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Dining across the divide: ‘I think certain people need to be locked up’

Can a prison officer turned tram driver and a retired medical tech operations manager agree on incarceration, antisemitism and Trump?

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25

Second safe haven built by The Independent for women fleeing domestic abuse now complete

After a hugely successful campaign – supported by readers, royalty and the PM – both safe houses can now offer a fresh start to families in need

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2025

First family fleeing abuse get keys to The Independent’s safe haven

Survivor of abuse handed keys to new safe house

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025

The Guardian Foundation call on the government to embed news and media literacy into the curriculum

As part of the Department for Education’s curriculum review, The Guardian Foundation is asking the government to build young people’s resilience to fake news.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Dining across the divide: ‘The only thing we agreed on was our mutual dislike of Boris Johnson’

One supports Zionism and the other is horrified by what is happening in Gaza. Could moving on to the climate crisis bring them closer together?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2024

Dining across the divide: ‘Sometimes to be more environmentally friendly you have to sacrifice green land’

They agreed it’s important to build communities and houses people want to live in, but what happened when they discussed renting v buying?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2024

Dining across the divide: ‘Soon there won’t be any leftwingers in Labour, just Keir Starmer clones’

They’re both natural Labour supporters, but one is so unhappy with the leadership he isn’t planning to vote for the party. Will either of them see red?

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024

Bloodied, despondent, clutching a toy: the Ukrainian artists savaging refugee portrait stereotypes

For Ukraine’s entry in this year’s Venice Biennale, two artists asked refugees to help them create an ‘acceptable’ portrait of a woman ravaged by war. We meet the team behind an astonishing project

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024

Dining across the divide: ‘There’s a lot of po-faced finger-wagging on the progressive left’

They differed on how to bring an end to the crisis in the Middle East, but could they find a meeting of minds over the rise of populism – and nudity?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024

Dining across the divide: ‘They were the first non-binary person I’ve had a conversation with’

One thinks positive discrimination is wrong; the other that women should be ‘cut some slack’. Can they find common ground?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2024