1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (808+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 In October 2023, the founder of Palantir, Peter Thiel, took to the stage at Oxford University’s Sheldonian theatre to deliver a lecture about his book The Diversity Myth. Sitting in the front row was James Orr, an academic and,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (832+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 Keir Starmer resisted calls from the Labour party and parts of the Foreign Office to ban trade with illegal West Bank settlements for years out of fear of angering Israel. The foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, brought 11 countries on…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (555+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 As fears mount over AI safety and dependence on US labs, a survey of large UK businesses has found that more than half want greater control over sensitive data, while 29% now view “digital sovereignty” as a board-level priority....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (353+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 For a decade, the car dealership on Lombard Road in Battersea, south London, sold vehicles made by Jaguar Land Rover. No longer. The showroom, owned by the Lookers group, has been refitted as a flagship store for Omoda…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (285+ words) Sunday 13 September 2026 Houthi fighters chanting and raising rifles atop a military vehicle in Dhubab district, Taiz province, Yemen Gas prices in the UK and Europe climbed to their highest level since 2022 as a resurgence of conflict in the Middle East…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (675+ words) Wednesday 9 September 2026 Candidates interviewing for jobs at the frontier AI lab Anthropic have reported being asked a surprising question: “How would you feel if the company someday abandoned its AI ambitions for safety reasons, and that decision sent the stock…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (475+ words) Wednesday 9 September 2026 When I first heard that a rogue OpenAI agent had hacked Hugging Face, my initial reaction was scepticism. The incident sounded serious, sure: on 16 July, Hugging Face, the main platform for open source AI models and datasets, announced…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (413+ words) Where The Light Gets In: Sam Buckley’s culinary creative force observer.co.uk Monday 7 September 2026 Where The Light Gets In: Sam Buckley’s culinary creative force Stockport’s pioneering restaurateur is celebrating a decade of culinary innovation and sustainability, proving that good…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (524+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 The British Chambers of Commerce is calling on the government to cut employer national insurance contributions for all under-25s in the budget next month – a measure it says will help tackle youth employment and generate higher growth. In…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (402+ words) Saturday 5 September 2026 Hands up if you had a humble fourth official triggering the new football season’s first major refereeing row. Reasonable to have assumed, I would say, that on any pitch there would be at least three other people ahead…...