Mark Kermode takes over from Philip French as Observer’s chief film critic
Mark Kermode has been named as The Observer’s new chief film critic. The 50-year-old, best known for his BBC film…
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Man convicted after breaking into Guardian offices to take Class A drugs
A man has been convicted after breaking into The Guardian’s north London offices to take drugs, according to a local…
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Guardian chief exec Miller rejects metered paywall model and says no more redundancies planned
Uniquely among UK national newspaper publishers, Guardian News and Media has avoided compulsory redundancies. And speaking in the wake of…
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Observer defends spiked US spy story front page despite ‘concerns’ over source
The Observer has stuck by claims published over the weekend that the US secret service had struck secret espionage deals…
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Peter Preston reflects on 50 years of triumph and disaster at The Guardian and Observer
Fifty years after joining The Guardian, Peter Preston is better placed than anyone to put the paper’s recent dramas into…
ByAxegrinder: How Observer wrongly credited Panorama journalist with breaking Savile story; surprise county court exclusion; Thatcher memories
How Axegrinder broke Watergate Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre was landed in hot water by The Observer just before Christmas when…
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Former Guardian editor Peter Preston believes victims of press abuse have “totally unrealistic hopes” for what a new regulator can…
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PCC: Julie Burchill ‘rant’ against transsexuals was not in breach of Editors’ Code
The Press Complaints Commission has decided that an Observer column, described as a “disgusting” rant by an MP, was not…
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