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I worried about nuclear war throughout my childhood, partly because it was the 80s, and partly because we were always demonstrating against it. On this important day, I knew where I needed to be, writes Zoe Williams

The home secretary’s idea makes her sound so much like a cartoon villain that I initially assumed it couldn’t be true, writes Zoe Williams

‘Wubbo’ has made it on to the list and so has ‘Dave’, but although I’ve tried a hundred times, including my kids’ names, I’ve had absolutely no luck, writes Zoe Williams

Both share a fixation with process over project and have an absence of values, which can only result in a trail of broken promises, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

David Lammy being caught without a poppy sparked a national debate. But there are many ways to honour the fallen, writes Zoe Williams

Modern courtship entails a complex set of escalations, from texts to voice notes to photos, before everything fizzles out. Give me gen X messiness any day, writes Zoe Williams

How much coffee is too much coffee?

The singer is giving away millions – but the parameters for criticising the super-rich are very narrow, and hardly anyone qualifies, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The staff are really helpful, but stark warnings, unnecessary cliffhangers and demonising language in the application forms all add up to unnecessary stress, writes Zoe Williams

We hear the term “hormone balancing” day in, day out, Instagram is awash with hormone balancing coaches and we’re constantly seeing products that claim to reinstate hormonal balance. But given that hormones are always in flux – due to the nature of them being hormones – what does the term…

How do you impress admissions tutors? Apparently not by waffling on about babysitting experience, or a love of crochet, writes Zoe Williams