Richard Heller writes: Austin Mitchell supported Denis Healey’s campaign to become deputy Labour leader in 1981
May 2020
Viewpoint column
For all his woes, at least Sunak does not need to worry about stagflation
Larry Elliott
The chancellor now has the option to raise the minimum wage above inflation, but probably won’t take it
March 2019
'The most tremendous result': how Tony Benn celebrated losing to Denis Healey
Audio diaries reveal how Labour leftwinger celebrated ‘popularity without power’ after losing deputy leadership race in 1981
August 2018
Give credit where it’s due to Edna Healey
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Hamsters and the chocolate torture treatment
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Gardening with the red trousers brigade
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The summer hat that tops them all
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Beer for 50p a pint? Who would Alan and Eve it?
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Influential women missing from the list
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Electric cars go like clockwork for me
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World history seen via a shop window
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Macron and May dress up their differences
The taxman cometh: Denis Healey’s surprise Tyneside visit
When Denis Healey got stuck in the bog
September 2017
The fluid nature of political reputations
Letters: Norrie MacQueen says the reputations of former Labour leaders are being constantly revised; while Dick Muskett puts the record straight on Clement Attlee’s war record
March 2017
Gerald Kaufman’s key role in Labour’s revival
Back to the future on industrial policy
February 2016
Greenslade
Did national papers' pro-European bias in 1975 affect the referendum?
Roy Greenslade
Overwhelming vote in favour of remaining in the Market followed a prolonged press campaign that urged 45m readers to vote ‘yes’
December 2015
The Observer's obituaries of 2015
Denis Healey remembered by Shirley Williams
His one-time Labour colleague recalls the former chancellor’s political bravery, vast knowledge and daft humour
