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The lesson of Cronulla was that the beach was not for people like me. But it’s a myth I am increasingly resisting

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Sarah Malik

My first cricket hero was Imran Khan. Now I close my eyes and replay Mitchell Starc’s bullet-paced yorkers

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Shadi Khan Saif

Trump has declared civilisational war on Europe. It won’t be easy – but here’s how to fight back

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Paul Taylor

Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI

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Gaby Hinsliff

Jeffrey Epstein’s most powerful ally was silence

Jeffrey Epstein’s most powerful ally was silence

For years, Jeffrey Epstein conjured a kind of grotesque fascination: the private island, the powerful friends, the whispered allegations. But...

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Gretchen Carlson And Julie Roginsky

Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster

Silenced by China, Hong Kong struggles to voice its grief over the Tai Po fire disaster

White flowers at makeshift shrines and messages of support posted in a public square. A rainbow of folded paper cranes. Boxes of donated goods for...

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Antony Dapiran

Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own

Trump’s new doctrine confirms it. Ready or not, Europe is on its own

Europe is on a trajectory towards nothing less than “civilisational erasure”, the Trump administration claims in its extraordinary new National...

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Georg Riekeles And Varg Folkman

Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender

Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender

Last week, the United Kingdom did something all too rare: it chose leadership by backing science and prioritizing public safety. The Labour...

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Tzeporah Berman

Why I am proud to be a part of the Guardian

Why I am proud to be a part of the Guardian

On election day last month, I spent some time interviewing poll workers in New York City. When I introduced myself to one, I told her that I write...

yesterday 10

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Margaret Sullivan

My dream of jet set glamour has died – in a pleather chair full of other people’s crumbs

My dream of jet set glamour has died – in a pleather chair full of other people’s crumbs

The New Yorker has published a deliciously fact-stuffed long read on the airport lounge: there are more than 3,500 worldwide, of which 37 are in...

yesterday 10

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Emma Beddington

A four-day week for teachers? This is why that isn’t a luxury for us – it’s a necessity

A four-day week for teachers? This is why that isn’t a luxury for us – it’s a necessity

Tis the season to be jolly, unless you’re a teacher, in which case you are most likely a zombified wreck tenuously held together by caffeine and...

yesterday 10

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Lola Okolosie

The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair

The social media ban will leave young Australians in the dark on news and politics. It’s not fair

The social media ban for under-16s is going to stop teenagers from watching a lot of things: clips from their favourite shows, sports highlights,...

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Leo Puglisi

Does Pete Hegseth even believe that war crimes exist?

Does Pete Hegseth even believe that war crimes exist?

Pete Hegseth’s office is located on the third floor of the Pentagon, in the E ring, room 3E880, facing the Potomac River with a scenic view of the...

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Sidney Blumenthal

The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology

The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology

It is fitting that this week’s UN environment talks are in Nairobi, with Africa shaping the global climate conversation. The continent’s diplomats...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Britain’s post-American drift: a crisis of purpose and power

The Guardian view on Britain’s post-American drift: a crisis of purpose and power

The bullying of Ukraine by the Trump White House has exposed Sir Keir Starmer as a prime minister adrift in shifting geopolitics. Unable to...

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Editorial

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

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

The Museum of Austerity, which has just arrived in London having toured Manchester, Newcastle and Bristol, is such a simple idea: you put on a...

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Zoe Williams

Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour

Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour

Months before the government used the budget to launch plans to tackle Motability – the scheme that leases subsidised vehicles with some disability...

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Frances Ryan

Look again at the Nuzzi affair. Because when our politics and media are so debased, the joke’s on us

Look again at the Nuzzi affair. Because when our politics and media are so debased, the joke’s on us

One upside of adversity is art, inspiring cultural output that seeks to process and channel suffering. “I’ll say one thing about Thatcher, some...

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Nesrine Malik

Britain is stuck with a failed Brexit that neither citizens or leaders want. Here are three ways to fix that

Britain is stuck with a failed Brexit that neither citizens or leaders want. Here are three ways to fix that

Being right that Brexit was a bad idea is no substitute for knowing what to do next. Our chance of salvaging something from the mess it created is...

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Stella Creasy

The Guardian view on ageing research: our lives have more distinct phases than we thought

The Guardian view on ageing research: our lives have more distinct phases than we thought

Ageing can feel remarkably sudden. One morning you awake to find new aches, or lapses in strength and memory that you could swear were not present...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on Marwan Barghouti: Palestinians need a political future as well as aid and reconstruction

The Guardian view on Marwan Barghouti: Palestinians need a political future as well as aid and reconstruction

In a sort-of ceasefire, the killings – including of children – have slowed, not stopped. Israeli military operations continue to displace hundreds...

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Editorial

Yes, it’s full of nonsense, extreme hosting and psychobabble. But I do love Meghan’s Christmas special

Yes, it’s full of nonsense, extreme hosting and psychobabble. But I do love Meghan’s Christmas special

No matter the time of year, ’tis always open season on the Duchess of Sussex’s televisual offering, With Love, Meghan. Critics, professional and...

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Polly Hudson

‘It’s not your turn,’ the board’s selection committee chair said. Instantly I felt as though I was back in the school yard

‘It’s not your turn,’ the board’s selection committee chair said. Instantly I felt as though I was back in the school yard

Many years ago, I was encouraged to put my name forward to chair a significant government board. It seemed like a long shot to me, I wasn’t in...

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Julianne Schultz

Forget Hadrian’s Wall. The UK citizenship test should ask about Corrie, bus queues and Greggs

Forget Hadrian’s Wall. The UK citizenship test should ask about Corrie, bus queues and Greggs

What medal did Mary Peters win in the 1972 Olympics? How many Scottish ski resorts are there? Where was Florence Nightingale born? Until I got...

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Emma Beddington

The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it

The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it

Wes Streeting is a politician whose keen interest in the zeitgeist is only matched by his seeming drive to be as close to the heart of it as...

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John Harris

Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car

Zipcar’s demise means people such as me are back in the slow lane – and stuck needing their own costly car

Zipcar, the world’s largest carsharing club, is leaving the UK. The company, which operates about 3,000 shared vehicles in Britain, has announced...

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Phineas Harper

Ukraine is facing a painful choice

Ukraine is facing a painful choice

The negotiations over the war in Ukraine are frustrating and tragic. On the one side, a victim of aggression whose plight is more and more...

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Christopher S Chivvis

You don’t need alcohol on Christmas Day. It may be far more enjoyable if you stay sober

You don’t need alcohol on Christmas Day. It may be far more enjoyable if you stay sober

Now is the time of year when some of my clients want to talk about Christmas. As a specialist in addiction, many are seeking my help for their...

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Antonia Saunokonoko

What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it

What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it

The Montgomery bus boycott, which began 70 years ago on 5 December 1955, is now understood as one of the most successful American social movements....

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Jeanne Theoharis

I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off?

I’m 15 years old and have a disability. Social media has been a lifeline – why is the government kicking me off?

The government has decided that from Wednesday I should be banned from social media because of the potential harm it can cause. But as a teenager...

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Ezra Sholl

Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall

Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall

People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look at the Russian and US presidents. Vladimir Putin is systematically...

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Simon Tisdall

Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed

Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed

As Donald Trump deteriorates and his grasp on power fades, he has been lashing out furiously at female journalists and ethnic groups, most recently...

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Rebecca Solnit

Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start

Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers – but empathy is the place to start

Does the rise in diagnoses of ADHD mean that normal feelings are being “over-pathologised”? The UK’s health secretary, Wes Streeting, seems to...

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Gabor Maté

Trump’s pardon of an ex-Honduran president is shocking. So is the history of US support for him

Trump’s pardon of an ex-Honduran president is shocking. So is the history of US support for him

Since President Trump first announced the pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández last Friday, the media has been wading through...

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Dana Frank

Forget festive schmaltz, the best Christmas film this year is a gay biker dom-com

Forget festive schmaltz, the best Christmas film this year is a gay biker dom-com

Can Die Hard – the 1988 action movie starring Bruce Willis as an NYPD detective hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife on Christmas Eve – be...

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Kitty Grady

Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it?

Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it?

Europe, you have been warned. President Vladimir Putin has waged a full-scale war against Ukraine for nearly four years and this week threatened...

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Timothy Garton Ash

Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing

Nigel Farage was once run out of Edinburgh. Now Scottish voters are embracing his rabble-rousing

Almost 13 years ago, at a press briefing to launch Ukip’s first Scottish byelection campaign, Nigel Farage was run out of Edinburgh by jeering...

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Dani Garavelli

Want to be hotter? Try this one weird Republican trick

Want to be hotter? Try this one weird Republican trick

Forget expensive moisturizers or designer clothes. Ladies, if you want a quick and easy glow-up, you may want to try Republicanism. This one weird...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Rebecca Hendin on potential political candidates – cartoon

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Rebecca Solnit

In my homeland, I’m trapped by bombs. Outside, I’m trapped by identity. The world is shrinking for Gazans

In my homeland, I’m trapped by bombs. Outside, I’m trapped by identity. The world is shrinking for Gazans

The world is big, yet it is forever shrinking for Gazans. In fact, it is as small as 3% of the size of an ever-diminishing strip of land, where the...

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Plestia Alaqad

Datacentres – why are they so thirsty? Let’s ask a shark!

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George Monbiot

Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want

Give credit where it’s due: Labour is finally doing things its supporters actually want

What does it take for a small child not to recognise their own name? I’ve been thinking about that for days, since reading the Local Government...

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Gaby Hinsliff

Labour has a groundbreaking plan for child poverty. Finally, this government has found its mission

Labour has a groundbreaking plan for child poverty. Finally, this government has found its mission

Once Labour set up a child poverty taskforce, it was predestined that the two-child benefit limit would be abolished. Every authority consulted...

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Polly Toynbee

The Great European Bake-Off: if the EU wants closer integration, how about using pop culture?

The Great European Bake-Off: if the EU wants closer integration, how about using pop culture?

It was both enjoyable and strange to see the EU enlargement commissioner, Marta Kos, present the news on Moldovan TV a couple of months ago. For...

05.12.2025 5

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Paula Erizanu

Daily Telegraph unveils Sydney’s Power 100 list. You won’t believe who’s on it

Daily Telegraph unveils Sydney’s Power 100 list. You won’t believe who’s on it

Sharri Markson has been named one of Sydney’s most influential players for her “extraordinary advocacy on behalf of the Jewish community”. “The Sky...

05.12.2025 9

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Amanda Meade

I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying

I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying

Last week saw one of the proudest moments of my journalism career. Leaked messages from a WhatsApp group containing several senior members of...

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Will Hayward

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture

Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture

It felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going....

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George Monbiot

The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men

The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men

The Trump administration looks ever more like a criminal enterprise – and now it seems to have added war crimes to its repertoire. Though even that...

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Jonathan Freedland

The Liz Truss Show will confront the big issues of the day. For example: who on earth would watch Liz Truss?

The Liz Truss Show will confront the big issues of the day. For example: who on earth would watch Liz Truss?

Will you be seeing a pantomime this year? Birmingham’s got Gok Wan and Biggins in Robin Hood, Bradford has Sinitta in Snow White, while Bromley...

05.12.2025 10

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Marina Hyde

Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands?

Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands?

One thing to remember about the modern world is that nothing online is ever secure. M&S and Jaguar taught us that. Edward Snowden taught us that....

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Simon Jenkins