What happened when Françoise Sagan met Brigitte Bardot in 1976 The legendary novelist interviewed the famouse French actor for the Observer – their conversation was not what you might have guessed The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2024
Revealed: the ‘catastrophic scale’ of sewage spills in England and Wales Water companies have logged five sewage spills a day, every day, for a decade, analysis by the Observer shows The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
The Observer view on Labour’s economic strategy: EU is the key to growth With polling revealing 56% think Brexit has had a bad effect on the economy, Keir Starmer has wriggle room for renegotiation The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
Starmer’s growth plan ‘doomed’ without access to EU markets, warn economists Labour leader told if elected he will have to rejoin the customs union to meet party’s manifesto pledges, while 56% of voters say Brexit was bad for economy The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024
Finding God, Asking State to Find Mercy on Death Row Ramiro Gonzales will be put to death next Wednesday, unless the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommends clemency. Texas Observer · Jun 21, 2024
Transphobic Dress Code Prompted Turmoil in Agriculture Department, Emails Show The Texas agency’s policy may be ripe for a lawsuit. Texas Observer · Jun 18, 2024
EU drugs watchdog probes painkiller linked to deaths Campaigner welcomes investigation into drug after hundreds of suspected adverse reactions The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024
‘Painting is dead’: celebrating the 150th anniversary of photography in 1989 Diverse, sensational and featuring ghosts, the earliest pictures were not as we might imagine them The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024
‘When they get in they will face a terrible reality’: can steady Starmer deliver what he promises? Labour’s manifesto launch was as risk-averse as its whole campaign, but what will happen under the impact of bankrupt councils, crumbling schools and an NHS in crisis? The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
‘Rushed’ deadline for UK digital visas puts millions at risk of losing legal rights FOI reveals non EU migrants could be caught in ‘Windrush style scandal' at end of 2024 as Home Office struggles to contact them The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
‘We offer the most ambitious change’: Ed Davey vows to push a Labour government for radical action In an interview, the Lib Dem leader says even Labour voters want party to win seats so they can hold Starmer to account The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
Labour candidate’s PR firm lobbied against plan for VAT for private schools Kevin Craig’s company works with Independent Schools Council, a leading campaigner against policy for VAT on fees The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024
Great Britain?: How We Get Our Future Back by Torsten Bell review – a roadmap to the new normal The economist and Labour candidate for Swansea West offers a hopeful vision of the nation’s future – spurning leftwing utopianism as well as tackling 14 years of creeping decline The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2024
Going Home by Tom Lamont review – a debut with charm to burn The award-winning journalist’s first novel is a well-observed tale enriched by the perspective of a small boy The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024 Migrant workers ‘fear for their safety’ after deaths on Diego Garcia Workers for US defence contractor KBR concerned after colleagues die on island with no hospital-grade health facility
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024 Tory press know influence is waning but tread careful line before election Gone are the days when Rupert Murdoch’s favour swayed the vote but newspapers still hold power over party’s future
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024 ‘Crank’ Tory candidates accused of sharing online conspiracy theories Labour has expressed concerns about the calibre of would-be Tory MPs after a some shared outlandish views online
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024 What tickled the tastebuds of the gourmands in 1968? Smoked eek, brandied apricots, tinned quail… there was a lot to swallow when two epicurists met in the 60s
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024 Vulnerable children locked up and ‘gravely damaged by the state’, former top family judge warns Sir James Munby says measure reflects government’s ‘shocking moral failure’ to help those in England and Wales with complex needs
Texas Observer · Jun 4, 2024 The Return of the MOLLY At 70, the Observer is publishing stories that are as vital as ever and building its community of support.
Texas Observer · Jun 3, 2024 The New Apostolic Reformation Wants God’s Government Back A “prophetic” movement, led in part by Texans, is gaining ground—and everyone should pay attention.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024 Are energy performance certificates worth the paper they’re written on? EPCs are meant to be a vital insight into how energy efficient a property is. But many are out of date and can be misleading
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 Kabul: Final Call by Laurie Bristow; The Afghans by Åsne Seierstad reviews – how the west abandoned Afghanistan… and what happened next An ex-UK envoy’s compelling account of the chaotic military withdrawal from the country is full of telling details, while Seierstad’s latest work drives home the cruel reality of women’s lives after the return of Taliban rule
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 Starmer on Abbott: ‘I’ve actually got more respect for Diane than she probably realises’ The veteran leftwinger is ‘not like other candidates’, and the row over her did not arise as a result of party purges, Labour’s leader tells his biographer on the campaign trail
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2024 The Roads to Rome by Catherine Fletcher; Italy Reborn by Mark Gilbert reviews – the long path to prosperity Fletcher’s epic and witty study unearths the history of the Roman roads and their hold on our imagination, while Gilbert celebrates Alcide De Gasperi, the postwar Christian Democrat politician whose passion for democracy energised a country scarred by war and Mussolini