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Starmer should stay
In these serious times, dumping the PM would be an act of national self-sabotage. But if a change has to be made, Labour must avoid taking the Liz Truss route and set out an orderly transition
Venice Biennale
Drowning in crises
A deserted US pavilion, a missing Iranian one. Picturesque whitewash from Russia and Israel. Politics is all-consuming at the 61st art expo, but it can’t put the best in the shade. Laura Cumming reports
Nature
Tweet little mystery
Scientists are battling it out to win a competition to talk to the animals. The true prize of two-way communication, though, will be the ability to protect them from us, writes James Tapper
Time well spent
Something for the weekend
From Banksy’s statue to a Soho clown show
As the country goes to the polls, our critic picks the best campaign music
Further watching
From Legends to Berlusconi
The best new shows airing and streaming
Further reading
From Paul Auster to Douglas Stuart
Your essential guide from The Observer’s books desk
Ideas
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Classical music
Vanessa Thorpe
Aigul Akhmetshina: ‘There’s truth in what Timothée Chalamet said’
Dining out
RóisÃn Lanigan
Queueing for trendy food? I’ve had my fill
Technology
John Naughton
In an AI abundant age, the rarest commodity will be people to verify its output
What’s on my mind
Horatio Clare
‘I’m on a fabulous European safari, in a fabulous old picky-up truck’
National
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Health
Andrew Anthony
Sepsis almost killed me – and my private clinic didn’t want to know
Media
Lily Isaacs
Pope backs investigative journalists against Trumpian ‘Tower of Babel’
Antisemitism
Eva Wiseman
‘Is this still my home?’ – the painful question confronting every British Jew
Crime
Jon Ungoed-Thomas