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The Observer, 21 Jun 2026

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ArticleA bad idea

Ten years ago, almost to the day, Bri­tain’s decision to leave the EU became clear at the Sun­der­land vote count on the European ref­er­en­dum, held at the Sta­dium of Light. Look­ing back, a Brexit sup­porter who was there but doesn’t want to be...

A bad idea

ArticleEva Wise­man

“Sleep­ing” now out­ranks “shop­ping, night­life and see­ing wild­life” as the thing people seek in a hol­i­day. In response, more and more hotels are offer­ing “lux­ury sleep pack­ages” designed with sleep sci­ent­ists, lead­ing to an inter­na­tional...

Eva Wise­man

ArticleKenan Malik

What a report calls the “Uber­isa­tion” of the labour mar­ket has turned insec­ur­ity into “an endemic part of Brit­ish work­ing life”. Dec­ades of eco­nomic exploit­a­tion, polit­ical dis­dain and social aban­don­ment has cre­ated pro­found cyn­icism...

Kenan Malik

ArticleBen Zaranko

As the US retreats from its role as secur­ity guar­antor in Europe, the UK needs to spend more on defence, indef­in­itely. Bor­row­ing is not a sus­tain­able solu­tion. The coun­try also needs to divert resources away from other sec­tors – more guns,...

Ben Zaranko

ArticleNigel Slater

Snap a run­ner bean and hold it to my nose and I am once again a child, sit­ting in the bean­field of my neigh­bour’s farm, pick­ing a bas­ket of beans for tea. To look up at the wind­ing tendrils and heart-shaped leaves, pier­cing scar­let flowers and...

Nigel Slater

ArticleCraig McLean

Tricky seems to spot me imme­di­ately. He marches straight up, trailed by an entour­age. Fin­ger jab­bing, he starts rant­ing. Then, from out of the throng sur­round­ing me, a fist smacks me in the jaw. I hit the deck like a sack of wel­lies. Then,...

Craig McLean

ArticleAndrew Rawns­ley

The risk of a con­test is that it turns into the pro­trac­ted and unat­tract­ive bout of blood-let­ting that many in Labour are des­per­ate to avoid. The peril of not hav­ing one is that the party para­chutes a new face into Num­ber 10 without a...

Andrew Rawns­ley

ArticleKitty Empire

Harry Styles’s soiree is wider­anging, warm and witty; the track selec­tions span his four solo albums, as well as two cov­ers. But it feels ever so slightly vanilla. It’s not merely a lack of Water­melon Sugar or any of the huge hits from his...

Kitty Empire

ArticlePad­ding­ton travels back to the Amer­icas

The Olivier Award-win­ning Pad­ding­ton The Musical is to make its Broad­way debut next year bring­ing the marmalade lover’s story to New York theatre audi­ences for the first time. The pro­duc­tion will launch at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in March....

Pad­ding­ton travels back to the Amer­icas