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Nels Abbey

The Guardian

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Dear Suella: I was born in London and raised in Oxfordshire. What do you reckon – can I be English?

Dear Suella: I was born in London and raised in Oxfordshire. What do you reckon – can I be English?
05.03.2025 40

The Guardian

Nels Abbey

Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white

In years to come, we might call it the Steinbeck problem. Of Mice and Men is one of the most banned books in the United States and will no longer...

06.01.2025 30

The Guardian

Nels Abbey

It’s easier than you think to get the measure of Kemi Badenoch – just ask around in Nigeria

The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, recently went viral over her comments on the perfidy of sandwiches and “moist bread” in an interview with the...

19.12.2024 10

The Guardian

Nels Abbey

Ed Sheeran, Fuse ODG: do they know they’re dead right about Band Aid? Africa needs more than a singalong

Hey y’all: listen up to the chartbusting, pop-pickin’, time-addled DJ: “Yes indeed, Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas is back with a bang, a...

19.11.2024 30

The Guardian

Nels Abbey

Why white working-class Britons should fight to secure colonial slavery reparations

So it’s a “no” to reparations, yet again. No to repairing the damage done by the gravest and longest-sustained of human rights abuses, says Keir...

28.10.2024 40

The Guardian

Nels Abbey

When a Heinz advert features racist stereotypes to sell pasta sauce, it’s vital to speak out. So I did

It’s Black History Month, one dedicated to reclaiming narratives. It also happens to be a month before the 140th anniversary of the plotting phase...

08.10.2024 30

The Guardian

Nels Abbey

A question bugged me: what would I say if I met the talented Mr Kwarteng? Here’s how that turned out

When the chips are down, the pen is a little dry or I’ve needed a cheap laugh from an unforgiving audience, over the best part of the past 14 years...

24.08.2024 4

The Guardian

Nels Abbey