Reclaim your brain: why it’s time to stop scrolling our lives away
Let’s be honest – many of us are unhappy with the excessive time we spend on our phones. We’re here to help with a brand new series and newsletter
Could exercise pills help create a healthier society?
Finding drugs that mimic the benefits of a workout has long been a goal of science. As a new trial begins, the hope is to assist not just the time-poor or the lazy but elderly people and those with disease or disability
What’s in store for 2024? Read our experts’ predictions, from Trump 2.0 to a super el Niño
Will KJ-T strike Olympic gold? Will Sunak go for an early election? How much will Taylor Swift fans bring to the UK economy? From tech to fashion, food to politics, the Observer’s top writers predict who and what will make the headlines
Don’t flake, don’t dump friends and don’t hold grudges: experts on what not to do in 2024
Guardian writers including Marina Hyde, John Crace (and a few other successful types) reveal what they won’t be doing in the coming year
Why 2024 will be the year of ‘curated chaos’
Fashion is abandoning prim and perfect for a look that feels disorderly and real. But can we really believe this vision of simulated authenticity?
From Passages to Priscilla: film’s biggest fashion moments in 2023
Whether it’s leather jackets loaded with meaning or Emma Stone’s enormous sleeves, costumes are crucial to the look and feel of a movie. We look at the best onscreen clothing of the year
I was shocked: my husband was using AI to write our children’s bedtime stories
I was impressed as his stories grew ever more inventive and responsive to our kids’ demands. Then I learned his secret
From Barbie to Cameron: the most memorable comebacks of 2023
Observer writers choose the outstanding returns of the year in the worlds of politics, fashion, sport and film
If you were given a Google Street View image of anywhere on Earth, could you identify the location?
The competitors at the GeoGuessr World Cup can do just that. The clues are in brick houses, distinctive trousers and unusual telegraph poles
Barbie, Beatles and Bankman-Fried: how well do you remember 2023? – quiz
Why did MCC members see red? Who turned down Elton? And what hobby did the CEO of Goldman Sachs have to give up? Test your recall with our festive puzzlers
The couch surfing predator: how a group of women were drugged and assaulted – then fought back
Dino Maglio, a former Italian police officer, opened up his home to young women travellers, many of whom suffered at his hands. As scattered as they were, legal action seemed impossible. But as their numbers grew, so too did their determination ...
‘Hypnotically terrible’: readers on 15 so-bad-they’re-brilliant Christmas movies
Whether you want to watch the story of a killer shark, a royal romance or a long-eared donkey, these films have got you covered
Marvel, crypto, Tucker Carlson: eight of 2023’s most spectacular downfalls
Experts on tech, politics and culture weigh in on the year the hype faded and what could come next
The big 2023 quiz of the year
Barbie was on the big screen, Taylor Swift on the airwaves… How well do you remember the year that was?
South-east Asia’s quirky, sweary shopping stars cashing in on livestream selling
Presenters walk the aisles of supermarkets and small shops offering what they can find