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What sign is Australia’s government giving on Gaza?

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Well done the Lionesses on reaching the final, but not taking the knee was a gift to the racists

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Britain is lowering the voting age to 16! Meanwhile in our colonial outpost

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The supreme court is giving a lawless president the green light

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I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen?

I’m writing this from Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, where I’ve just finished operating on another severely malnourished young teenager. A...

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Nick Maynard

Even the Tories now admit that our electoral system is toxic. When will Labour have the guts to fix it?

“Gerrymandering!” cry those on the right. But the government’s plan for voting reform, which will allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the next...

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Polly Toynbee

Lowering Australia’s voting age to 16 without fortifying civic foundations would be misguided

Every few years, Australia resurrects the idea of lowering the voting age to 16 – usually prompted by a campaign or because some other country (with...

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Intifar Chowdhury

I’m a writer from the Balkans. Why do people assume I only know about war and tragedy?

I attended an American writers’ conference in Texas, just before the world plunged into Covid-19 lockdowns. Between panels and networking, I spent...

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Ana Schnabl

The story of the Coldplay couple unfolded like a soap opera. But was the pile-on that followed a proportional response?

By now we’ve all seen the video: a couple locked in an intimate embrace at a Coldplay concert. Within milliseconds, the woman turns her face and...

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Why do I still see my siblings as the people they were in childhood?

I am spending a lot of time at my late mother’s house, sorting things out, wondering why she had so much asafoetida and thinking about the past....

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According to our research, 11% of Trump voters can be won back. Here’s how

To win in 2028, Democrats need to win back a lot of working-class voters, including a lot of blue-collar Donald Trump voters. Doing so requires...

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Donald Trump presents himself as a peerless president, an unrivaled negotiator, even a “genius”. So it’s a unique moment when he comes close – I...

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Obsessed with the Coldplay kiss cam story? I was too, until I realised the sinister truth at the heart of it

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Arwa Mahdawi

Abolishing Ofwat is fine but not enough: teach water bosses that failure has consequences

In a bone dry summer, every drop of water counts. So, even though the rain is finally falling again now, it’s still hard to take it for granted, or...

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As the culture wars hit England’s schools, we teachers are being thrown into a minefield

Parents’ evening. Two words that many parents assume are a source of dread for teachers. But most will tell you this is a misconception. Why?...

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What did the people of the Cotswolds do to deserve a visit from JD Vance?

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What has it taken to unite France’s divided voters? A hated, toxic chemical

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Legal ruling can’t obscure the brutal reality of climate change for Torres Strait Islanders

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By any measure, Kemi Badenoch’s leadership of the Conservative party is not in a good place. In the last few months alone, she has been told “her...

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Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news

Soaring rates of diagnoses in various illnesses such as cancer and diabetes have stimulated a debate about whether medicine has an “overdiagnosis”...

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Two days less holiday? France is up in arms but my sympathy is limited

France is skint, but the French are in denial. To judge by the howls of outrage from the left and the hard right of the French political spectrum,...

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Fragrant smoke on a wintry Melbourne night rekindles friendships and evokes memories of home in far-off Kabul

It was one of the rare sunny winter weekends in Melbourne when the air feels nice and warm. I had been avoiding my volleyball group’s calls for...

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Decoding a voter’s poor handwriting is subjective – let’s enlist AI to help with the Bradfield recount

Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian has appealed her narrow loss to Nicolette Boele in Bradfield to the court of disputed returns. According to...

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The very worst thing about And Just Like That? The contents of Carrie Bradshaw’s bathroom cabinet

There are so many things to despise about the new season of And Just Like That, the Sex and the City spin-off, that criticising it is like shooting...

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Emma Beddington

Are non-voters the key to Democrats winning in 2028?

Since Bernie Sanders’s first presidential campaign, the electoral theory of the American left has rested upon the idea that a sizable bloc of...

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What the culture war over Superman gets wrong

We’ve entered the era of the superhero movie as sermon. No longer content with saving the world, spandex saviors are now being used to explain,...

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Could you love someone who believed in fairies, wanted an open relationship or even took up golf?

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From corner office to crossroads: navigating purpose and identity after retirement

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What sign is Australia’s government giving on Gaza?

And Could They Go Even Further?

The biggest voices need to admit Australia is a low-taxing nation before joining the economic reform conversation

Greg Jericho

For a Brummie like me, Ozzy Osbourne’s voice mattered

Adrian Chiles

British ministers are betting they won’t face justice for complicity over Gaza. It’s a big risk to take

Owen Jones

Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump and the Epstein files – cartoon

Emma Brockes

So Ellen has fled Trump’s US for a ‘simpler’ life in the Cotswolds. Nice if you have the money, don’t you think?

Emma Brockes

Why are we so fascinated by the Coldplay cam couple? It’s about us, not them

Jessica Ciencin Henriquez

Well done the Lionesses on reaching the final, but not taking the knee was a gift to the racists

Joseph Harker

Want to import toxic chemicals into Britain with scant scrutiny? Labour says: go right ahead

George Monbiot

Look at the rise of measles in England and ask yourself: have we learned a single thing from Covid?

Frances Ryan

Britain is lowering the voting age to 16! Meanwhile in our colonial outpost

Frances Ryan

New rules will radically change the way we use the internet in Australia – and not just social media

Samantha Floreani

I was a late-night writer. Colbert’s cancellation hurts American comedy – and sanity

Jill Twiss

As Joyce and McCormack attack net zero and rejoice in not being ‘gelded’, Ley’s big challenge is now crystal clear

Tom Mcilroy

Nick Cannon, father of 12 children by six women, is launching a relationship advice podcast. Who better?

Arwa Mahdawi

Should Democrats pursue progressivism or moderation? That’s a false choice

Michael Massing

From grifter to guru: Hannah Ingram-Moore’s TikTok reinvention is an inspiration to us all

Claire Cohen

Losing Stephen Colbert and The Late Show is a crushing blow, whatever the reason

Adrian Horton

Pete Songi on Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet reshuffle – cartoon

Andy Beckett

The super-rich have done what protesters never could: taken over the US embassy in London

Andy Beckett

The supreme court is giving a lawless president the green light

Steven Greenhouse

Is ‘office air’ to blame for your limp workday hair and spotty, flaky skin?

Natasha May

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen?

Nick Maynard

Even the Tories now admit that our electoral system is toxic. When will Labour have the guts to fix it?

Polly Toynbee

Lowering Australia’s voting age to 16 without fortifying civic foundations would be misguided

Intifar Chowdhury

I’m a writer from the Balkans. Why do people assume I only know about war and tragedy?

Ana Schnabl

Can the Coalition start parliament on a positive note?

Ana Schnabl

The story of the Coldplay couple unfolded like a soap opera. But was the pile-on that followed a proportional response?

Miski Omar

Why do I still see my siblings as the people they were in childhood?

Zoe Williams

According to our research, 11% of Trump voters can be won back. Here’s how

Dustin Guastella

Trump’s shift on Ukraine has been dramatic – but will it change the war?

Rajan Menon

Obsessed with the Coldplay kiss cam story? I was too, until I realised the sinister truth at the heart of it

Arwa Mahdawi

Abolishing Ofwat is fine but not enough: teach water bosses that failure has consequences

Gaby Hinsliff

As the culture wars hit England’s schools, we teachers are being thrown into a minefield

Anonymous

What did the people of the Cotswolds do to deserve a visit from JD Vance?

Zoe Williams

What has it taken to unite France’s divided voters? A hated, toxic chemical

Alexander Hurst

Human-level AI is not inevitable. We have the power to change course

Garrison Lovely

Legal ruling can’t obscure the brutal reality of climate change for Torres Strait Islanders

Adam Morton

Parliament is back! Hooray! What goodies loom in the giddy maelstrom of our state capture flavoured democracy?