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Annie Nightingale: Radio 1’s first female DJ and champion of new music dies aged 83

The broadcaster’s family said she died at home on 11 January following a short illness and described her as a ‘pioneer, trailblazer and inspiration to many’

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Zadie Smith and Paul Murray on shortlist for Writers’ prize

Other authors in contention for the award, previously known as the Rathbones Folio prize, include Naomi Klein and Observer art critic Laura Cumming

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More than £1.25m donated as Guardian and Observer appeal enters final week

More than 11,300 readers have so far donated to campaign in support of refugee and asylum seeker charities

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Texas Observer: Covering What Others Won’t

From reader to publisher, Carlton Carl has been part of the Texas Observer for most of its 70 years. A look back at his time with us.

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Revealed: police refusing requests for background checks on violent partners

Observer analysis reveals forces in England and Wales are leaving people at risk by rejecting Clare’s law checks on suspected abusers

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Headteachers may refuse Ofsted entry due to fears for teachers’ mental health

New chief Sir Martyn Oliver announces pause in visits but schools claim training for inspectors on alleviating stress is not sufficient

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‘Nobody can disturb us here’: Refugees start afresh in Manchester thanks to charity’s support

Boaz Trust, a member of one of the Guardian and Observer 2023 charity appeal partners, gets people back on their feet

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Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon review – classical tragedy as a Celtic caper

This clever debut uses a modern Irish vernacular for the tale of mismatched buddies staging Medea with Athenian prisoners in ancient Syracuse

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Derek Draper obituary

Political adviser during the New Labour era until the 1998 Lobbygate scandal who became a psychotherapist

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes review – wonder lust

From the Great Pyramid at Giza to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, a thrilling journey in the footsteps of the ancients

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Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – at the end of the world

Fraught themes of maternal ambivalence and ecological crisis are explored in this intense apocalypse story

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Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie review – an optimist’s guide to the climate crisis

This book is full of pragmatic, hopeful solutions to environmental challenges. But is there something missing?

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The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli review – a tsar is born

The imagined life story of a shadowy Kremlin insider offers a chilling perspective on Putin’s Russia

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Hyper by Agri Ismaïl review – the tidal forces of money

A Kurdish family is uprooted and blown around the globe in this flinty and ambitious debut of big, heady ideas

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A Farage farrago, crypto crime and rivers of cash: the 2023 Observer business awards

Bank boss Alison Rose, Binance’s Changpeng Zhao, Sarah Bentley of Thames Water and OpenAI’s Sam Altman feature highly on this year’s prestigious honours list

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Feast your eyes, feed your soul: the 31-day art diet for January

Brighten up dark January with our one-a-day selection of works of art chosen and introduced by the Observer’s art critic

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Grenfell families ‘left in limbo’ lash out at delays to decision on demolition

Residents say ministers have wasted six years and ‘dodged’ making plan for tower since fire claimed 72 lives

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Tenants left living in squalor in Britain as landlords escape heavy fines

Exclusive: housing association payouts over failures to fix life-threatening mould and damp average only £445

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‘The worst meeting I have ever had’: why a Kindertransport hero rejected a film about his life

As One Life is released, producer says that Nicholas Winton – the ‘British Schindler’ who saved 669 children – was reluctant for his story to be told

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You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue review – the birth of Mexico

Real events are compressed into one extraordinary day as Spanish conquistadors penetrate the heart of Aztec civilisation, in a novel of hallucinatory vividness

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Francis Spufford: ‘It was the sorrow of my life at age 10 that there wasn’t one more Narnia book to read’

The author on learning to read with JRR Tolkien, being in awe of Patricia Lockwood and the comforts of Katherine Addison

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Why? The Purpose of the Universe by Philip Goff review – a real poser

An ingenious and accessible discussion of a big question we’ll never answer – the reason for our existence

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My Friends by Hisham Matar review – the pain of exile

This delicate novel explores the bonds between three Libyan men living in London, far away from their homeland

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Shame: The Politics and Power of an Emotion by David Keen review – Trumpism’s lifeblood

An intriguing analysis of the driving force behind rightwing populism

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Guardian and Observer charity appeal hits £1m in reader donations

More than 8,500 readers have so far given to charities providing help to refugees and asylum seekers

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