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Eva Wiseman
What I learned from the Margaret Thatcher estate sale
Wed 29 Oct 2025
Róisín Lanigan
The Let Them Theory may be ‘non-fiction’ but it has no facts
Fri 24 Oct 2025
John Naughton
Social media is just TV now – and we can’t stop changing the channel
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
My three-year-old has bold ambitions for Halloween
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Melanie Reid
AI can’t care for you
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Eva Wiseman
Fashion Week showed us the body positivity movement is over
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Eva Wiseman
‘I’ve fallen in love with school lunch leftovers’
Mon 20 Oct 2025
Kenan Malik
Without a two-state solution, what hope is there?
Sun 19 Oct 2025
Eva Wiseman
Having kids has changed my cinema experience
Fri 17 Oct 2025
John Naughton
Is the AI bubble history repeating itself? Ask a chatbot
Fri 17 Oct 2025
John Niven
What lethal weapon can you own at 17? A car
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
My son’s stories remind me of my own early literary works
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
Our boy thought sleeping in his clothes would be a genius life hack
Sat 27 Sept 2025
Eva Wiseman
‘Intimate deodorants suggest we want our genitals to smell like food’
Fri 26 Sept 2025
Charlotte Mendelson
'If garden tools really count as weaponry, I’m in command of a small arsenal'
Sat 20 Sept 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
‘My son’s pretend bookshop is not profitable, but it’s exciting’
Sat 20 Sept 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Bad photos of ourselves
Wed 17 Sept 2025
Sarah Manavis
The book that transformed my writing life
Wed 10 Sept 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Baths
Wed 10 Sept 2025
Eva Wiseman
The problem with ‘gentle parenting’
Sat 23 Aug 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Mullet haircuts
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
‘Fabulous food, spectacular wine, gambolling fawns… Bordeaux is magical’
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Sarah Manavis
When it comes to travel, is ‘gatekeeping’ favourite spots such a bad thing?
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Eva Wiseman
‘A photoshoot loomed, but I prefer to forget I have a face’
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Charlotte Mendelson
‘To a lesser gardener, a trip to Cork could be a washout’
Wed 6 Aug 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Band T-shirts from high street shops
Tue 5 Aug 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Crazy golf
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Elif Shafak
To us young alienated Turks, Ozzy spoke volumes
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Eva Wiseman
A shift in the abortion debate
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Annalisa Barbieri
Notes on chocolate: the hunt for the elusive ‘white’ Twirl
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Emma Forrest
‘My partner's vanilla perfumes make me feel sick’
Sun 20 Jul 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Wasps
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Charlotte Mendelson
‘I love plants, but didn’t want to spend the night in a garden centre’
Sat 12 Jul 2025
Eva Wiseman
My dysfunctional relationship with my financial advisor
Fri 11 Jul 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Orange squash
Wed 9 Jul 2025
Will Hutton
Trump is gambling that the UK will help pick up the tab
Sun 6 Jul 2025
Ali Smith
Ali Smith: ‘Refugee Tales is a small bright spot in dark times’
Sat 5 Jul 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Celebrity wall calendars
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Live, laugh, love
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Lucien Young
Dear Keir: ‘Welcome our AI overlords. Bow to your obsolescence’
Sun 29 Jun 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
‘Sports day had been delightful up to the point the parents had to race…’
Sat 28 Jun 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Hawaiian pizza
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Simon Barnes
My week as a tarantula hawk
Sat 14 Jun 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Garden gnomes
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
‘My daughter swims and I am out of my depth’
Sat 7 Jun 2025
John Naughton
The networker: Universities must learn to embrace AI
Sat 7 Jun 2025
Eva Wiseman
Eva Wiseman: the loss of life's rough edges
Sat 7 Jun 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Varifocals
Sat 7 Jun 2025
Kenan Malik
The thinker who saw the flaws in liberalism
Sun 1 Jun 2025
Martha Gill
There are 13.5 million dogs in the UK - many are spoilt rotten
Sun 1 Jun 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
Andrew Rawnsley: the chancellor's lean spending review
Sun 1 Jun 2025
Rachel Cooke
Greggs is worth waxing lyrical about: it's on a roll
Sun 1 Jun 2025
Marie Le Conte
Marie Le Conte: ‘I couldn’t even bring myself to despise rugby’
Sat 31 May 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
‘With 10 siblings and a frugal dad, we never had babysitters’
Fri 30 May 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Cheese slices
Fri 30 May 2025
Eva Wiseman
Eva Wiseman: ‘Can we be too aware of mental health?’
Thu 29 May 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for... Shiny suits
Sun 25 May 2025
Jill Insley
Your problems: Delta wanted suitcase manufacturer to pay for luggage abuse
Sun 25 May 2025
John Naughton
John Naughton: beware Microsoft shutting down emails
Sat 24 May 2025
Martha Gill
An obsession with exams is failing our children
Sun 18 May 2025
Charlotte Mendelson
‘Spring has sprung – and I’m in a plant panic’
Sun 18 May 2025
Will Hutton
Venture capital: the great hope for UK growth
Sun 18 May 2025
Andrew Rawnsley
Andrew Rawnsley: fuel cuts for pensioners have a long tail
Sun 18 May 2025
Kenan Malik
We’re becoming strangers – but not just because of immigration
Sun 18 May 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
Séamas O’Reilly: Doctor Who has given my son his first telly scare
Sun 18 May 2025
David Mitchell
David Mitchell: Thames Water bosses sold us down the river
Sat 17 May 2025
John Naughton
The networker: Elon Musk has gone full blitzkrieg
Sat 17 May 2025
Eva Wiseman
Eva Wiseman: Do we actually need to sell our old clothes?
Sat 17 May 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Self-help books
Fri 16 May 2025
David Sedaris
‘We’ve got to do something about Trump, but maybe later’
Fri 16 May 2025
Simon Barnes
‘I’m considering landing this year’ – my week as a swift
Fri 16 May 2025
Steve Bloomfield
Santa's hard lesson in soft power
Thu 15 May 2025
Lucien Young
‘Sorry to hear about your daddy issues, Prince Harry’
Thu 15 May 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for… Scotch eggs
Mon 12 May 2025
Eva Wiseman
Eva Wiseman: watching weight after Weight Watchers
Sat 10 May 2025
Martha Gill
Martha Gill on Britain’s crisis of faith
Tue 6 May 2025
Annalisa Barbieri
Notes on chocolate: Cox & Co
Sun 4 May 2025
Rhik Samadder
The case for... Toilet roll dolls
Sun 4 May 2025
Marie Le Conte
Opinion: Marie Le Conte’s summer fling with cricket
Fri 2 May 2025
Will Hutton
Will Hutton: 'This unholy alliance between bond markets and forecasters will ruin us'
Sun 27 Apr 2025
Séamas O’Reilly
Séamas O’Reilly on his three-year-old’s capitalistic gleam
Fri 25 Apr 2025
Róisín Lanigan
Róisín Lanigan, the crap flat expert
Fri 25 Apr 2025
