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SHOCKING: 2 - What They Never Told You

Five Great Reads: New York’s favourite dive bar, coping with chronic fatigue, and a royal biographer spills the beans

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

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Great news! Bookies think Labour can win the next election. Bad news! It’s down to Elon Musk

The Reform vote is being eaten into by the Musk-backed Restore Britain, led by Rupert Lowe. I fear that Labour may read the wrong message from all this, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Why are my friends so opinionated about reading glasses? I blame denial

From contacts to denial by big font, the real battleground of getting older is admitting we can’t see any more, writes Zoe Williams

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Award ceremonies can be anodyne – but Prince William’s Bafta moment broke through

It used to be accepted fact that nothing political or controversial would be mentioned within spitting distance of a podium. In the last few weeks that silent agreement has ended, writes Zoe Williams

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What exactly is it about Britons that makes us so good at hurtling down an icy drainpipe?

Team GB has swept up the skeleton medals at the Winter Olympics. I suspect it’s something to do with our capacity at weathering tremendous, impotent fear, writes Zoe Williams

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Nothing says the ‘special relationship’ is over like this picture of Donald Trump and Liz Truss

It’s awkward, nobody seems to know what is going on, and the president’s thumb is at half-mast. It’s almost a metaphor for diplomatic relations between the US and the UK, writes Zoe Williams

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If Starmer’s prospective top civil servant really is the ‘queen of woke’, let’s agree that word has lost all meaning

The incoming cabinet secretary, Antonia Romeo, worked under the notoriously woke David Cameron and Theresa May. Maybe she was a double agent? says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Mixed message in France’s letter about fertility

Letters: Daniel Whittington writes that it shows a lack of understanding; plus letters on the length of maternity leave and the emotional cost of leaving conception too late

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France’s letters to 29-year-olds to remind them to have babies is a spectacular missing of the point

A serious plan to tackle low birthrates could include addressing the fact that if people could afford to house themselves, they might be quicker to settle down, writes Zoe Williams

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Jilly Cooper made everyone feel special – and her memorial was the perfect tribute

It featured the queen, Rupert Everett and horses paying their respects, amid a combination of romance, absurdity and delight at Southwark Cathedral last week, writes Zoe Williams

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Matt Goodwin is the most extreme Reform candidate yet. How Labour and the Greens react will define them

The former academic’s candidacy in the Gorton and Denton byelection shows the hard right has evolved. To stop it the left must change too, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Victoria Beckham has trademarked her kids’ names – and my dog is not happy about it

My pup Romeo and daughter Harper share names with the Beckham offspring. Could VB not just have laid claim to ‘Posh’ instead, asks Zoe Williams

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Why is Andy Burnham such a threat to Keir Starmer? Everyone likes him

Labour may have successfully blocked the mayor of Greater Manchester from running for parliament, but this definitely hasn’t solved their problems, writes Zoe Williams

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Why are saunas suddenly everywhere? I think it’s to do with booze

People are serious about wanting to see each other without getting drunk – and they could be on to something, writes Zoe Williams

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Why can’t women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt?

The TV hit has cracked open a rich seam of misogyny: romance is written off as a weird thing that women like, and the audience is dismissed as ‘wine moms’, writes Zoe Williams

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An expulsion, a smirking leader and now a defection: it’s episode one, series one of the Farage/Jenrick show

Farage was all smiles as the Tory rightwinger he once called a ‘fraud’ defected to Reform. Will it be big enough for the both of them? Keep watching, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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The pub that changed me: ‘The barman banned me – no process, no second chances, no appeal’

The world’s largest Wetherspoon’s has seal-spotting views, a green leather banquette and a grand central staircase. I would do anything for that pub, so imagine my surprise when I was given my marching orders

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I am moving house – and being a lifelong hoarder has finally caught up with me

As I pack up for pastures new, I’m wondering why I still can’t tell the difference between a knick-knack and a mess, writes Zoe Williams

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Social media is corrupting young minds – but a ban is not the answer

Kicking under-16s off the social platforms is tempting, but it ignores the root of the problem: the older generations who made them so toxic in the first place, writes Zoe Williams

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Guardian Hope appeal raises £950,000 for charities tackling racism and division

Appeal, now in its final few days, raising funds for organisations trying to stop rise of hatred across UK

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If Donald Trump thinks Greenland should be his, how long before he sets his sights on Scotland?

By the expansionist logic of the president and his advisers, the US is entitled to annex just about anywhere, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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What did I learn from a new – and very random – poll? Our interior lives are much weirder than I thought

The normal run of polling tends to be all vindictive kite-flying about refugees or magical thinking about climate change. Give me more curtain-twitching and fewer political questions any day, writes Zoe Williams

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Why is it so perilous to be a person of colour on The Traitors?

Niko Omilana and Tameka Empson were first to go among the celebrities – and now Judy and Ross have been under pressure. Clearly, something is going on here, says Zoe Williams

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The electric vehicle revolution is still on course – don’t let your loathing of Elon Musk stop you joining up

Other firms are taking advantage of Tesla’s sales slump, while technological advances mean that glitches are being left in the rear-view mirror, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

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Why would someone buy my bag of random tat on Vinted?

The assorted items that I would class as rubbish sold within five minutes – and I have never wanted so much to engage in dialogue with a buyer, writes Zoe Williams

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