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  • Rachel Reeves

    Rachel Reeves calls for global free trade fightback to protect UK economy

    New measures announced to help tariff-hit British firms amid ambitious plans to foster closer ties with EU
  • Young activists in front of a Bite Back 2030 billboard

    Big brands send out barrage of junk food ads before obesity rules bite

News

  • The Blue Origin all-female crew. Clockwise : Lauren Sanchez, Amanda Nguyuen, Katy Perry, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe and Kerrianne Flynn.

    Lauren Sanchez’s all-female space flight is about to blast off – and will challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX

  • A baby napping

    Put your baby down to nap near a washing machine, expert says

    Researcher warns that dark daytime naps can disrupt babies’ sleep when they properly go to bed at night
  • Silhouette of a woman standing alone by a bench in a quiet location

    ‘His ability to switch from a loving partner to a monster kept me in a permanent state of stress’

    ‘Michelle’, a victim of coercive control, tells how she is still recovering after seven years of hell with an abusive partner. Why then was he jailed for just 30 months?

  • Trafficking victims rejecting UK government support because they fear being deported

  • Rising number of women stopped and searched by police in England and Wales

  • ‘Unprecedented’ sightings of Asian hornets raise fears for UK bees

  • Emergency law passed to force loss-making steel companies to keep operating

  • Why does British Steel need to be rescued by the government and what happens next?

  • Voters want Keir Starmer to focus on rebuilding trade ties with EU, poll reveals

  • Cambridge University accused of bullying ‘cover-up’ as internal survey revealed

  • Mine’s a pint of Unesco… brewers chase heritage status for British cask ale

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World

  • The 60cm-high bronze of Rodin’s The Kiss was one of the first three cast in this size.

    ‘Very desirable’ rare cast of Rodin’s The Kiss is up for auction

    After years in a private sitting room, an early version of the masterpiece is expected to fetch €500,000
  • Greenland’s White Gold was broadcast in Denmark in February, but has since been removed by the TV station.

    Greenland documentary forces Danes to confront their colonial heritage

  • Medics treating a soldier at the stabilisation point of Ulf medical service of the Da Vinci Wolves battalion at the Pokrovsk front.

    ‘People were burned alive in their cars’: As peace talks falter, Ukrainians resign themselves to fighting on

  • Visitors watch a water and light display during a media preview of the 2025 Osaka Expo in Japan last week.

    Japan’s World Expo: a positive vision of the future for our divided world?

  • Benjamin Netanyahu:

    Is Qatargate a scandal too far even for Benjamin Netanyahu?

  • Rescuers remove a body bag after a drone attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed at least three and injured dozens on 4 April

    ‘There is no ceasefire. Attacks are ongoing’: how Putin’s envoy played US over Ukraine

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In focus

  • A broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Fathers reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.<br>CNT4YG A broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Fathers reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.

    ‘They called it black gold’: but should cuttlefish be on our menus?

    It’s a delicacy in France and Spain, and springing up at the UK’s restaurants, but is the trend for dining on cuttlefish sustainable?
  • Man in a spacesuit-like jumpsuit stands, hands on hips, in from of hexagonal shapes in a metal tunnel that form part of the James Webb space telescope

    What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor

  • President Trump speaks about his tariffs at the White House on 2 April.

    What does China really think about Trump? They know about humiliation and won’t take it from him

  • Donald Trump reveals his tariff plan on what he called ‘liberation day’ at the White House.

    ‘Fundamentally wrong, brutal and paranoid’: how will the world respond to Donald Trump’s tariffs?

  • Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan and Harris Dickinson will star in four upcoming biopics about the Beatles

    Critics are tearing into the Beatles biopics already. Here’s why they should let it be

  • A crowd of mostly men, in shirts, ties and trousers, march on cobblestones holding flags and looking serious

    ‘It is about vulnerable guys’: violent far-right groups in Sweden recruit boys as young as 10

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Comment

  • Catherine Bennett

    No union and forget staff toilet breaks, but hey, at least Bezos can buy Venice for his wedding

    Catherine Bennett
  • Andrew Rawnsley

    Do you yearn to hear Starmer condemn Trump? If so, you’re going to be disappointed

    Andrew Rawnsley
  • Sarah Manavis

    Surveillance is in, perks out. Bosses have dropped their masks, but gen Z is fighting back

    Sarah Manavis

  • The identity politics of many Muslims, and critics of Islam, are deeply corrosive

    Kenan Malik

  • In the rush towards a law on assisted dying, the vulnerable have become expendable

    Sonia Sodha

  • There’s a place for audience participation, but ‘chicken jockey’ chaos takes it too far

    Kate Maltby

  • Why resurrect the dire wolf when existing animals are facing extinction?

    Martha Gill

  • We need to take our feathered friends under our wing – before it’s too late

    Alison Phillips

  • JD Vance may disagree, but this anti-abortion activist isn’t a brutally censored dissident

    Catherine Bennett

  • Charities and even unions have begun wielding NDAs to cow and silence

    Sonia Sodha

  • Ed Davey has a cunning plan to win over the protest voters: speak globally, think locally

    Isabel Hardman
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Editorials & Letters

  • Bob and Kevin in Minions: The Rise of Gru

    The Observer view : Singapore, LA... Bedford. New theme park will be a welcome boost for Britain

  • SUV drivers line up to collect children from school in rose bay, Sydney, in February 2025.

    It’s time to consign these giant SUVs to the rubbish heap of history

    Letters
    The vehicles are not only too big and dangerous, they create a disproportionate amount of pollution that ends up in the ocean

  • For the record

    The Gym Group / PureGym | Premiership Rugby | International Festival of Worm Charming | Homophone
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Business & Cash

  • Simon Carter, chief executive of British Land, in his Broadgate office

    ‘It felt like a big call’: the property boss who bet workers would return to the office … and won

  • Stock photo of a hooded figure, resembling a crimninal, with a mobile phone

    EE was unapologetic after I tried to stop a sim swap fraud

  • £50 note seedling growing into UK Bank of England new currency in an earthenware terracotta flower pot

    Yes, the stock markets are in turmoil … but it really is a good idea to invest

  • A modern block of flats with its pale-coloured cladding partially removed

    An expelled fire safety engineer has made my flat unsaleable

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Sport

  • The American flag flies behind a statue of the Ryder Cup trophy

    Unification deal no closer as PGA Tour ponders bid for Ryder Cup stake

  • Scottie Scheffler reacts after the third round at the Masters.

    Scottie Scheffler struggles in unfamiliar Masters role of tortoise chasing the hare

    The defending champion and usual frontrunner could not challenge Rory McIlroy after playing a good round of bad golf
  • Rory McIlroy acknowledges the crowd on the 15th green during the third round.

    Rory McIlroy’s golden eagles put him within sight of Masters destiny

    Rory McIlroy leads the Masters by two strokes going into the final day but Bryson DeChambeau is on the charge

  • Katie Boulter and Jodie Burrage doubles act sends Britain to BJK Cup Finals

  • Mitchell hails ‘ruthless’ England’s second-half display in Ireland win

  • England outlast Ireland’s resistance and stay on course for grand slam

  • Northampton set up Leinster rematch after Henry Pollock batters Castres

  • Pereira flourishes at Wolves until the boom-bust cycle repeats itself

    Jonathan Wilson

  • Brentford’s Yoane Wissa strikes to bring Arsenal back down to earth

  • Oscar Piastri powers to Bahrain F1 GP pole but Norris and Verstappen flounder

  • Deaths of Macdermott and The Kniphand overshadow Scottish Grand National

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Reviews

  • John Lennon and Yoko Ono performing at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1972.

    One to One: John & Yoko review – Lennon and Ono storm Manhattan in intimate post-Beatles doc

  • Olly Alexander performs at the Palladium, London

    Olly Alexander review – part night creature, part light entertainer

  • Nicky Spence as Peter Grimes.

    The week in classical: Peter Grimes; Parsifal; Yunchan Lim – review

  • Trajal Harrell, standing, leads Zürich Dance Ensemble in The Köln Concert.

    Trajal Harrell: The Köln Concert review – Keith Jarrett’s bestselling 70s jazz album made visible

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New Review

  • Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter photographed in London by Phil Fisk for the Observer New Review.

    ‘You wouldn’t pick us out as mother and daughter!’: Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter on acting together for the first time

    Bridgerton star Bessie – soon to play Nancy Mitford in a new TV drama – and her mum, acting royalty Imelda, talk Sondheim, sandwiches and taking the stage together in Shaw’s sex worker scandal Mrs Warren’s Profession
  • People walk in front of Gaza City's 17th century Qasr al-Basha.

    ‘Gaza, it breaks my heart to see you in this state’: three stories from young Palestinian writers

  • Michael Sheen in the Donald Gordon theatre at the Wales Millennium Centre.

    Is actor Michael Sheen the right person to rescue Welsh theatre?

  • Close up of three beavers swimming in a river

    Abandoned lynx, roaming wild boar, ‘beaver bombing’ – has rewilding got out of hand?

  • Ray Mendoza photographed by Antonio Olmos for the Observer New Review, April 2025.

    Iraq veteran and film-maker Ray Mendoza: ‘Writing Warfare with Alex Garland was like going to a therapist’

  • 3D outlines of entire houses, made out of translucent fabric in various bright colours, exhibited in a white space

    ‘Memories of these places never leave you’: artist Do Ho Suh and the fabric of home

  • Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq: ‘It’s our duty to make Gaza’s stories immortal’

  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid just needed Trump

    Stewart Lee

  • The big picture: Sally Mann captures girls on the cusp of womanhood

  • Kaliane Bradley: ‘I dreaded the book going to people I know’

  • Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams

    John Naughton

  • On my radar: Kit de Waal’s cultural highlights

  • One to watch: Pozer

  • ‘As an environmental scientist, I’m horrified’: Should supersonic passenger travel be making a comeback?

Magazine

  • Bridport Harbour Dorset England GB UK EU Europe<br>D5RATB Bridport Harbour Dorset England GB UK EU Europe

    Bridport revisited: great reasons to return to the market town

    Dorset’s charming town is bursting with appeal. Here are 10 sites and attractions to take in next time you visit Bridport and the surrounding area
  • abandoned fishing boats on the beach.

    The ghostly allure of Dungeness, Kent

  • OM Nigel Sausage Apple

    Nigel Slater’s recipes for sausages and black-eyed beans, and mint frozen yoghurt

  • Ireland v England - Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship<br>Dublin , Ireland - 1 February 2025; Jack Crowley of Ireland in action against Maro Itoje and Ollie Lawrence of England during the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and England at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (Photo By Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

    My young boy is the English son of Irish parents…

    Séamas O’Reilly
  • Maison Pierre Marcolini 30 ANS Malline 30 ans Packshot HD

    Notes on chocolate: sweet little treats priced from 70p to £40

  • Eva Wiseman

    Heels are making a comeback, but this time it’s battle gear

    Eva Wiseman

  • Sunday with Angela Hartnett: ‘I’m up at 6.30am enjoying an empty Hampstead Heath’

  • Berry products: 10 of the best

  • Dorian, London: ‘Truly refined decadence’ – restaurant review

  • A million-dollar gamble on Royal Lavulite, 1982

  • Who stole all the cheese? The inside story of the boom in luxury food heists

  • I’m nearly 60, but my father’s indifference towards me still stings

  • Fortified wines to pair with the Easter treats

  • The invisible man: Bryan died in an accident in 2015. Why did it take 10 years to identify him?

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Observer Food Monthly

  • Fudgy chocolate cake with a cardamom milk soak

    A showstopper cake, perfect cookies and a surprisingly simple fondant – Tarunima Sinha’s chocolate recipes

    Gluten-free friands with hazelnuts and ginger, pistachio and kataifi chocolate … and no special gadgets required
  • Paul Ainsworth Easter Taste Test OFM March 2025

    ‘I could eat the lot!’: the best new Easter eggs for 2025

  • wine glasses on a pink background in the sunlight<br>GettyImages-2052991111

    In the mood for spring: feel-good wines in sync with the season

  • Georgina Hayden Spring Feast Food and prop styling: Polly Webb-Wilson Observer Food Monthy OFM March 2025

    Herby panisses, fancy cauliflower pie, passion fruit creme caramel – Georgina Hayden’s recipes for a spring feast

  • London-based knife-maker Holly Loftus in her workshop.

    No more wonky sourdough: in search of the perfect kitchen knife

  • Photography and prop styling: Kate Whitaker Food styling: Annie Rigg Easter Chocolate Bakes Tarunima Sinha

    Welcome to March’s OFM

  • Claudia Roden: ‘There hadn’t been cookbooks in Egypt – everything was just handed down’

  • Social climbers: is non-stop content creation now what it takes for restaurants to survive?

  • Breakfast fads come and go, but at heart, is Britain a nation of cereal eaters?

    Rachel Cooke

  • Dame Denise Lewis: ‘I love an apple crumble – just don’t talk to me while I enjoy myself’

  • A simple roast, spicy squash in a bun, a five-ingredient pasta – Nigel Slater’s recipes for the end of winter

  • Welcome to February’s Observer Food Monthly

  • Jeremy Chan’s secret ingredient: dried porcini

  • Black pudding in the hole and buttery chicken curry – Gill Meller’s recipes for next level traybakes

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