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Migrants are at the heart of our art, our music, our whole history. That’s what the right won’t admit to you

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Rowan Williams

I’m not sure a bakery needs a branded condom – can any business resist selling merch now?

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Elle Hunt

At Zohran Mamdani’s block party, I observed a simple truth: people want more politics, not less

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Samuel Earle

The hill I will die on: Fan fiction is real literature, whatever the snobs say

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Urooj Ashfaq

Tennessee actually just did something amazing for women

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Arwa Mahdawi

From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning

It’s not quite a new year resolution, and it’s certainly not a prediction. Think of it instead as a hope or even a plea for the next 12 months. May...

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Jonathan Freedland

Australia’s stance on Afghan cricket is flawed – and deeply painful for people like me. There is another path

The scenes at Brisbane airport that summer a few years ago did not feel real. The terminal was almost empty, but security was intense. Medics in...

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Shadi Khan Saif

Bondi is where I have felt safe all my life. How could anyone want to destroy this monument to humanity and joy?

I keep taking the bus through Bondi with my children. Approaching the stop on Campbell Parade, I want to get off the bus, walk across the road past...

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Alice Fraser

From bon appetit to Uber Eats: why France’s beloved restaurants are in crisis

Spare a thought for the poor French restaurateur. Once the iconic image of a sybaritic nation that loved nothing more than a boozy meal out with...

yesterday 30

Paul Taylor

Islamophobia has surged since the Bondi attack. Australia’s Muslim community should not have to endure this abuse

While many Australians remain in a state of anger, grief and reflection due to the devastating Bondi terror attack, Muslim community leaders are in...

yesterday 30

Aftab Malik

The hill I will die on: PDAs on the morning commute are never acceptable

First and foremost, let me say: I love love. I’m in love – I’m happily married with two boys. I’m surrounded by love, because most of my...

yesterday 10

Michael Akadiri

Ignore the sceptics: with this new vaccine, chickenpox could become a thing of the past

As any parent knows, there are few things more disruptive to family life than a child covered from head to toe in itchy chickenpox spots. The...

yesterday 10

Wes Streeting

The world’s gone barking mad. In this era of canine exceptionalism, can humanity stage a comeback?

I’m becoming concerned that we as a species have gone to the dogs – quite literally. Somewhere between the rise of boutique pet grooming and...

yesterday 50

Farhana Dawood

What if floods left your home unsellable? That’s the reality facing more and more people in Britain

When I visited Christine’s bungalow in Trowell, Nottinghamshire, and asked if I should take my shoes off, she joked: “I wouldn’t worry, I’ll be...

yesterday 20

Kirsty Major

Here’s a pick-me-up for the January blues: this could well be Nigel Farage’s last year on top

I fear for Nigel Farage. This should be his big year, the make-or-break 2026. Last year his Reform party finally began to top the polls and he was...

yesterday 40

Simon Jenkins

What is Keir Starmer doing to push back the populists? Not nearly enough. We have a plan to take them on

The next general election will be no ordinary democratic contest. Not the usual swing of the pendulum this way or that. It will be a key moment in...

yesterday 10

Chris Powell

At 51, I’m about to start work as a junior doctor. It’s been a wild ride to get here

For the past four years I’ve been breaking every rule of appropriate, normal behaviour. I’ve poked, probed, inserted, stabbed and cut people in...

yesterday 10

Ben Collins

Pete Songi on the UK government’s new year’s resolutions – cartoon

yesterday 10

Gaby Hinsliff

The best way to get round a difficult problem? Do nothing about it

If you really want to solve a problem, try doing nothing about it. Fold some laundry. Stir a risotto. Go for a run, watch a film, try to entertain...

yesterday 10

Gaby Hinsliff

When racists shout ‘Go home’, and you come from 15 places, what to do?

While accepting that David Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary is, for many, the human embodiment of Marmite – loved or hated,...

previous day 30

Hugh Muir

The hill I will die on: enough of the ‘Hey you!’ faux friend nonsense. You’re a business, not my mate

How do you feel when big corporations address you directly? (In other words, when they use the second-person pronoun “you” in their...

previous day 30

Max Fletcher

I’ve been a New Yorker for 23 years. Today Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in makes this city a real home

On a cold Saturday morning, a little over a week before the New York City mayoral election in November, I was at a park in Queens to speak at a...

previous day 10

Mona Eltahawy

Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the woman behind it

Very few of us find fame quite as late, or quite as brutally, as Cecilia Giménez did in the summer of 2012. The Spanish amateur artist was already...

previous day 20

Sam Jones

At the turn of the year, I’m facing a pivot point. Midlife crisis? No thanks

According to research undertaken by Stanford Medicine in 2024, adult human beings are subject to two “massive biomolecular shifts” – spikes in...

previous day 10

Emma Brockes

They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition

Billionaires raised fortunes against him. The president threatened to strip his citizenship. Mainstream synagogues slandered him as the spawn of...

previous day 30

Molly Crabapple

The one trick to nailing parenting this summer? Delete Instagram

One afternoon, on a quiet coastal holiday with my family, I lay down for a nap. The day up until then had been full of the simplest pleasures I...

previous day 20

Léa Antigny

Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places

In 2025, the world that had been opened up by women has often seemed to be closing in. The forces behind the rollback of abortion rights in Donald...

previous day 30

Rahila Gupta

Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is?

What is the proper punishment for hateful social media posts? Should you lose your account? Your job? Your citizenship? Go to jail? Die? For the...

wednesday 90

Naomi Klein

I could not forgive the father who left me. Until a chance encounter changed my outlook

Forgiveness isn’t a destination. It’s a journey. Mine began on an escalator at Berlin Brandenburg airport. It was a Sunday afternoon. I was...

wednesday 20

Carolin Würfel

Officers armed with assault rifles will patrol Sydney’s streets. But do more imposing police make us feel any safer?

Chris Minns wants more visible weapons on Sydney’s streets to keep us safe. The New South Wales premier authorised some police to carry assault...

wednesday 2

Anne Davies

We’ve had a skinful: drinks to toast the end of the political year

wednesday 2

For Most Of These Tipples

Bad cops prey on the public – and their fellow officers. To stop them, we must break the culture of silence

Last year, part one of Elish Angiolini’s government-commissioned inquiry into the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, an...

wednesday 10

Mukund Krishna

The hill I will die on: That stone-cold classic you love isn’t a party starter – it’s a party destroyer

It’s that moment at a Black party you either love or hate. Cameo’s Candy, one of the all-time great funk records, comes on and everyone lines up...

wednesday 4

Nels Abbey

Labubus, Taylor Swift and Sydney Sweeney: here’s the deluge that was 2025

It’s the end of another year, which means a deluge of dire looks back on the various atrocities of the last go around the sun. As is my duty, I...

wednesday 4

Dave Schilling

A polycrisis has shattered our world this year. But with care, we can put it back together

I once saw a young glassblower in Istanbul, still new to his craft, shatter a beautiful vase while taking it out of the furnace. The artisan master...

wednesday 5

Elif Shafak

The WHO learned to love ‘anti-obesity’ jabs in 2025. I don’t fully agree, but I get it

If there has been a hot topic in health in 2025, it’s definitely been GLP-1s, colloquially referred to as “anti-obesity” jabs. These medications,...

wednesday 10

Devi Sridhar

Snap decisions: why crowding into a photo booth with friends is still a magical experience

Last New Year’s Eve, I was out with a friend. We had no plans, so we met at a local cinema and then wandered the long street between our houses,...

wednesday 6

Nova Weetman

You’ll never defeat us in Iran, President Trump: but with real talks, we can both win

While Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year achieved his dream of dragging the US into a military confrontation with Iran, it came at a steep and...

wednesday 20

Abbas Araghchi

The royal family is edging toward modernity – but in 2026, the public will expect yet more transparency

This year, as King Charles gathered with the royal family for their traditional Christmas at Sandringham, he had much to reflect on. Certainly, the...

wednesday 8

Anna Whitelock

What would it take for me to feel safe wearing a kippah after Bondi?

What would it take for me to feel safe wearing a kippah (a Jewish head covering) on a daily basis? This is a question I have been asking myself...

30.12.2025 8

Glen Berman

Labour could oust Starmer, he could elegantly step aside – but without a plan, it will all be for nothing

Will he still be there to see in the next new year? Noise about Keir Starmer’s durability quietens with MPs being away from Westminster’s tearooms...

30.12.2025 9

Polly Toynbee

The hill I will die on: Never decline an invitation on the day of the event. Ghosting is the humane option

As New Year’s Eve looms, I implore you to heed this party etiquette advice. There are only two correct times to decline a party invitation: well in...

30.12.2025 10

Phineas Harper

The Louvre is the pride of France – and it’s on the verge of collapse. Can we rescue it in time?

Long before Versailles dazzled the world, the Louvre rose from the banks of the Seine as a royal residence. Charles V kept his celebrated library...

30.12.2025 2

Agnès Poirier

2025 was the year we grew tired of celebrity for celebrity’s sake

When Katy Perry and five other women were launched into space in Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket, no doubt they expected to be celebrated as...

30.12.2025 20

Nadia Khomami

Do your new year’s resolutions fit the temper of the times?

30.12.2025 20

Glen Berman

Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report?

The Democratic National Committee’s decision to block the release of its own autopsy report on the 2024 election is stunning but not surprising....

30.12.2025 1

Norman Solomon

As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future

When we talk about opposition in politics, sometimes it’s just a policy disagreement – but in the current political crisis in the US, the...

30.12.2025 3

Rebecca Solnit

Psst: wanna buy a new year’s honour? Once it was simple. And now? Well, don’t rule it out

And so the new year honours list is out. The people – some of them at least – have spoken: here comes a fresh tranche of the great and good. Many...

30.12.2025 1

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Migrants are at the heart of our art, our music, our whole history. That’s what the right won’t admit to you

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At Zohran Mamdani’s block party, I observed a simple truth: people want more politics, not less

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The hill I will die on: Fan fiction is real literature, whatever the snobs say

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Tennessee actually just did something amazing for women

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From Donald Trump to Benjamin Netanyahu, let 2026 be a year of reckoning

Jonathan Freedland

Australia’s stance on Afghan cricket is flawed – and deeply painful for people like me. There is another path

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Bondi is where I have felt safe all my life. How could anyone want to destroy this monument to humanity and joy?

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From bon appetit to Uber Eats: why France’s beloved restaurants are in crisis

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Islamophobia has surged since the Bondi attack. Australia’s Muslim community should not have to endure this abuse

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The hill I will die on: PDAs on the morning commute are never acceptable

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Ignore the sceptics: with this new vaccine, chickenpox could become a thing of the past

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The world’s gone barking mad. In this era of canine exceptionalism, can humanity stage a comeback?

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What if floods left your home unsellable? That’s the reality facing more and more people in Britain

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Here’s a pick-me-up for the January blues: this could well be Nigel Farage’s last year on top

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What is Keir Starmer doing to push back the populists? Not nearly enough. We have a plan to take them on

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At 51, I’m about to start work as a junior doctor. It’s been a wild ride to get here

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Pete Songi on the UK government’s new year’s resolutions – cartoon

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The best way to get round a difficult problem? Do nothing about it

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When racists shout ‘Go home’, and you come from 15 places, what to do?

Hugh Muir

The hill I will die on: enough of the ‘Hey you!’ faux friend nonsense. You’re a business, not my mate

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I’ve been a New Yorker for 23 years. Today Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in makes this city a real home

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Cecilia Giménez’s botched Monkey Christ became a global meme. The real marvel was the woman behind it

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At the turn of the year, I’m facing a pivot point. Midlife crisis? No thanks

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They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition

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The one trick to nailing parenting this summer? Delete Instagram

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Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s tweets were wrong, but he is no ‘anti-white Islamist’. Why does the British right want you to believe he is?

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I could not forgive the father who left me. Until a chance encounter changed my outlook

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Officers armed with assault rifles will patrol Sydney’s streets. But do more imposing police make us feel any safer?

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We’ve had a skinful: drinks to toast the end of the political year

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Bad cops prey on the public – and their fellow officers. To stop them, we must break the culture of silence

Mukund Krishna

The hill I will die on: That stone-cold classic you love isn’t a party starter – it’s a party destroyer

Nels Abbey

Labubus, Taylor Swift and Sydney Sweeney: here’s the deluge that was 2025

Dave Schilling

A polycrisis has shattered our world this year. But with care, we can put it back together

Elif Shafak

The WHO learned to love ‘anti-obesity’ jabs in 2025. I don’t fully agree, but I get it

Devi Sridhar

Snap decisions: why crowding into a photo booth with friends is still a magical experience

Nova Weetman

You’ll never defeat us in Iran, President Trump: but with real talks, we can both win

Abbas Araghchi

The royal family is edging toward modernity – but in 2026, the public will expect yet more transparency