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Investigation
Foundling
The tale of a baby girl, Jess, abandoned in a country lane, haunted Lucy Greenwell when she was a child. In a new Observer podcast, Jess and Lucy search for answers together
Epstein
Unfair play
The suffering of the convicted sex offender’s victims has now been gamified. Lily Isaacs speaks to the teenage boys playing the twisted online game that has taken TikTok by storm
AI
Music without soul
40 years ago, David Cope became one of the first to develop a computer programme that could compose music. Tim Adams explains why the industry reacted in horror
For today
Social media
Rachel Sylvester
‘People died’: Meta failed to heed warnings about harms to children
Football
Megan Clement
Magic of Port Vale is finding the sublime amid desperation
US
Steve Bloomfield
Trump must be stopped before this war exacts a price the world can’t pay
Nostalgia
Vanessa Thorpe
Mr Benn changes into a movie star of 70s flashback cinema
Ideas
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Grief
Melanie Reid
I park my wheelchair next to David’s armchair, lean on it, say hello darling… I can’t believe he’s gone
Green energy
Will Hutton
An energy revolution is in the wind
Capital
William Keegan
Enlightened capitalism is what we need in these dark times
Art
Lily Isaacs
