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Sudden Cancellations by British Broadcasters Spark Public Backlash
British television audiences have reacted with anger and disappointment after a fresh round of abrupt cancellations by major UK broadcasters.
Clara North · 18 April 2025
The AI newsroom reckoning has begun
Publishers are quietly rebuilding their stacks around generative tools. Journalists are quietly rebelling.
Yuki Tanaka · 16 April 2025★ Subscribers
The City's fintech shakeout has finally arrived
Years of cheap money built a generation of London challengers. The next twelve months will decide which of them survive.
Helena Voss · 15 April 2025★ Subscribers
The streaming bundle wars are back — and audiences are exhausted
Three years after promising the end of cable, the giants are quietly rebuilding it. Subscribers are starting to push back.
Daniel Ashford · 14 April 2025
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Travel
Journeys, destinations and the art of going slow
The slow weekend in Lisbon: a city rediscovering its quiet corners
Beyond the tram queues and pastel de nata stalls, a different Lisbon is emerging — one that rewards travellers willing to wander.
Eleanor Whitcombe · 12 April 2025
Kyoto in the shoulder season: temples, tea rooms and zero crowds
Why November is suddenly the secret window for Britain's most determined Japan-bound travellers.
Marcus Holloway · 8 April 2025★ Subscribers
All aboard: the unlikely revival of Britain's sleeper trains
From the Caledonian to the Night Riviera, overnight rail is back — and selling out faster than ever.
Rosa Pendleton · 2 April 2025
Marrakech's riad renaissance: how the medina is reinventing itself
A new generation of designers is reshaping the city's historic courtyards — and changing who gets to stay in them.
Idris Bensalem · 28 March 2025
Entertainment
Film, music, television and the cultural conversation
The streaming bundle wars are back — and audiences are exhausted
Three years after promising the end of cable, the giants are quietly rebuilding it. Subscribers are starting to push back.
Daniel Ashford · 14 April 2025
Britain's cinemas are having a quiet boom. Nobody is talking about it
Independent screens are reporting their best year in a decade. The reasons are stranger than you might think.
Priya Chandrasekar · 9 April 2025
The vinyl second wave: why teenagers are buying records again
The format that refused to die has found a surprising new audience — and the industry is racing to catch up.
Theo Marston · 5 April 2025★ Subscribers
How the limited series quietly took over prestige television
The eight-episode arc has become the dominant unit of cultural conversation. A look inside the format remaking TV.
Sophia Amari · 30 March 2025
Business
Markets, money and the people shaping the economy
The City's fintech shakeout has finally arrived
Years of cheap money built a generation of London challengers. The next twelve months will decide which of them survive.
Helena Voss · 15 April 2025★ Subscribers
The great remote-work reset: what employers learned the hard way
Five years on from the pandemic, the rules of the office are still being written — often by the people refusing to come back.
James Okonkwo · 11 April 2025
Quietly, British manufacturing is bringing it all back home
Near-shoring was supposed to be a buzzword. New data suggests it is finally producing real factories and real jobs.
Angela Brackett · 6 April 2025
Private credit's quiet boom — and the people worried about it
The shadow lending market has tripled in size. Regulators are beginning to pay attention.
Robert McAllister · 31 March 2025★ Subscribers
Lifestyle
Food, wellbeing, design and the way we live now
Nobody Stepped In — They Just Filmed as Tempers Flared
A tense workplace argument escalated while colleagues watched and recorded instead of intervening.
Emily Carter · 3 August 2026
The quiet kitchen: cooking less, but cooking better
A new generation of home cooks is rejecting maximalism. The result is a slower, more confident way of eating.
Beatrice Holloway · 13 April 2025
Sleep is the new status symbol. The wellness industry has noticed
Eight uninterrupted hours has become the most coveted luxury good of the decade. The market is responding accordingly.
Dr Owen Hartley · 10 April 2025★ Subscribers
Running clubs are the new nightclubs. Britain's youth are sweating it out
Saturday mornings are the new Saturday nights. Inside the social phenomenon turning Britain into a nation of runners.
Adaeze Okafor · 4 April 2025
Goodbye grey: how British interior design rediscovered warmth
After a decade of monochrome, colour is creeping back into our homes. Designers explain why.
Simone Ledger · 29 March 2025
Technologies
Innovation, AI and the future being written today
UK Spy Chief Urges Action as AI Reshapes Cyber Threats
Britain’s spy chief has issued a stark warning: artificial intelligence is turbo-charging cyber attacks, and the country is racing against the clock.
GB Observer Technology Desk · 22 July 2026
Open source's second coming: why the model is suddenly winning again
After years of consolidation, open development is back at the centre of the software story. Inside an unlikely comeback.
Felix Marchetti · 12 April 2025
The smartphone plateau: why nobody is upgrading any more
Replacement cycles are at a record high. Manufacturers are racing to convince us we still need them.
Ravi Dasgupta · 7 April 2025
Europe's enormous chip bet: ambition, anxiety and a lot of money
Brussels has staked tens of billions on building a domestic semiconductor industry. The early returns are mixed.
Ines Lobato · 1 April 2025★ Subscribers