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Why Conservatives have learned not to voice their opinions at literary festivals

Letters: David Shipley and Richard Free respond to Zoe Williams’ suggestion that all those who attend are leftwing remainers

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

The days of nul points are over! Plucky little Britain has cornered the Eurovision sympathy vote

After years of almost constant disappointment, the UK came within spitting distance of a Eurovision victory. Shame about the collateral damage, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022

The Tesco chairman is backing a windfall tax. This is not business as usual

When even powerful industry voices demand government action, can ministers go on ignoring the hardship people face, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2022

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Who’s really obsessed with sex, superfoods and ‘snowflakes’? It’s not the public

From the Daily Mail to the Express, the rightwing press has gone bananas. And it hates Britain, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2022

Ncuti Gatwa will make Doctor Who new and exciting again – just like Jodie Whittaker did

Change makes everyone nervous, especially Whovians. But it’s how we regenerate, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2022

Emmerdale and Corrie pub shake-up as Woolpack and Rovers make noticeable change

Alcohol-free beer Heineken 0.0 is now on draught at Emmerdale’s Woolpack and Coronation Street’s Rovers Return, marking a watershed moment for British drinking culture

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2022

The Tories would have you believe we are all as terrible as they are. Don’t believe a word of it

As elections loom, Downing Street is trying to pretend that nobody’s behaviour matters, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2022

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What did my son learn at school? That Thatcher was ‘OK’, apparently

I would tell him about the miners’ strike and the abolition of free school milk. But kids today hate coal and dairy, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2022

The Oxford Union parades ignorance with no shame – no wonder the Tories love it

So Angela Rayner does not have Boris Johnson’s ‘debating training’. Is that a reference to mumbling about Peppa Pig World, asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022

Helping Mum canvass for Labour in the 80s, I think I actually turned people Tory

I’m unconvinced that knocking door to door works in bagging undecided voters, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2022

Passive-aggressive notes are a staple of office life – Jacob Rees-Mogg has shown Westminster is no different

In every workplace there is one colleague who loves to create drama and conflict, which is just what the minister for Brexit opportunities has done with his missive to civil servants, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

If Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak took lie detector tests, what would they tell us?

We have a need to believe what our leaders are saying. But, even with recourse to technology, that’s easier said than done, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2022

Protecting the rights of women and trans people

Letters: Gillian Dalley and Dr Jane Hamlin respond to an article by Zoe Williams, and Jacqueline Darby reacts to a piece by Susanna Rustin. Plus Prof Martin Marshall on the ban on conversion therapy

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022

I’ve already wasted too much energy calorie-counting – pass the chorizo!

Pork belly at 2,500 calories, with a side of cauliflower cheese at nearly 500? Printing calories on menus forces people to either stay at home or stop caring, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2022

I want to tell the French: don’t do it! But all we can do is watch the elections from the sidelines

I’d love to stop Britain’s neighbour from repeating our mistakes, but advice from overseas counts for nothing – and can sometimes backfire, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2022

Labour needs to own its policy on gender - and unequivocally back trans rights

The only person benefiting from this ‘debate’ is Boris Johnson, who is using the issue as a wedge to divide the opposition, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

There’s no such thing as ‘no-fault’ divorce – the phrase they’re looking for is ‘everybody’s fault’

I’m all for making break-ups less traumatic. But the new divorce law can’t strip out all the emotion, writes Zoe Williams

Daily Mirror · Apr 4, 2022

Average child experiences 104 knocks and tumbles each year with grazed knees most common

Kids are most likely to suffer an accident in their own home, with two-thirds of parents using plasters to treat most scrapes and scratches according to a new study

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The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022

Why do people who try to tell us the truth suffer so much online abuse and so many lawsuits?

The messenger is often the target of gendered and personal attacks. It’s so much easier than hearing uncomfortable truths, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022

How do you stop fake news about Covid? Not by silencing scientists who ask difficult questions

Whatever Twitter was doing when it banned the Oxford epidemiologist Carl Heneghan, it wasn’t protecting the world from disinformation, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022

What did my kids give me for Mother’s Day? A brief break in hostilities

The genuine way to mark the day is to stop doing the thing your mum hates. But watching my children attempt to be polite to each other was exhausting, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2022

In the dark on the rules of the road

Letters: Cath Attlee on a lack of information about the new Highway Code and Chris French on the menace of e-scooters

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2022

Long after Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is home and Boris Johnson’s gone, we’ll remember how he failed her

The prime minister’s incompetence cost Nazanin dear. She was a pawn in a chess game, dependent on the judgment of a man who has none, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2022

Britain’s consumer champions are on fiery form – it must really be time to worry

Experts such as Martin Lewis and Richard Murphy are showing how essential they are as the cost-of-living crisis hits, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2022

I accidentally took my kids to a Jeremy Corbyn rally – how could I explain Stop the War to them?

They say you only discover how well you understand something when you try to tell someone else. When the someone else is a scathing preteen, you discover it even faster, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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