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Like Jeremy Corbyn and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, I grew up in Woodcraft Folk. Here’s how it changes children’s lives

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Phineas Harper

We are gen Z – and AI is our future. Will that be good or bad?

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Sumaiya Motara

Did the system update ruin your boyfriend? Love in a time of ChatGPT

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Arwa Mahdawi

Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza

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Mohamad Bazzi

Sam Lau on the evolution of creativity – cartoon

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Mohamad Bazzi

Supporting kids with Send is expensive. But the cost of not doing so is far greater

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Carrie Grant

‘Tell me what happened, I won’t judge’: how AI helped me listen to myself

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Nathan Filer

As Netanyahu starves Gaza, there is a whole new battle to be fought in Israel – against complacency

The extreme heatwave that has hit our region this week does not distinguish between Israelis and Palestinians. But while we Israelis hide in our...

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Aluf Benn

The ultra-wealthy have exploited Australia’s tax system for too long. It’s time to ensure everyone pays their fair share

Unions want to tackle intergenerational inequality by reforming Australia’s tax system. For the first time in living memory, younger Australians...

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Sally Mcmanus

Is apocalyptic thinking getting you down? This foursome has a solution

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Jason Okundaye

Martin Rowson on Trump and Putin’s meeting in Alaska – cartoon

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Jason Okundaye

Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize

Last week, I withdrew my nomination from the longlist for the Polari first book prize. The awards had become mired in controversy due to the...

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Jason Okundaye

Amid the chaos after the fall of Kabul, two men became my lifeline

Sitting cross-legged on a richly patterned Afghan rug in a Melbourne living room, we chatted for hours, reflecting on the fall of Kabul four years...

yesterday 10

Shadi Khan Saif

Fixing Australia’s broken environmental laws is the only way to improve productivity – and protect our natural assets

We must reform Australia’s broken national environment laws, as they have failed to protect the environment. Projects critical to our future...

yesterday 20

Ken Henry

China and Britain shared a mission to fight aggression and fascism. And we can work together today

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression and the world...

yesterday 10

Zheng Zeguang

Loneliness is rife among young men. It’s time to get offline and talk to each other

At first I was startled when the psychologist Angelica Ferrara told me that most of the time it’s women, not men, who want to write about her...

yesterday 30

Alexander Hurst

Remember when having women in power was supposed to change everything?

Nicola Sturgeon was always afraid of failure. But it was a very particular kind of failure she feared; one that follows a very particular kind of...

yesterday 50

Gaby Hinsliff

First it was family, now it’s a feud. But even in meltdown, Brand Beckham is raking it in

What is “Brand Beckham”? I don’t mean to question the very idea of a celebrity brand – far from it. In fact, part of the reason that celeb-watching...

yesterday 8

Marina Hyde

Ben Jennings on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to London – cartoon

yesterday 8

Rebecca Solnit

Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy

One of most violent days in the history of Washington DC, was 6 January 2021, and the instigator was Donald J Trump, who this week has endeavored...

yesterday 9

Rebecca Solnit

Renting has robbed me of precious cat years. So I’ve turned to pet sitting to fill the void

We talk about housing a lot in Australia. Whether you are a homeowner, an aspiring homeowner, a lowly lifelong renter like me or a person who the...

yesterday 10

Rebecca Shaw

As thousands more teenagers scramble for university places, I have to ask – why?

A Chinese economist once asked me to explain British universities. “Why do you take your young,” he said, “at their most creative age, lock them...

yesterday 10

Simon Jenkins

Spanish people know deadly heatwaves are now an annual event. So why are our politicians in denial?

Growing up in Madrid, intense summer heat was nothing unusual. I quickly learned always to cross the street in search of shade, and never to be...

previous day 50

María Ramirez

My children were abused in care. The silence that followed was suffocating

The moment I discovered both of my children had been sexually abused by our babysitter’s partner, I was hollowed out by the greatest sorrow I’d...

previous day 3

Anonymous

The enormity of the attacks on Ukraine is impossible to grasp. Let me show you the horror of a single day

Day 1,254 of the invasion; 31 July 2025, Kyiv, 4.30am. The air-raid alarm started again just a moment ago. I wake up from the roar and rumble of...

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Oleksandr Mykhed

Democrats can win in 2028. But we need to oust corporate candidates first

If the Democratic party wants to win back power in 2028, then look no further than the 2026 election cycle as the most important moment to focus...

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Alexandra Rojas

Nicola Sturgeon’s immense political talent is undeniable. The nationalism was the problem

Nicola Sturgeon was – and still is – important, talented, personable and, to many, inspirational. She was also extremely lucky and often wrong,...

previous day 20

Martin Kettle

Australia has engineers driving Uber – migrants’ skills and qualifications need to be recognised now

It’s time to reduce barriers so more qualified Australians who started their careers and education overseas can fill skill shortages crippling the...

previous day 30

Violet Roumeliotis

The most romantic place on earth? It has to be a sleeper train

Is there anything more glamorous than an overnight train? Even when you’re climbing aboard wearing your husband’s raincoat, carrying an...

previous day 10

Nell Frizzell

A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it’s long past time to end the fuel duty freeze

Nothing speaks so eloquently of the rundown state of Britain than potholes on the roads. Motorists rightly complain of the damage caused to their...

previous day 20

Larry Elliott

When Odie the cavoodle needed emergency surgery, the veterinary staff showed why they are the unsung heroes of healthcare

Speaking on a panel with me, a paediatric anaesthetist says that every time she takes a patient into theatre, she says to the parent, “I will take...

previous day 60

Ranjana Srivastava

Cheer up, Ice Cube, your War of the Worlds movie may be really bad, but it’s not worthless

If the latest adaptation of HG Wells’s 1898 novel The War of the Worlds, a movie starring Ice Cube and Eva Longoria, was designed to make us pause...

previous day 4

Saranka Maheswaran

Maga star Katie Miller’s new podcast reeks of toxic femininity. I listened so you don’t have to

Want to hear a cute little story about JD Vance and a Dutch baby? Don’t worry, he didn’t deport it, he cooked one for breakfast. Then he sat down...

previous day 5

Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook

A key chapter in the fascist playbook has always been to convince the public that it is living in such a state of mortal danger and unbridled chaos...

previous day 1

Moustafa Bayoumi

Why do family holidays turn me into a sulky teenager again?

I am not one for aphorisms. I grew up with a water-stained copy of a dictionary of quotations by the toilet and, for the most part, by the toilet...

previous day 1

Nell Frizzell

Ella Baron on Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Europe – cartoon

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Rachel Reeves

The Guardian view on construction workers: the country needs more of them, fast

During the 1980s, the construction industry provided the backdrop to one of Britain’s best-loved television comedies. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet...

previous day 3

Rachel Reeves

The Guardian view on inheritance tax rises: to win the argument, ministers must build the case on fairness

Britain’s tax debate has changed. Previously the argument was whether there would be rises in an autumn budget. Now the only question is which...

previous day 10

Rachel Reeves

In our first year Labour fixed the foundations – now we must build a stronger economy for a renewed Britain

These past few weeks I have met dozens of businesses from across the United Kingdom. Pub and restaurant owners in Cornwall and Kent. Defence...

previous day 3

Rachel Reeves

Why is Trump deploying national guard troops to Washington DC?

In a dangerous new escalation of his authoritarian rule, Donald Trump has placed the police of Washington DC under federal control and announced...

previous day 1

Cas Mudde

Of course Mark Zuckerberg is still doing good works – he’s just switched up the definition of ‘good’

If you put it in a novel – a ham-fisted satire of tech overlord hypocrisy, say – it would look too contrived to fly. But here we are, absorbing a...

previous day 4

Emma Brockes

How German media outlets helped pave the way for Israel’s murder of journalists in Gaza

What is the role of journalism when Palestinian reporters are treated as criminals and left to die? Last October, I spoke with the journalist...

previous day 50

Hanno Hauenstein

I am a robodebt whistleblower. I know what it’s like to be punished for speaking out and why protection is urgent

I blew the whistle on robodebt. I experienced firsthand the absence of support for whistleblowers. That is why I am firm in my belief that we need...

wednesday 20

Jeannie-Marie Blake

The Swiss lived in splendid isolation for years. Trump’s tariffs have shattered that complacency

Growing up in Zurich often felt like being removed from the world. It shouldn’t be that way: after all, Switzerland is at the heart of Europe....

wednesday 50

Joseph De Weck

Trump swallowing Putin’s lies is a bigger threat to Ukraine than bombs

Wars do not have to be won. Total victories loom largest in the popular imagination because those are the stories nations always tell to sustain...

wednesday 100

Rafael Behr

Israel is wiping out Gaza’s journalists – and it’s no longer even hiding it

Israel always boasted that it was the only country in the region to support press freedom. That boast rang hollow even before the current war. Now,...

wednesday 90

Jodie Ginsberg

Routinely disclosing the ethnicity of police suspects is a very dangerous step to take

The National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing have backed plans to offer greater “transparency” on the ethnicity, and potentially...

wednesday 9

Nasar Meer

The Trump administration has decided coal is female. Here’s why

Have you ever tossed and turned at night wondering what the correct pronouns are for a lump of coal? No, me neither. However, it seems someone at...

wednesday 10

Arwa Mahdawi

On Gaza’s killing fields, journalism faces its darkest hour – but that won’t stop us reporting

As the world witnesses the horrors unfolding in Gaza, a related tragedy continues with chilling regularity: the systematic targeting and killing of...

wednesday 10

Asef Hamidi

Why have we let side-hustle private landlords seize control of our housing – and our politics?

In the 1970s, private landlordism in the UK was a fringe part of the market – and a dying one. With council housing plentiful and house prices...

wednesday 3

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Like Jeremy Corbyn and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, I grew up in Woodcraft Folk. Here’s how it changes children’s lives

Phineas Harper

We are gen Z – and AI is our future. Will that be good or bad?

Sumaiya Motara

Did the system update ruin your boyfriend? Love in a time of ChatGPT

Arwa Mahdawi

Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza

Mohamad Bazzi

Sam Lau on the evolution of creativity – cartoon

Mohamad Bazzi

Supporting kids with Send is expensive. But the cost of not doing so is far greater

Carrie Grant

‘Tell me what happened, I won’t judge’: how AI helped me listen to myself

Nathan Filer

As Netanyahu starves Gaza, there is a whole new battle to be fought in Israel – against complacency

Aluf Benn

The ultra-wealthy have exploited Australia’s tax system for too long. It’s time to ensure everyone pays their fair share

Sally Mcmanus

Is apocalyptic thinking getting you down? This foursome has a solution

Jason Okundaye

Martin Rowson on Trump and Putin’s meeting in Alaska – cartoon

Jason Okundaye

Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize

Jason Okundaye

Amid the chaos after the fall of Kabul, two men became my lifeline

Shadi Khan Saif

Fixing Australia’s broken environmental laws is the only way to improve productivity – and protect our natural assets

Ken Henry

China and Britain shared a mission to fight aggression and fascism. And we can work together today

Zheng Zeguang

Loneliness is rife among young men. It’s time to get offline and talk to each other

Alexander Hurst

Remember when having women in power was supposed to change everything?

Gaby Hinsliff

First it was family, now it’s a feud. But even in meltdown, Brand Beckham is raking it in

Marina Hyde

Ben Jennings on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to London – cartoon

Rebecca Solnit

Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy

Rebecca Solnit

Renting has robbed me of precious cat years. So I’ve turned to pet sitting to fill the void

Rebecca Shaw

As thousands more teenagers scramble for university places, I have to ask – why?

Simon Jenkins

Spanish people know deadly heatwaves are now an annual event. So why are our politicians in denial?

María Ramirez

My children were abused in care. The silence that followed was suffocating

Anonymous

The enormity of the attacks on Ukraine is impossible to grasp. Let me show you the horror of a single day

Oleksandr Mykhed

Democrats can win in 2028. But we need to oust corporate candidates first

Alexandra Rojas

Nicola Sturgeon’s immense political talent is undeniable. The nationalism was the problem

Martin Kettle

Australia has engineers driving Uber – migrants’ skills and qualifications need to be recognised now

Violet Roumeliotis

The most romantic place on earth? It has to be a sleeper train

Nell Frizzell

A policy that benefited the richest and cost the UK £100bn: it’s long past time to end the fuel duty freeze

Larry Elliott

When Odie the cavoodle needed emergency surgery, the veterinary staff showed why they are the unsung heroes of healthcare

Ranjana Srivastava

Cheer up, Ice Cube, your War of the Worlds movie may be really bad, but it’s not worthless

Saranka Maheswaran

Maga star Katie Miller’s new podcast reeks of toxic femininity. I listened so you don’t have to

Arwa Mahdawi

Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook

Moustafa Bayoumi

Why do family holidays turn me into a sulky teenager again?

Nell Frizzell

Ella Baron on Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Europe – cartoon

Rachel Reeves

The Guardian view on construction workers: the country needs more of them, fast

Rachel Reeves

The Guardian view on inheritance tax rises: to win the argument, ministers must build the case on fairness

Rachel Reeves

In our first year Labour fixed the foundations – now we must build a stronger economy for a renewed Britain