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Zoe Williams

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‘Boobgate’ tells us nothing about Zack Polanski

‘Boobgate’ tells us nothing about Zack Polanski

We need to talk about boob hypnosis. Did you know that hypnosis can help you make healthier dietary choices, and with the right balance of protein,...

03.03.2026 9

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UK politicians are in a race to the bottom – but there is a simple, unexpected way to help refugees

UK politicians are in a race to the bottom – but there is a simple, unexpected way to help refugees

Nigel Farage is worried about democracy. Specifically, he’s worried about his Reform party losing the Gorton and Denton byelection, feeling that...

02.03.2026 6

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Great news! Bookies think Labour can win the next election. Bad news! It’s down to Elon Musk

It’s just one bookie and it’s just one February day in the week of a chaotic byelection, but it’s happened: for the first time in 18 months,...

25.02.2026 5

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Why are my friends so opinionated about reading glasses? I blame denial

In the middle of my 20s, there was a fierce baldness debate, just among the men: if one went bald, did it make them all look old? And if so, did that...

24.02.2026 8

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Award ceremonies can be anodyne – but Prince William’s Bafta moment broke through

The rule on a red carpet or a parti-coloured podium is that none of the victors say anything about politics. None of the surrounding players – the...

23.02.2026 30

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What exactly is it about Britons that makes us so good at hurtling down an icy drainpipe?

It’s amazing how fast you can become a passionate superfan of a sport that five minutes before, you thought was called luge. Turns out the...

17.02.2026 100

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Nothing says the ‘special relationship’ is over like this picture of Donald Trump and Liz Truss

When Liz Truss tweeted a photo of herself standing next to Donald Trump, she captioned it “right about everything”. All that effort, all that...

16.02.2026 150

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Ben Jennings on Keir Starmer’s future – cartoon

11.02.2026 5

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If Starmer’s prospective top civil servant really is the ‘queen of woke’, let’s agree that word has lost all meaning

11.02.2026 5

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This is my first Valentine’s Day as a single person since 1994 – and I can’t wait

10.02.2026 5

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Ben Jennings on the growing pressure on Keir Starmer – cartoon

09.02.2026 20

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France’s letters to 29-year-olds to remind them to have babies is a spectacular missing of the point

09.02.2026 20

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Jilly Cooper made everyone feel special – and her memorial was the perfect tribute

03.02.2026 9

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The Epstein files expose just how cheap corruption is in the UK

02.02.2026 7

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Matt Goodwin is the most extreme Reform candidate yet. How Labour and the Greens react will define them

28.01.2026 8

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Victoria Beckham has trademarked her kids’ names – and my dog is not happy about it

27.01.2026 9

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Pete Songi on Andy Burnham being barred from the Gorton and Denton byelection – cartoon

26.01.2026 10

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Why is Andy Burnham such a threat to Keir Starmer? Everyone likes him

26.01.2026 10

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Why are saunas suddenly everywhere? I think it’s to do with booze

20.01.2026 30

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Why can’t women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt?

19.01.2026 10

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An expulsion, a smirking leader and now a defection: it’s episode one, series one of the Farage/Jenrick show

15.01.2026 10

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I am moving house – and being a lifelong hoarder has finally caught up with me

13.01.2026 10

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Social media is corrupting young minds – but a ban is not the answer

12.01.2026 8

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If Donald Trump thinks Greenland should be his, how long before he sets his sights on Scotland?

07.01.2026 10

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What did I learn from a new – and very random – poll? Our interior lives are much weirder than I thought

06.01.2026 10

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Why is it so perilous to be a person of colour on The Traitors?

05.01.2026 10

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The electric vehicle revolution is still on course – don’t let your loathing of Elon Musk stop you joining up

04.01.2026 10

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Why would someone buy my bag of random tat on Vinted?

16.12.2025 20

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Who had the trickiest job this year? The makers of joyful, uplifting Christmas ads

15.12.2025 8

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Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump and the ‘civilisational erasure’ of Europe – cartoon

10.12.2025 6

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An EU-UK mobility scheme work won’t erase the ‘violent indifference’ against young people. But it’s a start

10.12.2025 10

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Could a drug for narcolepsy change the world?

09.12.2025 20

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Austerity is in the air again – from ‘overdiagnosis’ to the benefits bill. Here is what’s at stake

08.12.2025 6

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Why did I ever buy my kids refillable advent calendars?

02.12.2025 10

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What Chicago’s fight against ICE can teach us all about how to resist oppression

29.11.2025 10

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I went to an M&S opening and it was mobbed. Why are people so weird about shops?

25.11.2025 10

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It was my late mother’s birthday – and I spent it exactly as she would have wanted

24.11.2025 5

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Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke?

18.11.2025 10

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I keep trying to name storms. Why does the Met Office turn down my suggestions?

17.11.2025 6

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New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour

13.11.2025 10

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Arguing about whether or not to wear a poppy misses the most crucial point

11.11.2025 9

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Millennial dating involves a lot of sexy moves – so why does it so rarely lead to sex?

10.11.2025 6

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Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires

05.11.2025 9

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Applying for benefits is anxiety-inducing – and the weird language makes it much worse

04.11.2025 10

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Releasing a suspect’s nationality will do nothing to satisfy those who are not looking for the truth

03.11.2025 7

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Want to know what’s really up with Britain? Take a look at our no-longer-chocolatey biscuits

30.10.2025 9

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Want to go to a UK university? Don’t ask me to help you write your personal statement

28.10.2025 10

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How the free speech debate stops us from stating the bleeding obvious

27.10.2025 6

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Nigel Farage has 1.3m followers on TikTok. Does this mean gen Z likes him?

21.10.2025 10

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What do we learn from Epstein and Andrew? There’s a level of power at which right and wrong no longer exist

20.10.2025 6

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