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Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – staring death in the face

The American writer’s vivid and generous third novel, in which a poet is hospitalised by a near-fatal illness, is full of rich, universal themes

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Revealed: Premier League’s £100,000 ‘freebies’ operation to target cabinet and MPs amid battle over new regulator

English football’s top league and clubs handed Keir Starmer and nine cabinet ministers tickets worth thousands of pounds as it ramped up campaign against watchdog

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in September

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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Biggest drop in UK manufacturing confidence since March 2020; eurozone inflation hits three-year low – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as UK factory growth slows and eurozone inflation dips below 2%

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‘Are you good in bed?’ Jilly Cooper on horses, lefties and which fictional character she would like to sleep with

As her much-loved story Rivals is turned into a lavish Disney+ production, the author answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including David Tennant, Caitlin Moran and Gillian Anderson

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Dame Maggie Smith: ‘the complete actor’

The former cabaret star, who died on Friday aged 89, dazzled in everything from Shakespeare to Harry Potter

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Keir Starmer hits new low in personal popularity ratings

Latest Opinium poll for the Observer shows Labour leader got the opposite of a ‘bounce’ from Liverpool party conference

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Jamaican teachers at leading UK academy chain paid less than their British colleagues

Schools that are part of the Harris Federation accused of taking too long to help staff get UK teaching qualification

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German far-right politician accused of using political prisoners as cheap labour in Belarus

Reports of dissenters working for £4 a day on onion plantation owned by Saxony state parliament AfD member Jörg Dornau

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‘Like celebrity reality TV where you don’t recognise the celebrities’: senior Tories fear next leader won’t survive long

Conservative grandees at the conference in Birmingham fear that none of the candidates can unite the party’s factions

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‘This Weird, Messy State We All Love in Spite of Ourselves’

Abby Rapoport continued a family tradition of making the Texas Observer possible—by filling just about every role the organization has.

Texas Observer

Netanyahu’s lethal bombs will turn Lebanon into another Gaza. He must be brought down now

The Israeli leader needs forever wars to keep himself in power. Innocent lives just don’t matter, says Simon Tisdall, the foreign affairs commentator of the Observer

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Solidarity from Solitary and Beyond

Texans are organizing inside and outside of prisons to empower incarcerated workers, who labor in dangerous conditions without pay.

Texas Observer

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The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle review – his best yet

In the third outing for Paula Spencer – mother, alcoholic, domestic abuse survivor – Doyle captures her strength and vulnerability in prose that radiates energy and life

International Business Times

UK's Starmer Rules Out Austerity As Labour Conference Opens

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to protect public services and ruled out austerity measures as his Labour party's annual conference kicked off on Sunday, its first in 15 years as a governing party.

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‘Affordable’ shared-ownership homes cost residents more than half their wages

Many people now feel trapped despite major provider’s guidance that mortgage, rent and service charges should not exceed 40% of take-home pay

The Independent UK

Starmer and Gray took football freebie in latest gifts row

Keir Starmer has opened the Labour conference with a defence of his gift-taking but is facing questions about hospitality at another football match

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‘Scam and scandal’: ex-aid chief raises alarm over £4bn Tory asylum contracts

The former top civil servant at the Department for International Development has warned a lack of oversight in spending echoes corrupt contracts awarded during Covid

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The Observer view on Mohamed Al Fayed: despite #MeToo, women are still at the mercy of powerful predators

The web of fear woven by the former Harrods boss shows that men with money and power continue to pose a problem

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There goes the honeymoon: stunned Labour heads to conference in a spin

Rows over freebies and hints of unrest in No 10 have soured the mood of July’s victory – and the poll numbers are plunging already

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Keir Starmer now less popular than Rishi Sunak, poll suggests

Opinium poll for the Observer finds a 45-point drop in the prime minister’s approval rating since he won the election

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Keir Starmer vows to protect public services from fresh austerity

Prime minister insists he offers more than ‘doom and gloom’ but admits that leaks and squabbles are damaging the Downing Street operation

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Madonna given standing ovation at Dolce & Gabbana’s Milan tribute show

The pop superstar goes back decades with Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, and appeared in head-to-toe D&G

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Crime victims in UK fight ‘devastating’ practice that stops appeal after a case is dropped

Senior law officers urged to intervene over potential wrongful acquittals when Crown Prosecution Service offers no evidence

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