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There’s an itsy-bitsy fear I want to overcome. I will never be a fan, but can I at least be Normal about spiders?

In order to be less scared, I imagine the huge Australian huntsman as a girlie, just chilling and listening to us yap. It sounds dumb, but it worked (a little bit)

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My five-year-old daughter is learning to love cricket. It’s a source of delight in a difficult summer

Watching the Ashes has felt like a small bright spot. Something to cheer about when our hearts are broken

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Starmer needs to tell a better Christmas story about Labour

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If Labour is to avoid catastrophe in the May local elections, the prime minister and his cabinet need to pull together and deliver both action and good news

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The Guardian view on May 2026 elections: a new political geography is coming into view across Britain

Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at the impact of devolution on growing volatility of party political allegiance

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How the French fell in love with family-driven memoirs and autofiction

Matriarchs, absent fathers and troubled childhoods: 2025 was the year French literature focused on family, says writer Anne-Laure Pineau

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Did 2025 mark the end of British parliamentary democracy as we know it?

The conventions and rituals that define the way we do politics rapidly eroded this year – setting the UK on a course into the unknown, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Is India’s environment minister lying about the new definition of the Aravallis?

The #SaveAravalli campaign stands out in an unexpected way. At a time when most protests against the government are quickly branded “anti-national” or dismissed as the work of “Urban Naxals,” that script hasn’t been rolled out here.

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Wild animals are great gift givers – and there’s one present in particular I’d love to receive for Christmas

Penguins hand over pebbles; scorpionflies give spitballs. But I’m hankering after a sea sponge presented by a dolphin, says science writer Helen Pilcher

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The hill I will die on: Fruit with meat? What kind of pervert are you?

Please don’t ever offer me cranberry sauce with my roast turkey – that’s just jam on your Christmas dinner, and who wants that, asks Guardian Opinion deputy editor Katy Guest

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Thanks to Independent readers, young people will have a safe haven to call for help

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Our readers have generously donated £165,000 in our Christmas appeal, so Missing People is now well on its way to launching SafeCall to give a supportive ear to a young person in distress

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This Christmas, peace won’t come from the politics of envy. It will come only by building a more equal Australia

Wealth is shifting upwards, basic universal services are outsourced and improving the lives of the Australians doing it toughest is being ignored. So where can we find hope?

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When my father first came to the UK, people bonded and looked after him. Would that happen now?

I’ve taken in refugees from time to time, and formed lasting ties with them. It’s time to stop demonising those in need, says journalist and author Nell Frizzell

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OPINION - 'My childhood in London was busy, energetic and colourful — I'd never raise my kids in the countryside'

More and more friends with young children are packing themselves off to sleepy villages. I can’t imagine anything worse, says Claire Cohen

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A key question for every believer: does God approve of Santa Claus? I hope so, or I’m in trouble

The great Santa deception arguably breaches the ninth commandment (‘Thou shalt not bear false witness’), but I think God would cut us some slack, says vicar Ravi Holy

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OPINION - The Standard and Winnie the Pooh

On Christmas Eve, 100 years ago, the first Pooh story appeared in the Evening News, which later merged with the Standard

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No bickering around the Christmas tree! If your family are trapped by their algorithms, here’s the way out

My research on social media shows high levels of misinformation and disconnect. Here’s how to talk to kith and kin this week without tears and tantrums, says academic Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

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The hill I will die on: Being late can be the height of good manners and decorum, actually

Instead of seeing etiquette as a set of categorical rules, we should recognise that poor form can actually have good consequences, says writer Rachel Connolly

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Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around

Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum and things may get worse before they get better, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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The hope and heartbreak of Kate McCann

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: By supporting SafeCall, the mother of Madeleine McCann, who went missing in 2007, hopes her experience will be a light in the dark for the 72,000 children who disappear every year

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Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy

Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy

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The Guardian view on the festive season: a suffering world needs messages of peace, hope and goodwill

Editorial: The fracturing multilateral order has led to a new age of insecurity. But acts of courage and solidarity can point the way to a better future

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The Guardian view on animal welfare: a timely reminder that cruelty is wrong

Editorial: New protections for hares, and more humane conditions on farms, should be welcomed by all

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Now that phones alter our photos without us knowing, how do we know what’s real?

Comparing the pictures taken with my camera’s automatic software to those taken with a ‘zero-processing’ app, the results are shocking. Is this a good idea, asks writer Isabel Brooks

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Is Susie Wiles an innocent bystander in Trump’s White House?

As chief of staff, she has stifled her temptation to intervene time and time again

The Guardian - AU

Crunch time: are freeze-dried fruit and veg actually healthy to eat or just chips in a different form?

This food preservation method is being promoted as a nutrition powerhouse, but it shouldn’t be treated as a direct substitute for fresh produce

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