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Greedy ruthlessness has had a great PR campaign in business – but these toy shop owners show a better way

The husband-and-wife founders of The Entertainer, which has 160 stores in the UK, will soon transfer their business to their employees. It shows that profit isn’t the only thing worth caring about, writes Zoe Williams

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Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector

The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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I’m going on holiday with another Zoe. Am I going to need a new name?

She’s a teenager and I’m most definitely not, writes Zoe Williams. But I’m not sure I’m ready to be Old Zoe

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I had nothing intelligent to say during the Euro 2025 final. That didn’t shut me up …

I watched the Lionesses’ victory with a group of fervent England fans. Only some of us were focusing on goals and stuff, writes Zoe Williams

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Islamophobia isn’t just socially acceptable in the UK now – it’s flourishing. How did this happen?

Most people believe Muslim values are incompatible with British ones, a new poll has found. It makes for bleak reading, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Job prospects in the UK are grim – no wonder our kids are escaping abroad

Letter: Peter Anderson responds to Zoe Williams’ piece on the nepotistic job market, and says little has changed in 40 years

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Why do I still see my siblings as the people they were in childhood?

Despite their skills, careers and vast amount of knowledge, I often fail to see their adult selves fully formed, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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What did the people of the Cotswolds do to deserve a visit from JD Vance?

The US vice-president has chosen to holiday among the Chipping Norton set, which includes Boris Johnson and Jeremy Clarkson, in a country he says has gone to the dogs. It feels like he is trolling the UK, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Looking for a job? Who you know probably matters more than what you know

Forget polishing your CV – you’re better off working on your connections. That’s the depressing reality when every vacancy attracts thousands of applications, all written by AI, writes Zoe Williams

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A bit like AI, Elon Musk seems custom-built to undermine everything good and true in the world

The Nazi meltdown of the tech billionaire’s bot Grok leaves me asking: is this post-truth rock bottom, or have we further to go?, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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What I learned as a kid in a quasi-commune

With two single mothers, five kids and assorted lodgers and cats, our household was a commune in all but name. It made for some amazing memories, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Big food companies must be held to account in obesity crisis

Letters: Let’s change the way the food industry operates so people have access to healthy food, says Barbara Crowther, while Eithne Dodwell says her local food bank users tend to shun healthier choices

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Sabrina Carpenter may be ‘highly sexualised’ – but that’s not what is most provocative about her

The superstar singer is being used in an argument about sex, pornography, the male gaze, female desire and blond hair that has been going on since before her grandmother was born. Meanwhile, her autonomy is overlooked, writes Zoe Williams

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Bored mums in clothes shops of the world unite! Together we could be unstoppable

We lock eyes while shepherding unruly, ungrateful teens in and out of changing rooms, but don’t speak a word. This needs to change, writes Zoe Williams

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The way to tackle obesity in the UK is to make healthy food affordable. But the government won’t admit it

We can’t fix this crisis with vouchers, loyalty cards or supermarket displays. Either prices have to come down or incomes have to go up, writes Zoe Williams

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‘I want to show people their magic’: Steven Frayne AKA Dynamo at Glastonbury festival

With his father in jail, Frayn learned tricks to save himself from bullies throwing him in a wheelie bin. After years of ‘hustling’ and Snoop Dogg-endorsed stardom, the magician is paying it forward

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Some people can wear white clothes. I am very much not one of them

My talent for attracting coffee stains and mud splatters brings misery to my friends – especially the ones who lend me their pristine white shirts, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Why do we pretend heatwaves are fun – and ignore the brutal, burning reality?

The heatwave media formula is still extravagantly weird: all stock photos of ice-creams and suns with their hats on. It is time we recognised this extreme weather for exactly what it is, writes Zoe Williams

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How not to be the most annoying person in a pub quiz – five things I’ve learned

As someone who is consistently the worst person on a team, I can impart some advice. And the first is do not harangue your host or the other teams under any circumstances, writes Zoe Williams

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MI6 has appointed its first female leader. What took it so long?

From politics to business, the determination to exclude women is purely emotional – a fact that remains as unspoken as it is obvious, writes Zoe Williams

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Yes, protesting can help tyrants like Trump, with its scenes of disorder. But that’s no reason to stay at home

The protesters in LA have a clear message: don’t arrest our friends and neighbours when they pose no danger to anyone, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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What’s the appeal of AI? It will always reassure you

Like many inventions – including mobile phones, Google and Lime bikes – I assumed AI would not catch on. But I’m finding it surprisingly useful, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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David Beckham’s knighthood shows the unique - and utterly absurd - power of the British class system

As the Beckhams finally get what they’ve apparently always wanted, what does it say about the institutions that put so much energy into blocking them? And what does it say about the rest of us, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Why are steel and fishing the only industries politicians care about? What about the ones that make real money?

Education and culture are worth vastly more to the UK. But you don’t see ministers cosying up to the US to support them, or opposition leaders complaining they’ve been ‘betrayed’, writes Zoe Williams

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The story of war is one of kidnapping, slavery and rape. And what we talk about is strategy and territory

From the Boer war to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Imperial War Museum’s new exhibition reminds us what really happens once the bullets begin to fly, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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