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Zack Polanski’s win shows leftwing candidates are still underestimated – even by Jeremy Corbyn

Zack Polanski’s win shows leftwing candidates are still underestimated – even by Jeremy Corbyn
03.09.2025 10

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How do I know my life has gone wrong? Because I spend all my time at the tip

How do I know my life has gone wrong? Because I spend all my time at the tip
02.09.2025 6

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Why are the tabloids so enraged about every aspect of Angela Rayner’s life?

Why are the tabloids so enraged about every aspect of Angela Rayner’s life?
01.09.2025 20

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Why do cats love middle-aged women so much?

Why do cats love middle-aged women so much?
26.08.2025 3

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Blood, sweat and cigarettes – why there’s nothing cute about school uniform

Blood, sweat and cigarettes – why there’s nothing cute about school uniform

The first time you put your kid in school uniform, there’s an intoxicating charm to the moment. There he is, your precious firstborn, and you’ve...

26.08.2025 10

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Far-right anger over asylum hotels is destroying the very idea of refuge – and that’s probably the goal

Far-right anger over asylum hotels is destroying the very idea of refuge – and that’s probably the goal
20.08.2025 40

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We should all be eating 30 different plants a week. I can’t even name that many

We should all be eating 30 different plants a week. I can’t even name that many
19.08.2025 10

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Does James Bond have to be played by a man? Helen Mirren seems to think so

Does James Bond have to be played by a man? Helen Mirren seems to think so
18.08.2025 20

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My mum worked with Biddy Baxter. Both women were formidable – and absolutely terrifying

11.08.2025 8

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Greedy ruthlessness has had a great PR campaign in business – but these toy shop owners show a better way

11.08.2025 20

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Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector

07.08.2025 20

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I’m going on holiday with another Zoe. Am I going to need a new name?

29.07.2025 10

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I had nothing intelligent to say during the Euro 2025 final. That didn’t shut me up …

28.07.2025 20

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Do you want to know what state capture looks like? Chevron is winding down oil production on Barrow Island

25.07.2025 40

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Islamophobia isn’t just socially acceptable in the UK now – it’s flourishing. How did this happen?

25.07.2025 40

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

22.07.2025 10

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

21.07.2025 50

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Looking for a job? Who you know probably matters more than what you know

15.07.2025 6

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Measles cases are surging in Europe and the US. This is what the anti-vax conspiracy theory has brought us

14.07.2025 50

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A bit like AI, Elon Musk seems custom-built to undermine everything good and true in the world

11.07.2025 20

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What I learned as a kid in a quasi-commune

08.07.2025 5

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Sabrina Carpenter may be ‘highly sexualised’ – but that’s not what is most provocative about her

07.07.2025 10

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Bored mums in clothes shops of the world unite! Together we could be unstoppable

01.07.2025 8

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The way to tackle obesity in the UK is to make healthy food affordable. But the government won’t admit it

30.06.2025 30

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Some people can wear white clothes. I am very much not one of them

24.06.2025 20

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Why do we pretend heatwaves are fun – and ignore the brutal, burning reality?

23.06.2025 10

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How not to be the most annoying person in a pub quiz – five things I’ve learned

17.06.2025 8

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MI6 has appointed its first female leader. What took it so long?

16.06.2025 20

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Yes, protesting can help tyrants like Trump, with its scenes of disorder. But that’s no reason to stay at home

12.06.2025 30

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What’s the appeal of AI? It will always reassure you

10.06.2025 10

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David Beckham’s knighthood shows the unique - and utterly absurd - power of the British class system

09.06.2025 10

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Why are steel and fishing the only industries politicians care about? What about the ones that make real money?

03.06.2025 7

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The story of war is one of kidnapping, slavery and rape. And what we talk about is strategy and territory

02.06.2025 20

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It’s been a big, beautiful week of bad news for Trump. But don’t expect it to stick

29.05.2025 10

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Think you know a lot about Dickens? Then who’s this Herbert character?

28.05.2025 10

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Are millennials really substituting dogs for children? Obviously not – as any dog owner would know

27.05.2025 9

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Led By Donkeys wanted to confiscate Michelle Mone’s yacht but settled for renaming it. It was still a coup

26.05.2025 10

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I finally managed to impress the gen Z of my household – by admitting I skived out of an open day

20.05.2025 8

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The Guardian view on Romania’s presidential election upset: a vote for stability and the west

19.05.2025 10

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The Guardian view on the EU trade deal: a rational step forward

19.05.2025 10

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Ella Baron on the UK-EU trade and security agreement – cartoon

19.05.2025 10

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Why abortion rights in the UK are getting more and more perilous

19.05.2025 10

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Ben Jennings on Trump’s $145bn arms deal with Saudi Arabia – cartoon

14.05.2025 10

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After 35 years, the Menendez brothers have a chance for parole. Was that the Netflix effect?

14.05.2025 8

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The toxic debate about obesity rages on. But at least we know if Mounjaro or Wegovy is better for weight loss

13.05.2025 30

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‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones

12.05.2025 50

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I won’t be taking exam leave to support my teens – just hovering, worrying and driving them mad

07.05.2025 30

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Reform’s chairman is right: young Britons are demoralised. But it’s not because they hate their country

06.05.2025 5

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Harry’s TV interview told us everything – and nothing. Why are the royals such terrible communicators?

05.05.2025 10

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It’s the anti net-zero, anti-woke Tony Blair – how was this man ever considered a progressive?

30.04.2025 10

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