'All over social media are ads pleading for help for a disabled husband, or an elderly mother coming out of hospital.' It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer, writes Melanie Reid https://bit.ly/3ZyUEjw

Michael Imperioli: ‘To make a living in this business is pretty much miraculous’ The White Lotus star on writing novels, practising Buddhism and how a new generation is being drawn to his character from The Sopranos, writes Erica Wagner https://bit.ly/3MxUlm6

Here, there, everywhere: how PSG capitalised on fame and fortune to transcend football The French club’s new London venture – La Maison – aims to continue Les Parisiens off-pitch goals to permeate broader culture, writes Rory Smith https://bit.ly/4rbfGAM

Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water is the ambitious, abrasive work of an auteur bit.ly/4aialjU

Cash rules everything in the age of money laundering Investigations Editor Alexi Mostrous review Oliver Bullough’s Everybody Loves Our Dollars, which reveals the criminal tactics and human impact of the shadow economy https://bit.ly/4rS4ucx

Join us for an Observer Book Club evening with @naomialderman.bsky.social, award-winning author, as she discusses her latest book, Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today. Book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4adkMqg Have a question about our events? Reach out to us at [email protected]

The UK’s million pound illegal waste problem Last week an illegal waste dump was found on the outskirts of Liverpool. It’s believed to be one of the biggest of its kind ever found in the UK. But who is behind it? Listen to the Sensemaker: lnk.to/nnw4pj

It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer It’s no surprise that so many care jobs in Britain are going unfilled, when looking after pets pays more than looking after people, writes Melanie Reid https://bit.ly/3ZyUEjw

A far-right splinter in Italy offers lessons for the rest of Europe Giorgia Meloni has toned down her hardline politics in government. This has created an opening for a more extreme figure to threaten her coalition, writes Hannah Roberts https://bit.ly/4aLEBFl

Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still AWOL The resultant uncertainty is Tehran’s last point of leverage, writes Ruth Michaelson https://bit.ly/3OzmCcw

'Dear Keir, I’m 28, unemployed and the world’s No 1 Keir Starmer superfan. I know all your speeches off by heart, and I’m considering getting your face tattooed on my chest. Weirdly, my family have staged multiple interventions. Should I ignore them?' https://bit.ly/4axvdUE

The naked dress trend is a bum steer on the red carpet bit.ly/4rPqLHW

Paperback of the week: The Virago Book of Friendship edited by Rachel Cooke bit.ly/3MlU7hW

Snap happy: a century of photo booths bit.ly/4kna9Vp

'All over social media are ads pleading for help for a disabled husband, or an elderly mother coming out of hospital.' It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer, writes Melanie Reid https://bit.ly/3ZyUEjw

Thomas Frank, the right man that went wrong at Tottenham Hotspur Failure may be a harsh term for the Dane’s tenure at Spurs, but Frank never sold the fans a coherent vision of what could have been, writes Rory Smith https://bit.ly/4rbH41A

Struggling for punters and prizes, British horse racing might fall at the last Racetrack closures, climate change and fewer flutters appear to be consigning the ‘sport of kings’ to the knacker’s yard, writes Martha Gill https://bit.ly/4reQcTl

Chelsea’s dismissal of Paul Green is a Clearlake sledgehammer to the women’s team bit.ly/4rKoHR9

Thomas Frank, the right man that went wrong at Tottenham Hotspur Failure may be a harsh term for the Dane’s tenure at Spurs, but Frank never sold the fans a coherent vision of what could have been, Rory Smith https://bit.ly/4rbH41A

Kyiv under siege: ‘I try to sleep as much as possible, then you don’t notice the hunger’ Repeated Russian attacks have brought misery in Ukraine’s bitterly cold winter, but its citizens remain defiant, Liz Cookman https://bit.ly/4tKkNtJ

One day prior to the UK publication date for Nation of Strangers @theobserveruk.bsky.social published our conversation with @seanohaganmusic.bsky.social Here we go observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Albums of the week: Mandy, Indiana, Daphni, Howling Bells, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, plus Fakemink bit.ly/3O02oIU

Michael Imperioli: ‘To make a living in this business is pretty much miraculous’ The White Lotus star on writing novels, practising Buddhism and how a new generation is being drawn to his character from The Sopranos, writes Erica Wagner https://bit.ly/3MxUlm6

Here, there, everywhere: how PSG capitalised on fame and fortune to transcend football The French club’s new London venture – La Maison – aims to continue Les Parisiens off-pitch goals to permeate broader culture, writes Rory Smith https://bit.ly/4rbfGAM

Join us for an Observer Book Club evening with @naomialderman.bsky.social, award-winning author, as she discusses her latest book, Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today. Book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4adkMqg Have a question about our events? Reach out to us at [email protected]

Ken Burns: ‘Things don’t work out for tyrants in the end’ Erica Wagner walked with the film-maker - they discussed the power of narrative, the importance of facts and his own history of telling America’s story to itself https://bit.ly/45UMc1K

Mismatch: Bumble vs the men’s rights activists The dating app Bumble built its identity on a promise: women make the first move. In this episode, The Observer uncovers a legal campaign by men’s rights activists that helped dismantle that premise. Listen now: lnk.to/NtMX9c

"I think we should call it the Minneapolis massacre, and Paul Revere should come back from the dead and do an engraving showing our guy being shot" — how fortunate I was to talk to the great Ken Burns for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/interna...

‘Betraying his country’: 19-year-old Iranian footballer on death row for protesting Family of Amir Hossein Ghaderzadeh say the teenager was sentenced to hang after taking part in sweeping anti-government demonstrations, Chloe Hadjimatheou reports https://bit.ly/4qqS4ak

It’s easier to find a dog-walker than a carer It’s no surprise that so many care jobs in Britain are going unfilled, when looking after pets pays more than looking after people, writes Melanie Reid https://bit.ly/3ZyUEjw

Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still AWOL The resultant uncertainty is Tehran’s last point of leverage, writes Ruth Michaelson https://bit.ly/3OzmCcw

Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still AWOL bit.ly/4rCr7Bo

Struggling for punters and prizes, British horse racing might fall at the last bit.ly/45XXGS1

The best places to try unusual and new wines bit.ly/4c5n2kX

Rising water table threatens homes as rain turns biblical bit.ly/4qXAziS

Kyiv under siege: ‘I try to sleep as much as possible, then you don’t notice the hunger’ Repeated Russian attacks have brought misery in Ukraine’s bitterly cold winter, but its citizens remain defiant, Liz Cookman https://bit.ly/4tKkNtJ

Wines of the week: how to make the most of the orange wine trend bit.ly/46Jqaz9

It’s years too late, but at least Ed Davey is learning from the Epstein horror The Lib Dem leader has finally taken action against a peer who was at the centre of 2013 inquiry involving complaints by four women, writes Kate Malby https://bit.ly/45SQSoI

The ‘slick’ assassination of Gaddafi Jr Bloody chapter in Libya’s history closes with the fatal shooting of Saif al-Islam. What prompted the killing of the playboy turned would-be leader? Barry Malone reports https://bit.ly/3ZUdT7d

Bad Bunny: the planet’s biggest star has Trump fuming The Puerto Rican used his Grammy speech to bash ICE. Now his Super Bowl half-time show is dividing the US, writes Barbara Ellen https://bit.ly/4r34Xbw

Lords reform to be tackled by new group of MPs After The Observer raised the alarm, a new group aims to address filibustering and how to strip disgraced peers of their titles more quickly, writes Catherine Neilan https://bit.ly/45VjXjl

Spotify is strangling the music industry – bands like mine must make a stand Artists are being ripped off by streaming services in a business that is more unfair, uncreative and exclusive than ever, writes Gareth David https://bit.ly/4kuzTiv

The curse of the Forbes 30 under 30 Fraud and false hopes have taken the shine off the magazine’s annual celebration of young talent, writes Marine Saint https://bit.ly/3Mv97di

Bumble dating app starts giving the first word back to women Male users in Mexico and Australia no longer able to initiate contact as app quietly begins to return to its feminist principles, writes Patricia Clarke https://bit.ly/4ajdY9r

The Peter Mandelson scandal has turned ‘No drama Starmer’ into a lurid soap opera Fierce questions about the prime minister’s judgment are daggers to the heart of what is supposed to be his core brand, writes Andrew Rawnsley https://bit.ly/3ZkbcvD

‘The issue has come to the British Museum’s doorstep. We now expect a domino effect’ Cambridge’s return of 100 Benin bronzes puts British Museum on the spot, Barnaby Phillips https://bit.ly/3ZSN8jA

The cuts, cowardice and kowtowing that gutted the Washington Post Last week 300 of the paper’s journalists lost their jobs, apparently sacrificed to owner Jeff Bezos’s plan to keep Donald Trump happy. Now, the paper’s CEO is out https://bit.ly/4r9QbQA

Mismatch: Bumble vs the men’s rights activists The dating app Bumble built its identity on a promise: women make the first move. In this episode, The Observer uncovers a legal campaign by men’s rights activists that helped dismantle that premise. Listen now: lnk.to/NtMX9c

‘Betraying his country’: 19-year-old Iranian footballer on death row for protesting Family of Amir Hossein Ghaderzadeh say the teenager was sentenced to hang after taking part in sweeping anti-government demonstrations, Chloe Hadjimatheou reports https://bit.ly/4qqS4ak

'Congrats to the other winners, I’ll see you in prison!' Marine Saint on the curse of the Forbes 30 under 30 https://bit.ly/3Mv97di