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Dry, or slightly damp January? bit.ly/4amdBuy
Dry, or slightly damp January? | The Observer
Many people feel the need to take a break after the excesses of party season, but you don’t have to go nuts
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February 9, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Dry, or slightly damp January? bit.ly/4amdBuy
Why Beaujolais is bouncing back bit.ly/4rHlp1f
Why Beaujolais is bouncing back | The Observer
Restoring the reputation of this underrated red
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February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Why Beaujolais is bouncing back bit.ly/4rHlp1f
What made it on to our wine critic’s best of list for 2025? bit.ly/4r8MRoT
What made it on to our wine critic’s best of list for 2025?
Tastes and trends that kept the interest high in the past year
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February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
What made it on to our wine critic’s best of list for 2025? bit.ly/4r8MRoT
Rising water table threatens homes as rain turns biblical
It could take months for groundwater to dissipate after downpours, say experts, with more on the way, writes James Tapper
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It could take months for groundwater to dissipate after downpours, say experts, with more on the way, writes James Tapper
https://bit.ly/4koJXtv
Rising water table threatens homes as rain turns biblical
It could take months for groundwater to dissipate after downpours, say experts, with more on the way
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February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Rising water table threatens homes as rain turns biblical
It could take months for groundwater to dissipate after downpours, say experts, with more on the way, writes James Tapper
https://bit.ly/4koJXtv
It could take months for groundwater to dissipate after downpours, say experts, with more on the way, writes James Tapper
https://bit.ly/4koJXtv
The ‘slick’ assassination of Gaddafi Jr
Bloody chapter in Libya’s history closes with the fatal shooting of Saif al-Islam. What prompted the killing of the playboy turned would-be leader? Barry Malone reports
https://bit.ly/3ZUdT7d
Bloody chapter in Libya’s history closes with the fatal shooting of Saif al-Islam. What prompted the killing of the playboy turned would-be leader? Barry Malone reports
https://bit.ly/3ZUdT7d
The ‘slick’ assassination of Gaddafi Jr | The Observer
Bloody chapter in Libya’s history closes with the fatal shooting of Saif al-Islam. What prompted the killing of the playboy turned would-be leader?
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February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The ‘slick’ assassination of Gaddafi Jr
Bloody chapter in Libya’s history closes with the fatal shooting of Saif al-Islam. What prompted the killing of the playboy turned would-be leader? Barry Malone reports
https://bit.ly/3ZUdT7d
Bloody chapter in Libya’s history closes with the fatal shooting of Saif al-Islam. What prompted the killing of the playboy turned would-be leader? Barry Malone reports
https://bit.ly/3ZUdT7d
‘When your wife is scared, when your kids are scared, it has an impact’
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revisits the Tooting streets where he grew up, with Rachel Sylvester
https://bit.ly/4chssZX
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revisits the Tooting streets where he grew up, with Rachel Sylvester
https://bit.ly/4chssZX
‘Starmer has to stay. You wouldn't sack a football manage...
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revisits the Tooting streets where he grew up and talks about rejoining the EU in his lifetime, Trump's ‘rubbish', Mandelson's ‘arrogance' and why he takes bodyguards to the cinema
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February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
‘When your wife is scared, when your kids are scared, it has an impact’
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revisits the Tooting streets where he grew up, with Rachel Sylvester
https://bit.ly/4chssZX
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revisits the Tooting streets where he grew up, with Rachel Sylvester
https://bit.ly/4chssZX
It’s years too late, but at least Ed Davey is learning from the Epstein horror
The Lib Dem leader has finally taken action against a peer who was at the centre of 2013 inquiry involving complaints by four women, writes Kate Malby
https://bit.ly/45SQSoI
The Lib Dem leader has finally taken action against a peer who was at the centre of 2013 inquiry involving complaints by four women, writes Kate Malby
https://bit.ly/45SQSoI
It’s years too late, but at least Ed Davey is learning fr...
The Lib Dem leader has finally taken action against a peer who was at the centre of 2013 inquiry involving complaints by four women
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February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
It’s years too late, but at least Ed Davey is learning from the Epstein horror
The Lib Dem leader has finally taken action against a peer who was at the centre of 2013 inquiry involving complaints by four women, writes Kate Malby
https://bit.ly/45SQSoI
The Lib Dem leader has finally taken action against a peer who was at the centre of 2013 inquiry involving complaints by four women, writes Kate Malby
https://bit.ly/45SQSoI
Bad Bunny: the planet’s biggest star has Trump fuming
The Puerto Rican used his Grammy speech to bash ICE. Now his Super Bowl half-time show is dividing the US, writes Barbara Ellen
https://bit.ly/4r34Xbw
The Puerto Rican used his Grammy speech to bash ICE. Now his Super Bowl half-time show is dividing the US, writes Barbara Ellen
https://bit.ly/4r34Xbw
Bad Bunny: the planet’s biggest star has Trump fuming
The Puerto Rican used his Grammy speech to bash ICE. Now his Super Bowl half-time show is dividing the US
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February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Bad Bunny: the planet’s biggest star has Trump fuming
The Puerto Rican used his Grammy speech to bash ICE. Now his Super Bowl half-time show is dividing the US, writes Barbara Ellen
https://bit.ly/4r34Xbw
The Puerto Rican used his Grammy speech to bash ICE. Now his Super Bowl half-time show is dividing the US, writes Barbara Ellen
https://bit.ly/4r34Xbw
Manipulate festival: candyfloss puppets and cabaret Anna Karenina bit.ly/4kouLfX
Manipulate festival: candyfloss puppets and cabaret Anna ...
The city’s international festival is smaller and shorter than its summer siblings – but big on imagination
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February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Manipulate festival: candyfloss puppets and cabaret Anna Karenina bit.ly/4kouLfX
Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs
After The Observer raised the alarm, a new group aims to address filibustering and how to strip disgraced peers of their titles more quickly, writes Catherine Neilan
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After The Observer raised the alarm, a new group aims to address filibustering and how to strip disgraced peers of their titles more quickly, writes Catherine Neilan
https://bit.ly/45VjXjl
Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs
After The Observer raised the alarm, a new group aims to address filibustering and how to strip disgraced peers of their titles more quickly
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February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs
After The Observer raised the alarm, a new group aims to address filibustering and how to strip disgraced peers of their titles more quickly, writes Catherine Neilan
https://bit.ly/45VjXjl
After The Observer raised the alarm, a new group aims to address filibustering and how to strip disgraced peers of their titles more quickly, writes Catherine Neilan
https://bit.ly/45VjXjl
The curse of the Forbes 30 under 30
Fraud and false hopes have taken the shine off the magazine’s annual celebration of young talent, writes Marine Saint
https://bit.ly/3Mv97di
Fraud and false hopes have taken the shine off the magazine’s annual celebration of young talent, writes Marine Saint
https://bit.ly/3Mv97di
The curse of the Forbes 30 under 30 | The Observer
Fraud and false hopes have taken the shine off the magazine’s annual celebration of young talent
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February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The curse of the Forbes 30 under 30
Fraud and false hopes have taken the shine off the magazine’s annual celebration of young talent, writes Marine Saint
https://bit.ly/3Mv97di
Fraud and false hopes have taken the shine off the magazine’s annual celebration of young talent, writes Marine Saint
https://bit.ly/3Mv97di
Bumble dating app starts giving the first word back to women
Male users in Mexico and Australia no longer able to initiate contact as app quietly begins to return to its feminist principles, writes Patricia Clarke
https://bit.ly/4ajdY9r
Male users in Mexico and Australia no longer able to initiate contact as app quietly begins to return to its feminist principles, writes Patricia Clarke
https://bit.ly/4ajdY9r
Bumble dating app starts giving the first word back to women
Male users in Mexico and Australia no longer able to initiate contact as app quietly begins to return to its feminist principles
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February 9, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Bumble dating app starts giving the first word back to women
Male users in Mexico and Australia no longer able to initiate contact as app quietly begins to return to its feminist principles, writes Patricia Clarke
https://bit.ly/4ajdY9r
Male users in Mexico and Australia no longer able to initiate contact as app quietly begins to return to its feminist principles, writes Patricia Clarke
https://bit.ly/4ajdY9r
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera
Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand, writes Andrew Rawnsley
https://bit.ly/3ZkbcvD
Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand, writes Andrew Rawnsley
https://bit.ly/3ZkbcvD
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer...
Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand
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February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera
Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand, writes Andrew Rawnsley
https://bit.ly/3ZkbcvD
Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand, writes Andrew Rawnsley
https://bit.ly/3ZkbcvD
‘The issue has come to the British Museum’s doorstep. We now expect a domino effect’
Cambridge’s return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot, Barnaby Phillips
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Cambridge’s return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot, Barnaby Phillips
https://bit.ly/3ZSN8jA
Cambridge's return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Muse...
The decision by the university's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to return looted Nigerian treasures leaves larger institutions increasingly isolated
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February 9, 2026 at 12:40 PM
‘The issue has come to the British Museum’s doorstep. We now expect a domino effect’
Cambridge’s return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot, Barnaby Phillips
https://bit.ly/3ZSN8jA
Cambridge’s return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot, Barnaby Phillips
https://bit.ly/3ZSN8jA
Generation Bateman: how the manosphere co-opted American Psycho
Thirty-five years on from the publication of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, its vain, murderous antihero has become a model for a new looks-obsessed toxic masculinity, writes Megan Nolan
https://bit.ly/3Zl4qpq
Thirty-five years on from the publication of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, its vain, murderous antihero has become a model for a new looks-obsessed toxic masculinity, writes Megan Nolan
https://bit.ly/3Zl4qpq
Generation Bateman: how the manosphere co-opted American ...
Thirty-five years on from the publication of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, its vain, murderous antihero has become a model for a new looks-obsessed toxic masculinity
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February 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Generation Bateman: how the manosphere co-opted American Psycho
Thirty-five years on from the publication of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, its vain, murderous antihero has become a model for a new looks-obsessed toxic masculinity, writes Megan Nolan
https://bit.ly/3Zl4qpq
Thirty-five years on from the publication of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, its vain, murderous antihero has become a model for a new looks-obsessed toxic masculinity, writes Megan Nolan
https://bit.ly/3Zl4qpq
Gordon Brown raised concerns over hiring of Mandelson and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore
The former prime minister wrote to Keir Starmer to express his doubts about two of key appointments, Catherine Neilan
https://bit.ly/45We2KW
The former prime minister wrote to Keir Starmer to express his doubts about two of key appointments, Catherine Neilan
https://bit.ly/45We2KW
Gordon Brown raised concerns over hiring of Mandelson and...
The former prime minister wrote to Keir Starmer to express his doubts about two of key appointments
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February 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Gordon Brown raised concerns over hiring of Mandelson and ex-Sun editor David Dinsmore
The former prime minister wrote to Keir Starmer to express his doubts about two of key appointments, Catherine Neilan
https://bit.ly/45We2KW
The former prime minister wrote to Keir Starmer to express his doubts about two of key appointments, Catherine Neilan
https://bit.ly/45We2KW
Andrew’s emails shoot down his Newsnight claim to have cut ties with Epstein
Despite what he told the BBC, a new year greeting and a confidential briefing reveal his links with Epstein were far from over, writes Jon Ungoed-Thomas
https://bit.ly/3MdeA8A
Despite what he told the BBC, a new year greeting and a confidential briefing reveal his links with Epstein were far from over, writes Jon Ungoed-Thomas
https://bit.ly/3MdeA8A
Andrew’s emails shoot down his Newsnight claim to have cu...
Despite what he told the BBC, a new year greeting and a confidential briefing reveal his links with Epstein were far from over
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February 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Andrew’s emails shoot down his Newsnight claim to have cut ties with Epstein
Despite what he told the BBC, a new year greeting and a confidential briefing reveal his links with Epstein were far from over, writes Jon Ungoed-Thomas
https://bit.ly/3MdeA8A
Despite what he told the BBC, a new year greeting and a confidential briefing reveal his links with Epstein were far from over, writes Jon Ungoed-Thomas
https://bit.ly/3MdeA8A
Playlist of the week: the best of Bad Bunny
Grammy success and a Super Bowl show: the Puerto Rican is the artist of the moment. Here are his essential tracks
https://bit.ly/4qlOQVm
Grammy success and a Super Bowl show: the Puerto Rican is the artist of the moment. Here are his essential tracks
https://bit.ly/4qlOQVm
Playlist of the week: the best of Bad Bunny | The Observer
Grammy success and a Super Bowl show: the Puerto Rican is the artist of the moment. Here are his essential tracks
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February 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Playlist of the week: the best of Bad Bunny
Grammy success and a Super Bowl show: the Puerto Rican is the artist of the moment. Here are his essential tracks
https://bit.ly/4qlOQVm
Grammy success and a Super Bowl show: the Puerto Rican is the artist of the moment. Here are his essential tracks
https://bit.ly/4qlOQVm
'Congrats to the other winners, I’ll see you in prison!'
Marine Saint on the curse of the Forbes 30 under 30
https://bit.ly/3Mv97di
Marine Saint on the curse of the Forbes 30 under 30
https://bit.ly/3Mv97di
The curse of the Forbes 30 under 30 | The Observer
Fraud and false hopes have taken the shine off the magazine’s annual celebration of young talent
bit.ly
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
'Congrats to the other winners, I’ll see you in prison!'
Marine Saint on the curse of the Forbes 30 under 30
https://bit.ly/3Mv97di
Marine Saint on the curse of the Forbes 30 under 30
https://bit.ly/3Mv97di
SpaceX IPO will be ultimate test of moonshot capitalism
Plans for astronomical AI spending sent markets reeling last week. Was it misplaced jitters or justified fear, and can Musk rise above it? Patricia Clarke reports
https://bit.ly/3O9Ymxt
Plans for astronomical AI spending sent markets reeling last week. Was it misplaced jitters or justified fear, and can Musk rise above it? Patricia Clarke reports
https://bit.ly/3O9Ymxt
SpaceX IPO will be ultimate test of moonshot capitalism
Plans for astronomical AI spending sent markets reeling last week. Was it misplaced jitters or justified fear, and can Musk rise above it?
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February 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
SpaceX IPO will be ultimate test of moonshot capitalism
Plans for astronomical AI spending sent markets reeling last week. Was it misplaced jitters or justified fear, and can Musk rise above it? Patricia Clarke reports
https://bit.ly/3O9Ymxt
Plans for astronomical AI spending sent markets reeling last week. Was it misplaced jitters or justified fear, and can Musk rise above it? Patricia Clarke reports
https://bit.ly/3O9Ymxt
The cuts, cowardice and kowtowing that gutted the Washington Post bit.ly/3OdYUCt
The cuts, cowardice and kowtowing that gutted the Washing...
Last week 300 of the paper’s journalists lost their jobs, apparently sacrificed to owner Jeff Bezos’s plan to keep Donald Trump happy. Now, the paper’s CEO is out
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February 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The cuts, cowardice and kowtowing that gutted the Washington Post bit.ly/3OdYUCt
‘What I have experienced pales in comparison with what Palestinian prisoners go through’
Palestine Action protester Zoe Rogers has no regrets after spending 18 months on remand in jail before being freed last week, writes John Simpson
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Palestine Action protester Zoe Rogers has no regrets after spending 18 months on remand in jail before being freed last week, writes John Simpson
https://bit.ly/3O13B2B
‘What I have experienced pales in comparison with what Pa...
Palestine Action protester Zoe Rogers has no regrets after spending 18 months on remand in jail before being freed last week
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February 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
‘What I have experienced pales in comparison with what Palestinian prisoners go through’
Palestine Action protester Zoe Rogers has no regrets after spending 18 months on remand in jail before being freed last week, writes John Simpson
https://bit.ly/3O13B2B
Palestine Action protester Zoe Rogers has no regrets after spending 18 months on remand in jail before being freed last week, writes John Simpson
https://bit.ly/3O13B2B
‘For God’s sake, not execution! Sir, I made a mistake, please, for God’s sake, I wasn’t doing anything’
In the glare of TV cameras, Iranians are interrogated and condemned to death, writes Ruth Michaelson
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In the glare of TV cameras, Iranians are interrogated and condemned to death, writes Ruth Michaelson
https://bit.ly/4qn5nbC
In the glare of TV cameras, Iranians are interrogated and...
Protesters and their families face the torture of real and mock executions as regime crackdown enters a grim new phase
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February 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
‘For God’s sake, not execution! Sir, I made a mistake, please, for God’s sake, I wasn’t doing anything’
In the glare of TV cameras, Iranians are interrogated and condemned to death, writes Ruth Michaelson
https://bit.ly/4qn5nbC
In the glare of TV cameras, Iranians are interrogated and condemned to death, writes Ruth Michaelson
https://bit.ly/4qn5nbC
Ghislaine Maxwell’s riches came from her father, and millions more from Epstein
A confidential report by JP Morgan released as part of the Epstein files says inheritance is the main source of her mysterious wealth, Alexi Mostrous reports
https://bit.ly/4qn1X8K
A confidential report by JP Morgan released as part of the Epstein files says inheritance is the main source of her mysterious wealth, Alexi Mostrous reports
https://bit.ly/4qn1X8K
Ghislaine Maxwell’s riches came from her father, and mill...
A confidential report by JP Morgan released as part of the Epstein files says inheritance is the main source of her mysterious wealth
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February 9, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Ghislaine Maxwell’s riches came from her father, and millions more from Epstein
A confidential report by JP Morgan released as part of the Epstein files says inheritance is the main source of her mysterious wealth, Alexi Mostrous reports
https://bit.ly/4qn1X8K
A confidential report by JP Morgan released as part of the Epstein files says inheritance is the main source of her mysterious wealth, Alexi Mostrous reports
https://bit.ly/4qn1X8K
‘Everyone knows it’s going to happen but they’re all looking around to see who will pull the trigger’
Get a grip, Labour donors warn Starmer, writes Rachel Sylvester
https://bit.ly/4qqThhT
Get a grip, Labour donors warn Starmer, writes Rachel Sylvester
https://bit.ly/4qqThhT
Get a grip, Labour donors warn Starmer | The Observer
PM under pressure to replace Morgan McSweeney, the chief of staff who paved his way to Downing Street
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February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
‘Everyone knows it’s going to happen but they’re all looking around to see who will pull the trigger’
Get a grip, Labour donors warn Starmer, writes Rachel Sylvester
https://bit.ly/4qqThhT
Get a grip, Labour donors warn Starmer, writes Rachel Sylvester
https://bit.ly/4qqThhT