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What have I learned in my 53 years? That I shouldn’t listen to strangers who accost me in the street

I was shocked when a man in a van aimed an ageist insult at me. And I regret to say that my son has been no help at all, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · 22h ago

Preppers used to be ridiculed – but we’re all stockpiling now

The UK government urging households to prepare for unknown threats with a three-day supply of food and water doesn’t feel like an overreaction, writes Zoe Williams. But is there a bigger plan to go with it?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5

Electoral reform could be a gamble too far for Burnham – but so far he’s on a winning streak

Though proportional representation poses risks for Labour, it’s a change that feels necessary for today’s volatile politics, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 30

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Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that?

‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29

Gen Z has very strong opinions about age-gap relationships – and it could be right

Older men and younger women were once an unremarkable screen pairing. But watching them with a new generation is a real education, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28

My son has left home – and I feel full of complicated joy

I took him to university this weekend, and it reminded me of the exhilaration of suddenly having your own space, absolutely separate from your mother, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 22

Britain loves its underdogs. We should be celebrating our Eurovision flops, not investigating them

The digital, culture, media and sport select committee is to explore why the UK’s entrants are frequently ‘dismal’. Surely such a trifling matter is not worthy of the House of Commons, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

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It’s not just ‘spermageddon’ that’s stopping us having children

Letters: Aubrey Foard and Nina Plummer respond to Zoe Williams’s interview with Camilla Cavendish about the reasons behind plummeting birthrates worldwide

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

We are paying a high price for a university education

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Zoe Williams in which she argues that university has become a scam

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17

Dear Ed Sheeran, fence-sitting is so last century: musicians can no longer opt out of politics

It’s all very 2026: with a stadium owner on one side and angry support acts on the other, the cornered star will have to pick a side, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17

Multiple Journalists Targeted Online After Sydney Sweeney’s New Ad Takes New Heights: “Some Girls Never Grow Up”

“Women never truly leave high school behind, do they?”

Bored Panda · Sep 16

I went to a festival in Kent – and had a revelation about human ingenuity

A piano wired to a tree might seem an unlikely crowd-puller. But in Ramsgate last weekend, an experimental musician reminded me how boundless creativity can be, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15

Why has university become such a scam?

Graduates are leaving with an average debt of £53,000 – while entry-level jobs plummet. It’s time for politicians to stop burying their heads in the sand, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14

Highs and lows of Keir Starmer’s time in office

Letters: Warren Brown lists some of the former PM’s achievements, but Stuart Finegan signals deep disappointment with his legacy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 8

I went to Ikea with my son – and was confronted with my parenting failures

The pre-university shop is the moment you find out how much domestic wisdom you’ve managed to impart. In my case, none, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Sep 2

Farewell Keir Starmer, a terrible politician whom we desperately wanted to be something more

‘U-turn’ doesn’t do justice to the myriad ways he found to break a pledge. Now the former PM is resigning as an MP, why did I have such high hopes? asks Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31

Why are prisons overcrowded? Because no government will stand up to the tabloids

Whatever happens to the early release scheme, Andy Burnham needs to consider the possibility that sentences are just too high, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25

Food has turned into a class war – and it’s ruined my appetite

More than half of what Brits eat is ultra-processed. Now we’re a nation of food snobs – with no ingredient safe from judgment, writes Zoe Williams

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 24

Our climate is changing rapidly – and our politicians sound increasingly surreal

On a panel show last week, everyone in the audience wanted to talk about the climate emergency, but the lines rolled out by a Tory MP simply dissolved on contact with reality, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

The bafflingly hard pain we feel when our children leave home for university

Letters: Doug Kessler says parenting is a form of continuous grieving from the time your kids are born. Plus a letter from Mark de Brunner

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

I put myself in the prime minister’s shoes – and learned some uncomfortable lessons

On the political survival game everyone in Westminster’s playing, I discovered an unnerving reflection of our country’s atmosphere of mistrust, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17

My son is leaving home for university – and my severe denial has surprised me

My cherished first-born will soon be off to start a big new phase of his life, shiny saucepans in tow. ‘Empty nesting’ implies this is as nature intended, but it’s knocked me for six, writes Zoe Williams

Woman & Home · Aug 15

Dr Zoe Williams shares the simple 'life-changing' exercise women can do every day in just a few minutes

Doing more exercise doesn't mean hours-long workouts, it can be as simple as one exercise a few times a day

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Good luck if you’re waiting for A-level results. Just don’t ask me what to do next

I’m all in favour of university – but I don’t have to pay the enormous fees, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10

Is Andy Burnham seriously about to tour Britain like some medieval monarch?

The ‘King of the North’ is on the march – or rather, on a bus. But maybe he’d be better off staying at home and thinking than heading out to press the flesh, writes Zoe Williams

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