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How The Salt Path dissolved into allegations of lies, theft and betrayal

The bestselling memoir was hailed as a moving true story of love resilience and the healing power of nature. But now its author Raynor Winn faces extraordinary allegations – raising doubts over whether the heartwarming journey was too good to be true after all, writes Maira Butt

The Independent UK

The Salt Path is a box office hit. Will its takings – and its Oscar hopes – now fall off a cliff?

The film adaptation of Winn’s book, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, quickly became the third most successful UK movie of the year. What happens now?

The Guardian - UK

Whatever the truth of The Salt Path, I know why people wanted to believe it

As questions are asked about the bestselling memoir, is the demand for hope-over-hardship stories outstripping reality, asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

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Did The Salt Path Bestselling Author Lie About Being Homeless? Writer Also Accused of Embezzling £64K

Raynor Winn faces claims of embezzlement and exaggeration in her bestselling memoir, The Salt Path. Fans are heartbroken—was it all a lie? Read the full story.

International Business Times UK

The Salt Path author Raynor Winn dropped by charity amid lies and embezzlement claims

‘Too many questions remain unanswered,’ said the charity in a statement

The Independent UK

Author of bestselling memoir The Salt Path accused of lying

Raynor Winn is claimed to have taken ‘around £64,000’ from a former employer and lied about being homeless – accusations that Winn calls ‘highly misleading’

The Guardian - UK

Author of best-seller The Salt Path accused of embezzling money before losing house

Representatives for the couple at the centre of the story have called the accusations ‘misleading’

The Independent UK

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The Salt Path author 'stole £64,000 before losing house after failing to pay off debt'

An investigation by the Observer has raised doubts about the best-selling memoir, which has has spawned a movie adaptation

Evening Standard

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our July/August 2025 Issue

A note from the editor-in-chief

Texas Observer

Moonlighting Midland Prosecutor Means Freedom for Samuel Sanchez

“He just cried. He was just overwhelmed with emotion.”

Texas Observer

Unknown novel by writer who charted Hitler’s rise becomes German bestseller

Sebastian Haffner’s love story set in final days of Weimar Republic published more than nine decades after it was written

The Guardian - UK

This Session’s Worst Anti-Abortion Bill Died, but Pro-Choice Advocates Aren’t Celebrating

Following mixed results for both sides, the far right says it won’t give up on targeting what little abortion access remains in Texas.

Texas Observer

Texas Quietly Downsizes Border Security Spending

But outlays remain far above state funding prior to the Operation Lone Star era.

Texas Observer

Will Texas Workers Ever Get a Break from the Summer Heat?

A long-awaited hearing on a proposed OSHA heat protection rule is set for June 16, but workers are uncertain to get relief under Trump.

Texas Observer

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Ronnie Dugger, trailblazing founder of The Texas Observer, dies at 95

Dugger launched the Observer, a fixture of the Texas media landscape known for its decidedly progressive lens to state affairs, in 1954.

Texas Observer

Ronnie Dugger, 1930-2025

The Observer's crusading founding editor—a prolific author and agitator who helped animate the spirit of a true Texas liberalism—has died at 95.

The National (Scotland)

Is the UK Government going to 'scrap the two-child benefit cap'?

THE Scottish Government have already pledged to mitigate Westminster’s two-child benefit cap, but UK Labour appears to have got in a muddle over…

Texas Observer

‘You Don’t Have to Kill Us. You Don’t Have to Throw Us Away.’

Clinton Young spent nearly two decades condemned to die. His peaceful, productive time out on bond poses questions about how Texas decides who lives long enough to get another chance.

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Texas Observer

Texas Already Gives Public Ed Dollars to Private Operators. Here’s How That Worked Out.

The state created “Texas Partnership” charter schools to turn around struggling public campuses, but an Observer investigation has uncovered numerous academic and financial issues.

Texas Observer

Will Dan Patrick’s Senate Stymie Fentanyl Test Strip Legalization (Again)?

Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session—two years and at least 3,200 Texas overdose deaths ago.

Texas Observer

The Crypto Racket

Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.

The Guardian - UK

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Texas Observer

Texas Police Are Slowly Joining What Could Be a ‘Giant ICE Army’

New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await federal training.

Texas Observer

A White School Officer Pepper-Sprayed and Kneed a Black Beaumont Student, Complaint Says. Will Feds Act?

Trump's gutting of the Education Department could stymie justice for 17-year-old Ja’Liyah Celestine.

The Guardian - UK

I’ve just been housed. Now I’m paying someone else’s debt on my prepay meter

In her final Your Problems column for the Observer, Anna Tims hears from a refugee suffering at the hands of British Gas

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