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Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke?

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

The Guardian - UK

I keep trying to name storms. Why does the Met Office turn down my suggestions?

‘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

The Guardian - UK

New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour

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

The Guardian - UK

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Arguing about whether or not to wear a poppy misses the most crucial point

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

The Guardian - UK

Millennial dating involves a lot of sexy moves – so why does it so rarely lead to sex?

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

The Guardian - UK

This is how many cups of coffee you can safely drink in a day

How much coffee is too much coffee?

The Independent UK

Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires

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 Guardian - UK

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Applying for benefits is anxiety-inducing – and the weird language makes it much worse

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

The Guardian - UK

Dr Zoe Williams and nutritionist Hannah Alderson on the ‘hormone balancing’ boom

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…

The Independent UK

Want to go to a UK university? Don’t ask me to help you write your personal statement

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

The Guardian - UK

How the free speech debate stops us from stating the bleeding obvious

The Sarah Pochin controversy has ignited another row over how nasty people are allowed to be before they get ‘cancelled’. It’s an insidious distraction, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage has 1.3m followers on TikTok. Does this mean gen Z likes him?

He is the most popular UK politician on one of the world’s most popular social media sites. Working out what that means is actually surprisingly difficult, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

What do we learn from Epstein and Andrew? There’s a level of power at which right and wrong no longer exist

Prince Andrew has finally decided to give up his titles – but we have known the shape of the allegations against him for years. Why was there a collective decision to look away, asks Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

My mum died this year. And the glut of apples from her tree has brought with it a new kind of grief

Every year, I refused the crates of fruit she tried to palm off on me each autumn. Now I wish I’d taken them, writes Zoe Williams

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Nigel Farage is cosying up to the US anti-abortion group that challenged Roe v Wade. Women in Britain should know that

ADF, a conservative Christian lobby group that counts among its allies JD Vance, has stated that its goal is to see abortion rights curtailed in Britain, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

The Conservative party’s obsession with Margaret Thatcher merch feels less kitsch and more cult

On the former prime minister’s centenary, celebratory tat has included branded Toby jugs and whisky, while her old clothes were on display at conference. Is this really what the Iron Lady would have wanted, asks Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

I’m ready to join the brave new world of women who are leaving their family at home – and holidaying alone

Women are ditching their families to seek adventures on their own terms. What took us so long, asks Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Enjoying the implosion of the Tories? That’s understandable – but completely wrong

The world’s most successful democratic party is in a death spiral of its own making – leaving no moderate bulwark between the moderate and truly far right, writes Zoe Williams

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The joy of The Traitors is in rooting for real people. Does anyone care about celebrities in that way?

Having famous contestants is a betrayal of all that’s great about the show – and a misunderstanding of what makes humans tick, says Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

A school field trip to see neoliberalism in action? Count me in

It wasn’t quite what I was expecting from my daughter’s A-level geography class, but I had plenty of ideas, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

My son is turning 18 – and I am inexplicably sad

He is now an adult, so I have no right to dictate the state of his hair or his choice of diet. But I hadn’t expected this to be such an emotional wrench, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

If Starmer wants to beat Reform, he’ll need more than ‘patriotic renewal’ – whatever that is

Today’s big ‘fightback’ speech continued with the prime minister’s curious strategy of ceding ground to his enemies, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Your Party is a mess. Here’s what they could learn from Farage and Polanski

The public clearly has an appetite for the ideals being offered by the new Sultana-Corbyn alliance. But those involved in the project have to act in harmony - and stay on topic, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

The truth about smartwatches? Life is better without a hectoring zealot on your wrist

According to a new survey, many people experience ‘tech regret’ – especially when it comes to surveillance devices they have bought, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Party conference season is here – and it’s a spectacle beyond redemption

The whole pantomime is meaningless. The leader makes his or her speech, the commentariat falls upon it, and to anyone half normal reality simply continues, undisturbed, writes Zoe Williams

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