6 Facts About The Observer

1. In May 2017 The Observer helped sponsor The Convention on Brexit.

2. The Observer was named the British Press Awards National Newspaper of the Year for 2006.

3. The Observer was awarded the National Newspaper of the Year at the British Press Awards 2007.

4. Content from The Observer is included in The Guardian Weekly for an international readership.

5. In 2003, The Observer interviewed the Iraqi colonel who had arrested and interrogated Bazoft and who was convinced that Bazoft was not a spy.

6. Under Astor's editorship The Observer became the first national newspaper to oppose the government's 1956 invasion of Suez, a move which cost it many readers.