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Five Great Reads: ‘Dunecore’, dysregulation and dumb red carpet questions

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

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I’ve spent decades loving a band you’ve probably never heard of. But there are 199 others who get it

Remember My Life Story? They managed to fill one of London’s most iconic venues on Saturday. So what if it’s also one of the smallest, writes Zoe Williams

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BBC licence fee no longer feels justifiable

Letters: Paula Thomas, Roderick Stewart and Dr Dolf A Mogendorff respond to Zoe Williams’s article on how thousands of people are being prosecuted for non-payment of the TV licence fee

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Why does Rishi Sunak talk down the UK? I blame David Cameron

It takes a rare mix of melodrama and disloyalty to stand outside No 10 and declare that the country is going to the dogs. But other Tory PMs blazed the way, writes Zoe Williams

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Who will miss the manual car when it’s gone? Only the very smuggest drivers

We’re falling out of love with manual cars, says the DVLA. What will driving ‘enthusiasts’ have left to feel superior about now? asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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A civilised country would not have made Shamima Begum stateless

Letters: Readers respond to the recent court of appeal ruling that upheld the UK government’s decision to strip the 24-year-old of British citizenship

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How fast can a menopausal cop run? Now we’ll never know

Officers in the British Transport Police no longer have to take the ‘bleep test’ to prove their stamina. But I reckon a lot of menopausal women would smash it faster than the patriarchy, writes Zoe Williams

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Is Sadiq Khan a good mayor of London? Let’s not pretend the far right cares

From Trump and his supporters to the ‘meatheads’ on GB News, Khan has been under attack ever since he was elected in 2016. Facts don’t come into it, writes Zoe Williams

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The Shamima Begum ruling proves it: some UK citizens are less equal than others

Any British person who has a foreign-born parent will feel their status is more precarious, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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YouTuber Ruby Franke’s chilling story shows us that internet culture has given child abuse a new place to hide

The most disturbing thing about the prolific parenting vlogger was that she was peddling cruelty worldwide in plain sight, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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From starving students to emaciated pets: why are hunger and poverty the UK’s new normal?

The Conservatives have taken pragmatic, everyday charity and kindness and used it to shore up the cruel state they have created, writes Zoe Williams

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Prince William is very rarely relatable – except when he’s at the Baftas

His awkwardness is on another level, and the beauty and professionalism of the actors doesn’t help, writes Zoe Williams

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I would mourn The Body Shop – it was a gateway to politics for animal-obsessed teenagers like me

The struggling high-street chain combined the scent of self-care with social justice, creating a generation of dewberry-smelling activists and changing the cosmetics industry for ever, writes Zoe Williams

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British abortion law is a medieval nightmare

An increasing number of women are being prosecuted for procuring abortions and face the possibility of life imprisonment. Why are we being so polite about this outrage, asks Zoe Williams

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Remember Brianna Ghey’s name, not her killers’ – and confront the transphobia that dogged her

Her murder by two other children was motivated in part by her transgender identity. As a society, we have questions to answer, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Should a wee in the woods get you fined – or dumped by your partner? A penny for your thoughts

When contractors hide in laybys to catch offenders, it’s about more than just public decency and hygiene. It’s about money, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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My decades-old bike has been stolen – and I feel bereft

I’ve flipped between denial, acceptance and moaning about the loss of this lovely and useful thing. I just hope it will be appreciated in its next home, writes Zoe Williams

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Why Boris Johnson – and other men like him – love the idea of conscription

War memorials might be set in stone, but the debate to bring back conscription only serves those who shamelessly peddle the sacrifice of others as their own writes Zoe Williams

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How Winston Churchill became a mascot for anti-woke warriors

Ron DeSantis quoted him wrongly when quitting the race to be US president – years after Boris Johnson repackaged Churchill for a nasty new era, writes Zoe Williams

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An internal Tory drama engulfing our politics? The Rwanda policy feels like Brexit all over again

Even if Rishi Sunak’s bill scrapes through, the Conservative right have again made their agenda all anyone’s talking about, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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We prepare for Christmas, Easter, Halloween and even Bonfire Night. So why are we so terrible at planning for January?

The failed resolutions and bleak weather this time of year are just as predictable and immovable as every other yearly event. Maybe it’s time we did more than ‘gratitude journal’, writes Zoe Williams

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A Labour landslide is in sight – so let’s prepare for the biggest party of our lives

A win for politicians you don’t hate is incredibly rare. We can’t waste this opportunity to celebrate, writes Zoe Williams

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Jennifer Aniston’s Proustian haircut – a portal to a happier time

The Friends star appeared at the Golden Globes more or less unchanged from the 90s, when the world seemed full of promise, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Kate doesn’t want Prince George to go to Eton – and for once I agree with her

I was miserable at my all-girls’ school. According to rumour, so was the Princess of Wales. No wonder she wants to keep her son out of another single-sex establishment, writes Zoe Williams

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Luke Littler was glorious in defeat, in a sport the snobs hate – what could be more British than that?

Darts embodies our true national values of irony, self-mockery and playfulness in a pastime that requires skill but no exertion, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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