How much does where you grow up shape your chances? Our new tool lets you compare postcodes across education, health and poverty – and see the childhood lottery mapped across the country. observer.co.uk/news/national…

AI will hollow out the City but must be embraced, says tech investor bit.ly/4B6mR2L

How rugby rallied and remembered its heroes after horrific Aberfan disaster bit.ly/4jnbOvC

If we pull the plug on heat pumps, dictators like Putin win bit.ly/3Uvk6aJ

If the struggle for our attention is a war, then it’s also a war on reading. And if it’s winning against sleep and eating, then what hope is there for books? Read Tom Gatti's latest newsletter: bit.ly/4yWP6PH

"The adverts will come for your name, eventually, watch out. The adverts will come for all of our names." Read more as Joel Golby explores how adverts are increasingly using common male names as a punchline, turning everyday monikers into symbols of inadequacy bit.ly/4dHF5h4

"What I realised when writing this book is that my biggest fear is lack of control" The shock-rocker on reconciling his work with his Christianity, his new memoir and his two great passions: golf and snakes bit.ly/4k2ltb9

Kiell Smith-Bynoe tells Rich Pelley the last time he cried, the last time he stole something, and the last time he had sex... bit.ly/4seWIL4

John Swinney told the SNP party conference on Saturday that the “stars are aligning” in favour of Scottish independence. Read more as Fred Harter explores what that means: bit.ly/3Wyzm7b

"In the past few weeks, there have been a string of attacks on journalists. For me, this subject is personal, but these incidents also reveal how reliant Israelis are on the international media for coverage of the actions of their own government in the run-up to the election." Read @msrmichaelson's election diary: bit.ly/4itmkR2

The war for attention is also a war on reading Books are struggling against the smartphone, whose assault on our attention is more sophisticated and ruthless. We need to fight back ✍️ Tom Gatti bit.ly/4yWP6PH

Alice Cooper: ‘Macbeth is much nastier than my stage show’ The shock-rocker on reconciling his work with his Christianity, his new memoir and his two great passions: golf and snakes bit.ly/4k2ltb9

Despite the SNP’s claims, attitudes have not shifted on Scottish independence The party has renewed its push for a second referendum bit.ly/3Wyzm7b

Embattled and barred: the fate of foreign reporters at the hands of Israel The Israeli election is widely seen as a referendum on the country’s conduct in the war in Gaza. Attacks on journalists suggest the government is reluctant for the world to know what is going on Read @msrmichaelson's Israel election diary: bit.ly/4itmkR2

Why do advertisers keep turning our names into jokes? Adverts are increasingly using common male names as a punchline, turning everyday monikers into symbols of inadequacy ✍️ @joelgolby bit.ly/4dHF5h4

Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘The last time I had sex? Friday. With the makeup artist’ The actor and comedian, 37, was born in London and is best known for playing Mike in Ghosts and Dean in Stath Lets Flats. Ghosts: The Possession of Button House bit.ly/4seWIL4

O, Really? The Observer Magazine’s weekly quiz bit.ly/47rBtfp

Schools are teaching beauty and ethics to defend pupils against AI bit.ly/4zEas4u

Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘The last time I had sex? Friday. With the makeup artist’ bit.ly/4839dQu