Alex O’Connell @alexoco.bsky.social · 25/02/2026We’re looking for a deputy news editor @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/about-us/car...observer.co.ukDeputy News Editor | The ObserverFull-time, permanent role. Working days: Tuesday to Saturday.Where do I work?The Observer newsroom, London (22 Berners Street) plus some flexibility to work remotely 1 day per week.What are we for?The... 000
Alex O’Connell @alexoco.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Does the spending review prove that Rachel Reeves has totally rewired her Treasury brain? Nope, says Philip Collins observer.co.uk/news/opinion...observer.co.ukCould a powerful chancellor rewire the Treasury brain?Labour’s vision for growth has yet to break free of the rigid thinking that frustrated Harold Wilson and others 010
Alex O’Connell @alexoco.bsky.social · 04/06/2025@ericawgnr.bsky.social interviewed Salman Rushdie at Hay - here’s the fascinating interview in which they talk fiction and recovery @observeruk.bsky.socialobserver.co.ukFree speech, fiction and survival: my conversation with S...In his most frank conversation since he was attacked onstage three years ago, Salman Rushdie addresses his recovery, the importance of fiction in an era ... 030
Alex O’Connell @alexoco.bsky.social · 17/05/2025A set of Folios has gone to a private buyer, rather than being sold at auction. Relax, says Kate Maltby, we’ll always have the words observer.co.uk/culture/book...observer.co.ukMuch Ado about a missing Shakespeare folio and the fetish of private ownership | The ObserverA set of Shakespeare’s Folios was pulled from auction after a ‘secret’ sale. Collectors can hoard away – we have the Bard’s words and they’re the treasures that count 020
Alex O’Connell @alexoco.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Thank you David Sedaris for this new essay in which many of us may recognise ourselves @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/opinion...observer.co.ukDavid Sedaris: ‘We’ve got to do something about Trump. I know I will, maybe after Fiji’ | The ObserverAmericans are hurting, so we rage in $1,000 restaurants, glittering parties and foot salons 086
Alex O’Connell @alexoco.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Richard Hawley shares his memories of the @theleadmill.bsky.social and explains why its closure is a tragedy for Sheffield and beyond @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/musi...observer.co.ukAs a musician, I know why closing down the thriving Leadmill is a blow to all of Sheffield | The ObserverIndependent journalism | News, culture & style | Investigations, analysis, features, ideas, recipes, newsletters & podcasts that make sense of the world 065
Alex O’Connell @alexoco.bsky.social · 04/04/2025www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2025/0... I interviewed Juliette Binoche about reuniting with Ralph Fiennes for The Return - she was wonderful and, well, intensetelegraph.co.ukJuliette Binoche interview: ‘I am who I am with all my flaws’Forty years after her Cannes debut, the actress will be president of the festival’s jury – a ‘picky’ approach to her career has paid off 030
Alex O’Connell @alexoco.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Some news: I’ve joined the Observer as associate editor, looking after Opinion & Ideas and a new People section. Best email for now is alex.oconnell@tortoisemedia.com 3144
