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Marie Le Conte
Watching snooker is like a large-scale piece of experimental theatre
Mon 19 Jan 2026
Kenan Malik
The left and right are spinning Iran’s story for their own ends
Sun 18 Jan 2026
Séamas O’Reilly
Fit and 40? I’m working on it
Sat 17 Jan 2026
RóisÃn Lanigan
We’ve all gone nuts for pistachio – but I’ve had my fill
Fri 16 Jan 2026
John Naughton
The UK is wedded to US tech. Time for a divorce
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Erica Wagner
Hamnet and Marty Supreme are all vibe, no story. Hollywood has lost the plot
Fri 16 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Nigel: When a woman asks if she’s being too something, the answer is yes
Thu 15 Jan 2026
Eva Wiseman
Why skin positivity is having a bumpy ride
Wed 14 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
The fortunes of the bus may finally be turning around
Wed 14 Jan 2026
Simon Barnes
My week as a grey whale
Mon 12 Jan 2026
Kenan Malik
Trump has laid bare the myth of a rules-based order
Sun 11 Jan 2026
Marie le Conte
Big paintings, little dots – I find neo-impressionism utterly pointless
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Frank Skinner
Life is for grabbing by the Bazballs
Sat 10 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: If international law were a football team, I’d be at every match … but Gaza, Venezuela
Fri 9 Jan 2026
John Naughton
Tesla is being overtaken, but its shares are still in top gear
Fri 9 Jan 2026
John Niven
Time has caught up on Tiger Woods – and it’s cost me
Fri 9 Jan 2026
Sarah Manavis
Why I’m warming to saunas
Thu 8 Jan 2026
Martha Gill
Criminals are restyling Britain’s barbers as hairdressers are forced to cut back
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Bernard Gray
US tanker seizure leaves Nato with a sinking feeling
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Simon Barnes
My week as an adder
Tue 6 Jan 2026
William Keegan
The government’s fear of rejection should not scupper a return to the EU family
Sun 4 Jan 2026
Kenan Malik
Stripping citizenship with such ease tears at the moral fabric of society
Sun 4 Jan 2026
Andrew Rawnsley
Chatter of dethroning the prime minister is easy. Doing so is much harder
Sun 4 Jan 2026
Erica Wagner
A show left me lost in space and time... much like Nasa's jettisoned library
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: My resolution? Reverse my political fortunes
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Séamas O’Reilly
Book of the year? Ask my son
Sat 3 Jan 2026
John Naughton
AI has a ‘provenance problem’. Here’s how to avoid it
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Will Hutton
In capitalism’s casino, tech is a surer bet for Keir Starmer
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Eva Wiseman
Damned lyes and statistics: the truth about hair relaxers
Fri 2 Jan 2026
RóisÃn Lanigan
My New Year plea: let’s all start posting online again
Thu 1 Jan 2026
Lucien Young
When you’re prime minister, you have 70 million backseat drivers
Tue 30 Dec 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a Hercules beetle
Tue 30 Dec 2025
Melanie Reid
Why I’m glass half full in January
Mon 29 Dec 2025
Marie Le Conte
I prepared for underwhelm, but Caravaggio’s Cupid pierced my heart
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Kenan Malik
We’re ‘bowling alone’ politically when we should be rallying for change
Sun 28 Dec 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
My year of parenting bests
Sat 27 Dec 2025
Sarah Manavis
How knitting became my scrolling antidote
Thu 25 Dec 2025
John Niven
Christmas traditions are our greatest gift
Wed 24 Dec 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as an impala
Mon 22 Dec 2025
The Observer
A Christmas to remember – the ghosts of presents past
Sun 21 Dec 2025
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: You slog your guts out but your back remains patless
Sun 21 Dec 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
ʼTis the season to be jolly – but not for this Nobby-no-mates government
Sun 21 Dec 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
What I learned on my son’s school trip…
Sat 20 Dec 2025
Kenan Malik
When free speech becomes weaponised, everybody loses
Sat 20 Dec 2025
RóisÃn Lanigan
Gen-Z forgot the spirit of Christmas: drink and be merry
Fri 19 Dec 2025
Eva Wiseman
The darker side of Cloud Dancer paint
Fri 19 Dec 2025
John Naughton
How the media made Nick Fuentes
Fri 19 Dec 2025
Harriet Meyer
How to use AI to take the stress out of Christmas
Tue 16 Dec 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a robin
Tue 16 Dec 2025
Melanie Reid
‘The only way for me to cope with Christmas is to disregard it’
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
Time to sound the alarm: the United States no longer behaves like a friend
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Will Hutton
Britain’s homes will no longer be one-way gambling chips
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Kim Darroch
Trump thinks Europe doesn’t cut it. We will have to look after ourselves
Sun 14 Dec 2025
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: Beware the nerdy tree-hugger ex
Sat 13 Dec 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
Even Calpol lets us down in the face of our latest family plague
Sat 13 Dec 2025
John Naughton
Why stablecoins – crypto for adults – have suddenly become a big deal
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Eva Wiseman
Big pharma goes to war with ‘filler fatigue’
Fri 12 Dec 2025
RóisÃn Lanigan
Women beware the rise of racist romantasy
Fri 12 Dec 2025
Harriet Meyer
Human Intelligence: how AI can help with meal planning
Tue 9 Dec 2025
