doom – try snowscrolling
Wed 25 Feb 2026
James Harding
After Andrew, the royal machine’s invisible men should face a reckoning
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
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
Kenan Malik
The AI threat is far greater than job losses
Sun 22 Feb 2026
Tanya Gold
With Andrew’s fall, the royal family’s spell over the public has been broken
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Amy Wallace
I knew Virginia Giuffre. I wish she was alive to see the power of her courage
Sat 21 Feb 2026
Graham Smith
This sordid royal scandal could bring down the monarchy. We should seize the opportunity
Fri 20 Feb 2026
The Observer leader
Save our students
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Kate Ogden
Why millions of graduates are stuck repaying more for decades
Sun 15 Feb 2026
Victoria Derbyshire
Gisèle Pelicot is the strongest woman I have ever met
Sun 15 Feb 2026
More peers respond to The Observer’s report on the assisted dying bill
Sat 14 Feb 2026
Peter Hain
A graduate tax could fix Britain’s broken student loan system
Thu 12 Feb 2026
Gareth David
Spotify is strangling the music industry – bands like mine must make a stand
Mon 9 Feb 2026
Alex O’Connell
I didn’t think I had much in common with Kemi, but therein lies a tail
Sun 8 Feb 2026
The Observer view
Starmer’s days in office are numbered
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Kate Maltby
It’s years too late, but at least Ed Davey is learning from the Epstein horror
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Martha Gill
It’s time we paved paradise and put up a housing block
Wed 4 Feb 2026
Mary Jordan
‘I want to show the audience my life’: Melania Trump’s biographer gives her verdict on the biopic
Mon 2 Feb 2026
Aisling Flaherty
‘I saw the Melania film four times on opening day. Did anyone else?’
Mon 2 Feb 2026
Siri Hustvedt
In my home state of Minnesota, neighbours are standing strong against ICE
Sun 1 Feb 2026
The Observer view
The Lords are defying democracy
Sun 1 Feb 2026
Marie Le Conte
The Melania film? As insightful as ‘train go choo-choo’
Sat 31 Jan 2026
Xavier Greenwood
An Englishman in New York learns to avoid the yellow ice
Sat 31 Jan 2026
David Sedaris
The Crossing Guard
Sat 31 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
It’s tragic that some women can’t conceive, but surrogacy is too risky an answer
Wed 28 Jan 2026
Heidi Thomas
Measles is back. We need herd immunity, not herd instinct
Tue 27 Jan 2026
Philippe Petit
Scaling skyscrapers is a celebration of life
Sun 25 Jan 2026
The Observer Leader
Business leaders must speak up on Donald Trump
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Megan Nolan
Thank goodness for the Beckhams’ Freudian melodrama
Sun 25 Jan 2026
Matthew Bishop
Who’s the daddy? A Davos diary
Thu 22 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer dodges a bullet, but the worst may be yet to come
Wed 21 Jan 2026
Anonymous
I’m estranged from my parents – I know how Brooklyn Beckham feels
Tue 20 Jan 2026
Giles Whittell
Fake news: the Greenland emergency is an elaborate confection
Mon 19 Jan 2026
