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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 9h
Manchán Magan taught us to rewild the mind The great Irish writer’s posthumous book opens up portals into the ‘more-than-human’ world ✍️ Tom Gatti bit.ly/4rTLxra
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Manchán Magan taught us to rewild the mind | The Observer
The great Irish writer’s posthumous book opens up portals into the ‘more-than-human’ world
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 10h
Saf’s cartoon: The Famous Five go to RAF Fairford ✍️ Saffron Swire bit.ly/4AOt82H
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Saf’s cartoon: The Famous Five go to RAF Fairford
Read more:Police were right to release RAF Fairford bomb suspects, say legal expertsMen don’t dress like this to make people feel good. Let’s unmask themCivilians are paying a heavy price for the worl...
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 16h
The Last Tango: Messi and Argentina prepare for emotional farewell The Argentina icon makes his 208th and final appearance for the national team in a friendly, which kicks off at midnight on Wednesday UK time ✍️ @rorysmith.bsky.social bit.ly/4hxHN9G
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The Last Tango: Messi and Argentina prepare for emotional...
The Argentina icon makes his 208th and final appearance for the national team in a friendly, which kicks off at midnight on Wednesday UK time
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 16h
The happiness index: Nicky Haslam on falling for flattering fabrics and the horror of maroon The veteran interior designer and author shares his secrets to creating a welcoming and stylish home, from outdoor chairs indoors to the allure of mauve curtains ✍️ Aimee Farrell bit.ly/4zcXRVA
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The happiness index: Nicky Haslam on falling for flatteri...
The veteran interior designer and author shares his secrets to creating a welcoming and stylish home, from outdoor chairs indoors to the allure of mauve curtains
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 17h
Christa Pike’s botched execution raises old questions about US justice States continue to permit the death penalty despite shifting public attitudes ✍️ @xaviergreenwood.bsky.social bit.ly/3Tpn0gN
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Christa Pike’s botched execution raises old questions abo...
States continue to permit the death penalty despite shifting public attitudes
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‘We’re very aware that both Reform and the Conservatives said they’re going to repeal this if they win. We potentially have a two to three-year window’, Mike Clancey, Prospect general secretary tells The Observer. bit.ly/4AT5pyK
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Unions prepare to march into the private sector ahead of ...
As the deadline looms for laws granting unions greater access to businesses, some white-collar companies such as Meta are already striking deals
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On a brisk walk through the fields of his Tonbridge constituency, the shadow foreign secretary discusses his fears over China, Andy Burnham’s political tricks and why he’s happy to serve under Kemi Badenoch bit.ly/4hEDERn
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Tom Tugendhat: ‘I get letters from Beijing that say, basi...
On a brisk walk through the fields of his Tonbridge constituency, the shadow foreign secretary discusses his fears over China, Andy Burnham’s political tricks and why he’s happy to serve under Kemi Ba...
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In 1959, a sculpture was unveiled in Bethnal Green, east London. Commissioned by the local council, it was by a young Elisabeth Frink and depicted the legend of the nobleman Henry de Montfort. bit.ly/4jCKMAq
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Another ‘eyesore’ row reminds us of the case for public art
Councils are selling off public treasures to balance budgets. Do we really have to choose between services and sculptures?
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Investment in the AI trade is roaring. Micron has just posted quarterly revenues up 379% year on year. bit.ly/46ViUQC
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The Enron short-seller warning of AI’s debt trap
Jim Chanos says he is betting against neocloud companies despite Nvidia’s involvement, and questions what will happen if AI growth slows and there isn’t sufficient return
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sea surface temperatures in the Pacific reached new highs last week, indicating the growing strength of the El Niño weather phenomenon as its first impacts are felt around the world. bit.ly/4yr5Z4Z
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El Niño is already breaking records – weeks before it rea...
Governments are braced for shortages after seas warm up in the Pacific, threatening ‘just in time’ supply chains
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Are UK public companies facing an extinction event? It sounds dramatic, but a string of trade sales, buyout rumours and suspended public offerings over the past week have forced the question, yet again. bit.ly/4AOsIJG
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London Stock Exchange looks on as Monzo, Boots and the RA...
Trade sales, buyout rumours and suspended IPOs have raised concerns about the future of quoted UK companies, but public markets matter to a thriving economy
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‘Trump wants this [US oil deal] to happen, fast. So his administration determined that they can kickstart the process by a shady deal with a shady character’ bit.ly/4ytPqVU
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The new scramble for Venezuela’s oil – with America in ch...
Caracas is the scene of a gold rush as US executives and wildcatters scent opportunity after Trump’s removal of the president and seizure of vast oil reserves
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Andy Burnham is being urged to introduce a lifetime cap on social care costs to ensure that those living with dementia do not end up facing ruinous bills." bit.ly/4yz6tWO
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Burnham facing calls to introduce lifetime cap on adult s...
Commission will urge PM to impose a limit on residential home bills in England to stop people with dementia losing their savings
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"More than £830m of owner funding was thus dressed up as commercial revenue to keep the club within the spending rules." bit.ly/4xWOj09
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The Mancini contract that could deepen Manchester City’s ...
Former manager comes under pressure after Premier League club is found guilty of 114 charges of breaking financial conduct. City has lodged an appeal
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“There is a risk if the wagyu market goes into oversupply that the premium it will command will evaporate” bit.ly/4z8fo19
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Wagyu crisps are a high-steaks gamble for once-premium beef
From posh crisps to meatballs and burgers, the luxury Japanese breed of beef is all over British high streets. But it’s not to everyone’s taste
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Hope is in the air, because finally a prime minister has been honest about Brexit." Read The Observer view: bit.ly/3TlvLsh
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Road to joy | The Observer
Andy Burnham’s speech on Brexit and Europe could be historic, offering a chance to make the positive case for EU membership that was missed in 2016
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The botched execution of a woman in a Tennessee prison last week is drawing scrutiny to the murky supply chains used to procure the drug used in lethal injections in the United States. Read more as Isabel Coles reports: bit.ly/4hoebgk
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Botched execution of Christa Pike raises concern about mu...
Gruesome spectacle of attempted killing of woman in Tennessee highlights dubious source of pentobarbital and other drugs used in death penalty
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“We sat in the control room, watching from a distance, with hands over our faces, [thinking] ‘What is going to happen?’” Mike Cotton, an executive producer on Celebrity Traitors told The Observer. bit.ly/4ALQN43
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Celebrity Traitors producers watched Richard E Grant’s ga...
The new series of the BBC hit is causing drama – along with outstanding ratings, 600 memes and a million-pound income for Scotland. No wonder it’s set to run until 2030
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The alleged rape of a female student by seven fraternity members at New York’s Cornell University has reopened America’s culture war divide and reignited debate about consent, online judgment and victim blaming", writes Ed Helmore bit.ly/46Yx8QQ
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Alleged Cornell gang rape victim ‘under siege’ says her l...
Rightwing commentators defend seven male students accused of assaulting 20-year-old woman, as US president weighs in on culture war debate over consent
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The government has scrapped plans to remove the right to a jury trial for thousands of defendants. Read more as @rachelsylvester.bsky.social reports: bit.ly/4rNN81u
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Judge-only trial plan dropped after backlash | The Observer
Ministers have abandoned plans to remove the right to a jury as trial backlog totals more than 80,000
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Obama and Hanks, even when confessing their foibles (Hanks only likes big books, 400-pagers) are never less than alpha" bit.ly/4rIXEqK
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Seven Ages of Man review – a refreshing rethink of modern masculinity
Guests Michael Palin, Colm Tóibín, David Baddiel and more make sense of different decades of their lives. Plus, what’s Obama reading?
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Nobody was expecting this,” one Whitehall source told @rachelsylvester.bsky.social. “Officials were totally reeling. It was a million miles away from what they have been working on. bit.ly/4zb1Cej
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‘Nobody was expecting this’: Burnham U-turn on road back ...
The PM’s conference speech advocating a closer relationship with the EU was a volte-face that took officials by surprise and has divided his top team
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
An Observer analysis of marketing of the recently authorised drugs has found promotions likely to result in increased uptake of the newly approved pills. Read what the investigation found: bit.ly/4y07ZA8
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Slim now, pay later: online pharmacies promote sales of n...
Campaigners say failure of drugs regulation has allowed use of ‘shocking’ tactics to boost sales
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The architect of Manchesterism and the former deputy mayor of Greater Manchester under Andy Burnham has launched a strong criticism of the Premier League’s investigation into Manchester City football club’s finances. bit.ly/3TK2fMT
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Burnham’s former deputy says Manchester City ‘will prove ...
The former deputy mayor of Manchester criticises the Premier League investigation into the football club’s finances, after it was found guilty of numerous breaches
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‘A lot of the logistics sector is small to medium businesses that run off wafer-thin margins. Price rises like this have a huge implication’ bit.ly/46Ze4ls
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G7 countries to pump in extra diesel and crude to ease pr...
As diesel tops £2 a litre, experts urge rapid shift to electric cars and lorries to protect UK from volatility
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"There are two lessons here. One is that football is complex and capricious territory for any politician, even one native to it, because most issues are interpreted through a tribal lens. The other is that fandom is not always a strength." bit.ly/4i0kqqJ
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Andy Burnham is sincere in his love of football, which is...
The prime minister’s comments about Manchester City’s guilty verdicts were coloured too much by his own allegiances
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
‘Whatever people bring here, I want to accept. I don’t want to tell people what to do, how to do it, or why they should do it’ bit.ly/4hqZ6ut
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Inside an open house in Epping founded on radical kindness
An anarchist punk legend opened his Essex farmhouse to strangers. Nearly 60 years later, the experiment is still alive
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Obituary: Peter Prince: writer who ‘turned convention upside down’ and pre-empted Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer bit.ly/47xF3od
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Peter Prince: writer who ‘turned convention upside down' ...
Playwright whose debut novel won a Somerset Maugham award and who went on to collaborate with Stephen Frears – including on The Hit, one of Quentin Tarantino's favourite films
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This weekend marks the 52nd edition of Caitlin O’Kane’s Puzzles Observer (aka The Puzzle Edit). Read as O'Kane walks us down memory lane: bit.ly/4ybBGhW
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Pen not pencil: two women, two decisions, two changed rea...
A walk down memory lane to celebrate a year of Caitlin O’Kane’s Puzzles newsletter
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Test your knowledge in this weekend's O, Really? quiz: bit.ly/4y4tiRh
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O, Really? The Observer Magazine’s weekly quiz
What will it be: piece of cake or humble pie? Our weekly quiz tests your knowledge of culture, style, history, science – and much more
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Exc: Abu Dhabi has held talks with at least one minister since reports of the Man City verdict first surfaced Foreign office minister Stephen Doughty is among those understood to have been called by UAE officials, along with some of the UK's most senior diplomats observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Burnham’s former deputy says Manchester City ‘will prove ...
The former deputy mayor of Manchester criticises the Premier League investigation into the football club’s finances, after it was found guilty of numerous breaches
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Inside an open house in Epping founded on radical kindness An anarchist punk legend opened his Essex farmhouse to strangers. Nearly 60 years later, the experiment is still alive bit.ly/4hqZ6ut
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Inside an open house in Epping founded on radical kindness
An anarchist punk legend opened his Essex farmhouse to strangers. Nearly 60 years later, the experiment is still alive
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The grid: art at the deep end An exhibition in a Swiss town where swimming pools replaced a lake questions our relationship with water bit.ly/4rIc5eB
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The grid: art at the deep end | The Observer
An exhibition in a Swiss town where swimming pools replaced a lake questions our relationship with water
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Home listening: Susan Tomes’s Women and the Piano The concert pianist’s companion album to her major study of overlooked female composers leaves us hungry for more ✍️ Fiona Maddocks bit.ly/3Tztl9u
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Home listening: Susan Tomes’s Women and the Piano
The concert pianist’s companion album to her major study of overlooked female composers leaves us hungry for more
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You can’t grow an economy if you can’t see it, but that’s what the government is trying to do ‘Frontier’ technology firms are the most productive part of the UK economy, but largely absent from official data, leaving policymakers flying blind ✍️ @paulswinney.bsky.social bit.ly/4zdIaO7
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You can’t grow an economy if you can’t see it, but that’s...
‘Frontier’ technology firms are the most productive part of the UK economy, but largely absent from official data, leaving policymakers flying blind
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Seven Ages of Man is a refreshing rethink of modern masculinity Guests Michael Palin, Colm Tóibín, David Baddiel and more make sense of different decades of their lives. Plus, what’s Obama reading? ✍️ Miranda Sawyer bit.ly/4rIXEqK
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Seven Ages of Man review – a refreshing rethink of modern masculinity
Guests Michael Palin, Colm Tóibín, David Baddiel and more make sense of different decades of their lives. Plus, what’s Obama reading?
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Your First Home scheme sends the right signals but skimps on the detail, say experts Labour’s new equity loan policy aims to boost our ailing housing market in the same way the Tories’ Help to Buy did, but different economic conditions prevail ✍️ @emmahaslett.bsky.social bit.ly/3U1MMb4
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Your First Home scheme sends the right signals but skimps...
Labour’s new equity loan policy aims to boost our ailing housing market in the same way the Tories’ Help to Buy did, but different economic conditions prevail
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Lab-grown and plant-based meat alternatives need investors with an appetite for change Innovative food startups are back on the menu in Britain, but need backers who are willing to pick up the bill ✍️ Matthew Bishop bit.ly/4zeyKBT
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Lab-grown and plant-based meat alternatives need investor...
Innovative food startups are back on the menu in Britain, but need backers who are willing to pick up the bill
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Sunday Poem: After Sorolla by Suzannah V Evans bit.ly/4xWSpW5
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Pen not pencil: two women, two decisions, two changed realities A walk down memory lane to celebrate a year of Caitlin O’Kane’s Puzzles newsletter bit.ly/4ybBGhW
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Pen not pencil: two women, two decisions, two changed rea...
A walk down memory lane to celebrate a year of Caitlin O’Kane’s Puzzles newsletter
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Scotland’s exotic XI and Tottenham’s disappointing record Plus, Bill Edgar takes a unique look at Manchester City’s Women’s Super League meeting with Arsenal, among other matches bit.ly/4htDPQW
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Scotland’s exotic XI and Tottenham’s disappointing record
Plus, Bill Edgar takes a unique look at Manchester City’s Women’s Super League meeting with Arsenal, among other matches
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another ‘eyesore’ row reminds us of the case for public art Councils are selling off public treasures to balance budgets. Do we really have to choose between services and sculptures? ✍️ Jo Baring bit.ly/4jCKMAq
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Another ‘eyesore’ row reminds us of the case for public art
Councils are selling off public treasures to balance budgets. Do we really have to choose between services and sculptures?
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Enron short-seller warning of AI’s debt trap Jim Chanos says he is betting against neocloud companies despite Nvidia’s involvement, and questions what will happen if AI growth slows and there isn’t sufficient return ✍️ Barney Macintyre bit.ly/46ViUQC
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The Enron short-seller warning of AI’s debt trap
Jim Chanos says he is betting against neocloud companies despite Nvidia’s involvement, and questions what will happen if AI growth slows and there isn’t sufficient return
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
France is spooking the bond market as energy costs push up inflation. Britain should worry Against a background of growing protests, the French government has announced a cost-cutting budget to try to ease pressure on public debt ✍️ Ben Zaranko bit.ly/4rIXj7s
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France is spooking the bond market as energy costs push u...
Against a background of growing protests, the French government has announced a cost-cutting budget to try to ease pressure on public debt
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Unions prepare to march into the private sector ahead of law change As the deadline looms for laws granting unions greater access to businesses, some white-collar companies such as Meta are already striking deals ✍️ Stephen Armstrong bit.ly/4AT5pyK
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Unions prepare to march into the private sector ahead of ...
As the deadline looms for laws granting unions greater access to businesses, some white-collar companies such as Meta are already striking deals
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
El Niño is already breaking records – weeks before it really hits Governments are braced for shortages after seas warm up in the Pacific, threatening ‘just in time’ supply chains ✍️ Jeevan Vasagar bit.ly/4yr5Z4Z
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El Niño is already breaking records – weeks before it rea...
Governments are braced for shortages after seas warm up in the Pacific, threatening ‘just in time’ supply chains
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Keynes is my lodestar, but is the Standard of Living play about his life on the money? James Graham’s celebration of John Maynard Keynes, the great economist, brought a tear to the eye. Our resident expert separates fact from fiction ✍️ Will Hutton bit.ly/4AP3ECv
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Keynes is my lodestar, but is the Standard of Living play...
James Graham’s celebration of John Maynard Keynes, the great economist, brought a tear to the eye. Our resident expert separates fact from fiction
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@tomtugendhat.bsky.social: ‘I get letters from Beijing that say, basically, we know where you live’ On a in his Tonbridge constituency, the shadow foreign secretary discusses his fears over China, Andy Burnham’s political tricks and why he’s happy to serve under Kemi Badenoch bit.ly/4hEDERn
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Tom Tugendhat: ‘I get letters from Beijing that say, basi...
On a brisk walk through the fields of his Tonbridge constituency, the shadow foreign secretary discusses his fears over China, Andy Burnham’s political tricks and why he’s happy to serve under Kemi Ba...
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
G7 countries to pump in extra diesel and crude to ease prices As diesel tops £2 a litre, experts urge rapid shift to electric cars and lorries to protect UK from volatility ✍️ @jeevanvasagar.bsky.social bit.ly/46Ze4ls
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G7 countries to pump in extra diesel and crude to ease pr...
As diesel tops £2 a litre, experts urge rapid shift to electric cars and lorries to protect UK from volatility
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
London Stock Exchange looks on as Monzo, Boots and the RAC float away Trade sales, buyout rumours and suspended IPOs have raised concerns about the future of quoted UK companies, but public markets matter to a thriving economy ✍️ Barney Macintyre bit.ly/4AOsIJG
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London Stock Exchange looks on as Monzo, Boots and the RA...
Trade sales, buyout rumours and suspended IPOs have raised concerns about the future of quoted UK companies, but public markets matter to a thriving economy
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