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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

yesterday 7

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

Some people can wear white clothes. I am very much not one of them
24.06.2025 10

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

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

How not to be the most annoying person in a pub quiz – five things I’ve learned
17.06.2025 10

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

MI6 has appointed its first female leader. What took it so long?
16.06.2025 8

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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

Yes, protesting can help tyrants like Trump, with its scenes of disorder. But that’s no reason to stay at home
12.06.2025 40

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

10.06.2025 8

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

09.06.2025 7

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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 20

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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 10

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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 9

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

28.05.2025 8

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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 20

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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 9

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

20.05.2025 10

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

Earlier this month, Nicola Packer was found not guilty of illegally terminating a pregnancy, after taking abortion pills beyond the legal limit of 10...

20.05.2025 4

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

14.05.2025 6

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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 60

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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 10

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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 10

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

05.05.2025 20

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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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My mum died in A&E last month – and the place was like a war zone

29.04.2025 40

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I went to a Tesla protest this weekend – here’s what I learned

28.04.2025 10

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Why a holiday in the US is out of the question

22.04.2025 100

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All eyes are on Reform right now – but why are they given so much influence?

21.04.2025 10

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Truss social: the latest venture from a woman who really knows what the people want

16.04.2025 6

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Having as many babies as possible is not the only way to show you love humanity

15.04.2025 9

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So Katy Perry went to space. Wasn’t there anyone else we could have sent?

14.04.2025 10

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Oh, the terrible guilt of enjoying time off in the sun, when my teenager’s up to her neck in GCSEs

08.04.2025 10

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Has The White Lotus really forgotten that rich people are the problem?

07.04.2025 10

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Mother’s Day has restored my hope in 2025 – but my kids had nothing to do with it

01.04.2025 40

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How to fight a fascist state – what I learned from a second world war briefing for secret agents

31.03.2025 3

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Reeves’s Sabrina Carpenter freebie furore proves today’s politicians should avoid one thing: fun

24.03.2025 7

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Badenoch’s attack on net zero is ridiculous. But so were the right’s Brexit claims, and look where they left us

20.03.2025 20

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My beloved tube station book-swap has gone. Who’s to blame for its passing?

18.03.2025 6

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Labour is gaslighting disabled people – and that should terrify us all

17.03.2025 5

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I loved the Crufts dog show – apart from Clare Balding and the winner who was 50% cat

11.03.2025 20

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How did Reform end up in such a mess? Is that a serious question?

10.03.2025 10

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Crap jobs, fewer homes, less money, toxic politics. And peak happiness eludes the young: who knew?

06.03.2025 30

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Someone left a strange wheelbarrow in my kitchen. Now what do I do?

04.03.2025 4

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There’s no denying Trump’s true nature any more. But what will it take to stop another visit to the UK?

03.03.2025 6

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Welcome back Billy McFarland and a new Fyre festival. Shows you can’t keep a good fantasist down

27.02.2025 10

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Welcome to Britain in 2025 – where there is a heist in my local shop and no one is surprised

25.02.2025 6

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The fight at the heart of the German election is simmering everywhere

24.02.2025 10

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James Murdoch has spilled the beans, and the reality is more miserable than we – or Succession – ever imagined

19.02.2025 10

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What I learned from a lovely woman on a packed ward in hospital

18.02.2025 6

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The new world order is exactly what it looks like. Are we too frozen with fear to name it?

17.02.2025 30

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