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Starmer may be bland – but that passes the taste test in a country sick of spicy politics

Amid the cacophony of post-election analysis over the weekend, one item struck me as especially bleak for Rishi Sunak. It wasn’t the byelection...

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Rafael Behr

Australian literature has long been ‘hijacked by activists’. This has made it richer. Let’s not go backwards

Last week the State Library of New South Wales announced the shortlists of the 2024 Premier’s Literary awards. The announcement came with arguably...

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Sarah Ayoub

Ten years after ending an abusive relationship my ex-partner is still trying to destroy me financially

I left an abusive relationship almost a decade ago, but my abuser has kept a noose around my neck every day since. At the time we had four young...

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Anonymous

Could you get by on a measly $43,000 a month? It seems Rudy Giuliani can’t

‘Bankruptcy” is a surprisingly amorphous term. For poor people, it means not having any money. For corporations and the super-wealthy it means a...

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Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian view on disability benefit reform: the latest proposals are dangerously out of touch

The best thing that can be said about the latest proposals from ministers to reform disability benefits is that they are unlikely ever to come to...

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Patrick Gaspard

What is the most important word in medicine? It is not what we teach doctors

“What’s a Festschrift?” my youngest asks. “In German it means ‘celebration writing’,” I say, “I’m going to an academic conference to...

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Ranjana Srivastava

There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise

The latest twists and turns in negotiations to end the war in Gaza appear labyrinthine and confusing. But it’s really not that complicated....

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Simon Tisdall

Rachel Reeves is right: this government is gaslighting us over the economy

Labour’s tanks roll relentlessly across Tory lawns, not pausing a heartbeat to celebrate phenomenal local election results in England. It treated...

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Polly Toynbee

Tories must face hard truths: Reform-lite wreckers like Braverman are why the public just don’t like us

Last week’s local election results may finally have sunk Rishi Sunak’s Conservative party. It lost all but one of the 11 mayoralty contests, and...

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Justine Greening

Guardian Opinion cartoon Ben Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s plan after last week’s elections results – cartoon

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Patrick Gaspard

How could Sunak and Starmer liven up the election? I vote for a rap battle

God knows I don’t want to pick sides in the bitter rivalry between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. The rappers’ feud has been going on for way too long...

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Zoe Williams

Israel is banning Al Jazeera, America is banning TikTok. We know why

The White House rightly said it was “concerning” when Israel’s parliament laid the groundwork to shut down Al Jazeera within its borders in...

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Seth Stern

A night out drinking should feel safe: here are a few simple steps you can take to help reduce risk

Feeling safe to socialise should be everyone’s right. Reports of Queensland MP Brittany Lauga alleging she was drugged and sexually assaulted during...

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Nicole Lee

The science on endometriosis is finally breaking through – so why do treatments feel stuck in the past?

I’m kneeling on the hard, cold tiles of my bathroom floor retching into the toilet bowl, and I’ve been here for some time. The colour has drained...

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Lucy Pasha-Robinson

Lying politicians in the Senedd may finally be held to account – but why should we stop at Wales?

In 2019, I helped prove in court that the then prime minister misled the Queen. Boris Johnson claimed he prorogued parliament for purely...

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Sam Fowles

Appetising, delicious food served up to prisoners? It works for the Nordic countries

I spent three weeks visiting prisons across Scandinavia to find out how they feed their prisoners. You may ask why any of us should be concerned...

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Lucy Vincent

Making John Swinney leader may be the SNP’s smartest move in years

John Swinney’s accession to the leadership of the Scottish National party has been called a “coronation”. Yet the smooth handover of power that...

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Dani Garavelli

I will build at least 10,000 council homes. As for right to buy – suspend it for new properties

Last Thursday, people voted for change. There appears to be a settled view now that the country needs a fresh start. And yet anyone who has stood...

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Andy Burnham

Police let violent mobs attack UCLA students. This is what lawlessness looks like

Things had been tense at the University of California, Los Angeles, with some ugly jibes and the occasional shove exchanged between students who...

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Judith Levine

The Guardian Essential report Could Labor use Australia’s fears over crime and online safety to power internet regulation?

A dark month of black swan events threatens to push the national political debate on to a platform of fear as the drumbeat of trauma asks new...

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Peter Lewis

Frock horror! In these dark times, let us be grateful for the ludicrous spectacle of the Met Gala

Tuesday is officially the morning after the Met Gala of the night before, when we civilians get to press our noses up against the glass of our...

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Marina Hyde

Guardian Opinion cartoon Nicola Jennings on Rishi Sunak’s local elections disaster – cartoon

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Bhikkhu Sujato And Nadine Levy

American politicians forget: disruption and disorder are the point of protests

“In America, the student movement has been seriously radicalized wherever police and police brutality intervened in essentially nonviolent...

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Patrick Gaspard

England’s metro mayors make a farce of local democracy. They must be scrapped

England’s 12 “metro mayors” should be abolished. Metro mayorships are artificial creations whose regional geography rarely reflects any civic...

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Simon Jenkins

Have I got this right? Does Kristi Noem really want Joe Biden to start killing dogs too?

When Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor being vetted as a candidate for Donald Trump’s vice-president, admitted in her memoir to having shot...

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Zoe Williams

Sharing the Load How can we expect mothers to return to work if we’re so reluctant to allow fathers to stay home?

The job I was applying for was three days a week. It was a backwards step, career-wise, but the hours were attractive. By that I mean that the...

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Myke Bartlett

Don’t let the sound and fury over Gaza protests drown out what the students are saying

On a hot day last week, the pavements outside Columbia University were heaving. About 200 protesters were gathered, making a noise that was bigger...

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Nesrine Malik

What are Australia’s family law reforms, and how will they help women and children fleeing violence?

The first four months of 2024 have brought the horror of violence against women into the news feeds of everyday Australians. Each day we have been...

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Zoe Rathus For The Conversation

Unloved but unchallenged, Sunak appears safe – because only a fool would want his job now

How to react to unfolding calamity? Tory MPs took different approaches. “Disastrous. Worse than I expected and pointing to a total wipeout.”...

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Henry Hill

I love Vogue’s idea of ‘British girl energy’. But what does it involve? M&S knickers? Weaponised politeness?

Chioma Nnadi, who has taken over at British Vogue, says she has settled back in seamlessly after 20 years out of the UK. “I realised just how...

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Emma Beddington

As the Channel tunnel turns 30, England needs to grow up and acknowledge its deep bond with France

The first passenger train from England to France carried Queen Elizabeth II to Calais on 6 May 1994. Trains carrying less exalted passengers would...

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Jonn Elledge

There is a way for Starmer’s Labour to fix the big rift with Muslim voters – if it has the will

The local and mayoral elections saw many traditional Labour-voting Muslim voters abandon the party they’ve loyally supported for decades. One...

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Miqdaad Versi

Why I quit I stopped lying to please people – and I’ve never felt more free

I never used to think of myself as a liar. I always saw myself as an honest person. The only time I’d ever veer from the truth was to protect...

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Radhika Sanghani

Vampire facials, under-eye fillers, ‘prejuvenation’: how did cosmetic tweakments get so extreme?

Everyone goes through it: a reckoning with one’s own mortality in the mirror, poking at eye bags and tugging at folds of loose skin. Am I looking...

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Georgina Lawton

Making sense of it Buddha taught us to be happy with less. How does this apply to the climate crisis?

From a Buddhist perspective, everyone can learn to live simply and be happy. There’s no great secret to it. Simplicity is not an aesthetic or a...

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Bhikkhu Sujato And Nadine Levy

We pay a lot more for a lot less, and people know it. That’s why Sunak’s Tories were thrashed in these elections

Late last Monday, I got home from a long day of political reporting to find a political leaflet produced by the Conservative party. It had nothing...

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John Harris

I remember the 1960s crackdowns against war protesters. This is a repeat

I’ve been spending the last several weeks trying to find out what’s really going on with the campus protests. I’ve met with students at...

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Robert Reich

So empire and the slave trade contributed little to Britain’s wealth? Pull the other one, Kemi Badenoch

Britain ran an empire for centuries that at its peak 100 years ago occupied just under a quarter of the world’s land area. Yet if you believe “...

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Will Hutton

With a bit of Saudi topspin, tennis fans can overlook its brutal repression of women

If a record of sexual apartheid is not the ideal look for a nation that must still, occasionally, placate progressives, news of an extreme example...

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Catherine Bennett

The IPP scandal Unfair jail sentences – one more example of demonising society’s ‘morally unfit’

David Blunkett acknowledged last week that it was the “biggest regret” of his political life. As home secretary under Tony Blair in 2001, Blunkett...

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Kenan Malik

My life is all food stains and dead pot plants – no wonder I dream of beauty and good taste

I devoured the journalist Hamish Bowles’s recent account of his recovery from a severe stroke, not just because good writing on life-altering...

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Emma Beddington

From mayoral elections to Rwanda removals, Sunak won’t let the truth jeopardise his mission

In the psychedelic 60s stop-frame animation children’s television series Trumpton, all the characters have identifying proper names – the...

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Stewart Lee

Sometimes our take on human nature trumps our political allegiances. Good

It’s not often you find yourself nodding along with those with whom you normally profoundly disagree, and raising an eyebrow at the contributions...

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Sonia Sodha

Why sportspeople should stick to the pitch and stay out of politics

There’s an old adage that says sport and politics don’t mix. It’s a moot point with persuasive arguments on both sides. But in light of former...

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Andrew Anthony

I was a running addict – but pushing myself to the limit led to two knee replacements

I am preparing for an anaesthetist to sink a hypodermic needle into my back at a busy London hospital ahead of a scheduled surgery to replace my...

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Rod Gilchrist

As Australia screams for action against lethal male violence, this is a culture war for survival

In the wake of more, more, more reports of lethal male violence against women in Australia – and the protests demanding actions that have...

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Van Badham

Observer comment cartoon Chris Riddell on Rishi Sunak, sitting in no-chance saloon after local elections drubbing – cartoon

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Martha Gill

After the local election rout, will the panicked Tory herd now stampede over Rishi Sunak?

The mayoral elections demonstrated that there is a way to win for a Conservative. This is to make out that you have nothing to do with the Tories....

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Andrew Rawnsley

Hidden gems from the world of research Spending cuts are often false economies that end up costing society dearly

Every government looks to save money. Sometimes, it’s a priority to reduce spending, as with post-2010 austerity. Even when overall spending is...

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Torsten Bell

Britain’s most overrated food? No chance … fish and chips is a marvel

Across Britain today, hundreds of thousands of us will tuck into one of the world’s most perfect dishes. Crispy batter encasing flaky fish; a...

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Tomé Morrissy-Swan

Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones

It was after the third song in Britten’s Les Illuminations that Ian Bostridge decided he’d had enough. Wheeling round to face the constellation...

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Martha Gill

Notebook A successful woman in her 40s with a toyboy pop star? Great on screen in The Idea of You, scary in reality

Anyone for a toyboy? The hit of the season has been The Idea of You , the film adaptation of Robinne Lee’s bestseller in which a woman in her 40s...

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Bidisha Mamata

We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices

On Tuesday night, we watched in horror as hundreds of riot police flooded our beloved campus and brutalized our classmates. The next day, students...

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Columbia College Student Council

The networker The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding

Browsing through a history of online public messaging last week, I came across a magical photograph from 1989 or 1990. It shows the world’s first...

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John Naughton

Not woke but still going broke? Maybe you’re just not funny

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Marina Hyde

How old is too old? I’m 77 and I don’t know yet. But I will when I get there

How old is old? That depends on how old you are, for as you age you will nudge that number upwards. A recent German study asked people over the age...

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Polly Toynbee

The classroom divide Here are six ways to make Australian education more inclusive

Australia has a global reputation for high quality education. But inclusion for children and young people with disability in all that education can...

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Catherine Smith

My two adult kids have had to move back home. Should I be charging them rent – and if so, how much?

Thank goodness for the “bank of mum and dad”: now there’s an expression to make me a bit sick in my mouth. I am the parent of two adult children...

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Sue Elliott-Nicholls

The Week in Patriarchy The adultification of children has consequences from Palestine to the US

Trapped in a bullet-ridden car in Gaza City, surrounded by her dead relatives, six-year-old Hind Rajab pleaded with the Red Crescent for help. That...

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Arwa Mahdawi

I teach democracy at Princeton. Student protesters are getting an education like no other

Teaching an undergraduate class on democracy at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs this semester has felt urgent...

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Razia Iqbal

Student encampments have the potential to strengthen US democracy

Three things are certain: antisemitism is on the rise; hatred of Muslims is increasing; and everyone – but especially those at universities with...

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Jan-Werner Müller

Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards

It’s rare that an Italian prime minister tops the table in Europe. But with Germany’s Olaf Scholz and France’s Emmanuel Macron facing red cards...

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