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Tory jitters about Truss: ‘She will just come across as Boris without the charm’

As Starmer leads in polls for best PM, Lib Dems have formed attack unit to push for victory in blue wall seats

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022

Labour surges as Tory fears grow over Truss’s tax cut agenda

Likely PM’s policies will mean ‘big trouble’, say critics, as Starmer’s energy price initiative boosts him in polls

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022

Irvine Welsh: ‘Everything has become so shouty’

The Trainspotting author on his new novel’s transgender storyline, using humour to give his readers a break and the debt he owes to Evelyn Waugh

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2022

Loon Star State: Moloch

In his latest political cartoon for the Observer, Ben Sargent considers the violent religious beliefs of the modern Republican party.

Texas Observer · Aug 19, 2022

Karen Joy Fowler: ‘I resolved to stop pretending I’d read books I hadn’t, like Moby Dick’

The Booker-nominated author on discovering Jane Austen, taking a crash course in Moby-Dick and falling for fairytales

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022

‘We’ve gotten used to air strikes’: A Syrian documents Russian attacks in Idlib

Russian forces, alongside Syrian regime forces, have been intensively bombing civilian areas in northwestern Syria since 2013. Despite several ceasefire agreements signed between 2013 and 2021, the Russian military has still been dropping illegal munitions and has carried out thousands of air strikes targeting civilian areas. Our Observer, who lives…

France 24 · Aug 16, 2022

Ivo van Hove: ‘UK’s theatres can teach its politicians a lesson about life after Brexit’

As the Belgian director brings his new production of A Little Life to Edinburgh, he says the British stage has been brilliant at maintaining links with Europe

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

Nostalgia for Boris Johnson as Tories lose enthusiasm for Liz Truss

This week’s hustings show many members are unenthusiastic about Sunak or Truss – and might even prefer the current PM

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

‘What’s the alternative? To give up?’: Bella Lack, the new queen of green

Bella Lack, a leading voice in the next generation of environmentalists, is on a mission to redefine activism. She talks about optimism, collective responsibility and finishing her A-levels

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

Drought in England could carry on into new year, experts warn

Without lots of heavy rain in autumn and winter, water restrictions could be tightened even further

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022