Parliament has to act now to stop Theresa May’s desperate deal

Prime minister says vote is ‘famous recent example’ of ‘instinct of the people … to choose freedom’

Liberty Choirs help prisoners build their futures and give them a space to feel safe in

Every shred of political energy is being tied up in Brexit, with detrimental effects on a nation facing other urgent social and economic challenges

A few dozen boat people desperate to reach our shores are met with hostility. Where is compassion?

A friend and colleague recalls the life and well loved times of the Observer writer, who died last week at 60

Stories of Conservative sleaze appear to be having an impact as Keir Starmer faces his first electoral test as Labour leader on 6 May

The government made many mistakes in its response to the pandemic. We need to know that it is learning from them

My TV interview went viral with more than 4m hits, but my message was somehow lost

Tributes paid to ‘one of the greatest foreign correspondents’ of a generation

To mark the Guardian's 200th birthday, an array of names from culture, science, politics and activism wish us a happy birthday and celebrate the impact we've had on their lives and careers

Here’s how to minimise the impact of the pandemic on young people

Eighty years ago the worst conflict in history began. It killed about 3% of the human race: up to 85 million people. Some 55 million of those were civilians

Leader of the Church of England attacks asylum scheme as charities stress that children could be among those shipped to Africa

He could put Rambo and Rimbaud in the same sentence, virtually invented TV criticism – and, from his one-liners to his epic poems, shot an Aussie rocket into the English language. Robert McCrum pays...

Some nations have suppressed the virus. Others have stabilised their outbreaks. In the UK, infections are soaring again. Why?

Umm Sayyaf, sentenced to death in Iraq, tells how she exposed fugitive’s secrets

The late Observer journalist elevated sports reporting into an art form

With his lies and hypocrisy, the prime minister has corrupted and degraded the Tory party from the highest office

The Observer and Guardian writer, who has died of cancer aged 48, will be remembered for her passion and courage, says her news editor

What next for John Bercow – Speaker for 10 years, and a household name thanks to Brexit? One thing he knows is that it won’t be Strictly…

The Brexit party’s success is built on the US model of attacking liberal institutions as blocks on the path of justice and freedom