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The Observer, 27 Sep 2026

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The Observer is a British weekly newspaper focused on politics, culture, current affairs and investigative journalism. First published in 1791, it’s widely recognized as the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper and offers in-depth reporting and analysis on a wide range of major national and international issues. The newspaper is known for its thoughtful editorial style, featuring political commentary, investigative pieces and long-form journalism that provide readers with context and perspective beyond the headlines. It also includes coverage of business, science and global affairs, alongside arts, literature and lifestyle content that contributes to a well-rounded weekend reading experience. Interviews with prominent public figures, writers and cultural voices add further insight across a broad range of topics. The Observer is particularly respected for its opinion writing and cultural criticism, combining serious journalism with engaging feature content. Available on PressReader, The Observer newspaper delivers authoritative reporting, intelligent commentary and in-depth features for readers seeking informed and reflective journalism.

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ArticleThe future of labour

Are­v­olu­tion is under way in the world of work. Arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence is slid­ing into the lives of every­one whose job involves a con­nec­ted device, and few jobs don’t. AI is elim­in­at­ing jobs but cre­at­ing them too. It is embed­ding...

The future of labour

ArticleLAR shows City the red card

The Legal Assist­ant Ref­eree, as the army of law­yers feast­ing on the now bedraggled repu­ta­tion of Manchester City shall hence­forth be known, took three and a half years to reach a ver­dict on more than 100 charges of the club viol­at­ing Premier...

LAR shows City the red card

ArticleBoy­cott Trump’s Putin party

Last week Don­ald Trump invited Vladi­mir Putin to the next G20, which the US will host in Decem­ber. If final proof were needed that Trump has no idea why Amer­ica fought the Cold War or why win­ning it was sig­ni­fic­ant – or that he under­stands,...

Boy­cott Trump’s Putin party

ArticleWein­stein gets 15 years for assault on assist­ant

Dis­graced film mogul Har­vey Wein­stein has been sen­tenced to 15 years in prison in New York, after a jury found him guilty last year of com­mit­ting sexual assault against his former assist­ant, Miriam Haley. Haley said the assault had a...

Wein­stein gets 15 years for assault on assist­ant

ArticleInfam­ous hack­ers tar­get FBI employ­ees

A hack­ing group claims to have tar­geted the FBI and stolen sens­it­ive data on a huge num­ber of cur­rent and former FBI employ­ees. ShinyHunters, one of the world’s most notori­ous hack­ing crews, said the trove of data includes detail about scores...

Infam­ous hack­ers tar­get FBI employ­ees

ArticleCam­bridge aban­dons Arday hir­ing inquiry

Cam­bridge Uni­versity has dropped its plan to fully invest­ig­ate its hir­ing of Jason Arday. Instead, the uni­versity will exam­ine whether the school had offered suf­fi­cient sup­port to the pro­fessor while he faced accus­a­tions of pla­gi­ar­ism...

Cam­bridge aban­dons Arday hir­ing inquiry

ArticleLong stor­ies short

The man whose dead body was used to trick Ger­man intel­li­gence in Oper­a­tion Mince­meat has been hon­oured with a plaque. Lidl was ordered to stop selling copycat ver­sions of Birken­stock san­dals. Phys­i­cists from Romania used a power­ful laser...

Long stor­ies short