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Tube staff and lecturers are showing how to stage a strike in the 21st century

Just because we live in a post-industrial era doesn’t mean industrial action has suddenly become obsolete, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2022

How could anybody dream of turning the brilliant A Little Life into another Sex and the City?

Hanya Yanagihara has written a screen adaptation of her acclaimed novel and the studios are not interested. But done right, it could be the ultimate box set, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022

What I learned about Russia and sanctions from eating cheese with an oligarch

The restaurant empire of the Russian billionaire Arkadiy Novikov taught me that you should always pay attention to how rich people are spending their money, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2022

Johnson likes to dress up as a mini-dictator. But is he really up to that job?

The prime minister seems temperamentally unsuited the demands of his own increasingly authoritarian agenda, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

Why did GB News interview a Churchill impersonator as if he were the real thing?

In a baffling segment on the TV channel, a stand-in for the wartime leader ponders whether he would be cancelled. Too right he would, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022

One of my kids has gone vegetarian. Now the rest of the family want meat with everything

For a fortnight we all ate black beans and squash lasagne but soon the bickering began. It’s rule by the intolerant majority, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2022

Vaccine refusers have been asked on to Question Time. Is this a disaster waiting to happen?

Fiona Bruce has encouraged unvaccinated people to join the TV show’s debate. I have misgivings about this attempt to bridge a growing divide, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2022

The BBC is so much more than a subplot in the Tory soap opera

Progressives must do more than just try to save institutions from the wreckers, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2022

Office drinking culture slowed down in the 90s. But not for journalists – and now they are running the country

Spirits at work were common in the 60s, and pints at lunchtime were normal in the 80s, but most workplaces sobered up, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2022

‘Dark kitchens’ serving food delivery apps are everywhere – but what goes on inside?

Their name makes them sound nefarious, which makes me keen to know more, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2022