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The death of optimism
Nothing cures billionaires of their benevolence like vast wealth, Sarah Manavis writes. An unflattering profile of OpenAI’s Sam Altman has shown that tech tycoons’ altruism rarely survives their success
The Oliviers
Opening night
Mark Strong, Paapa Essiedu and Isis Hainsworth were among the stars mixing it up at the glitzy pre-Oliviers party hosted by Curtis Brown, Lily Isaacs writes
Music
Space oddity
Six decades of Nasa missions into our mostly silent universe have inspired musicians and composers from Hans Zimmer to Daft Punk, James Tapper writes
For today
Iran ceasefire
Fred Harter
The US claims victory – but tense negotiations with Iran go on
Sextortion
Lily Isaacs
Online safety laws fail to protect children from scammers
Rugby union
Ben Coles
Scotland and Wales face each other on the pitch after battling their own unions off of it
Yanks
RóisÃn Lanigan
London is on its way to becoming Little America
The critics
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The Oliviers
Vanessa Thorpe
Playwright Suzie Miller: ‘Everything I write has a touch of my lived life’
Film
Wendy Ide
Father Mother Sister Brother is a curiously compelling portrait of complicated families
Theatre
Susannah Clapp
Les Liaisons Dangereuses still seduces
Music
Kitty Empire
Shabaka’s jazz rave
Ideas
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Moon voyage
The Observer Leader
The Artemis programme is for all humanity
US
Erica Wagner
Let’s raise a Golden Ballroom to those who are making us all great again
Cost of living
Andrew Rawnsley
Starmer may have won praise for standing up to Trump, but fury over high prices will follow
Profile
Barbara Ellen