FOUND: 12 | Mind Blowing Facts

I used to think I could adapt to most things – then they rearranged my local Lidl

They haven’t just moved all the stuff, they’ve reversed half the aisles, so they run across instead of instead of along. It feels weirdly fake, like I’ve walked into a trick supermarket, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2024

760,000 women in the UK waiting for a gynaecological appointment? That’s just the tip of the iceberg

A broken NHS makes life worse for everyone, writes Zoe Williams. What happened to the dream of promoting ‘good health in all citizens’?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024

The Tudor revolution shaped today’s world

Letters: Dr Roger van Zwanenberg on the resonance that the upheavals of the late 15th and 16th centuries have today

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2024

It’s taken me 20 years, but I’ve finally updated my to-do list

Enough is enough. It’s time to stop worrying about James Dyson, Victoria’s Secret and Jilly Cooper, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024

Unlike the Spanish, the British aren’t pelting their royals with mud. But patience is running out …

From Valencia’s floods to Prince William’s rents, any reminder of the gap between the haves and the have-nots can wipe out centuries of deference, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2024

My mother nursed a life-affirming 25-year grudge. Hard as I try, I don’t have the attention span

Research suggests a little resentment can have benefits – but when they go on for years, we risk becoming dependent, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2024

Everything you ever wanted to know about vaginas … but were too afraid to Google

Should you wash your vagina? Can a tampon get lost in one? And does having sex make you looser? Experts in all things ‘down there’ separate fact from fiction

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024

An excess of billionaires is destabilising politics – just as academics predicted

Politicians have always courted the wealthy, but Elon Musk and co represent a new kind of donor, and an unprecedented danger to democracy, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024

Pity the poor chuggers – they do an impossible job in terrible conditions

Charities that exist to serve young people are instead exploiting them with insecure minimum-wage work and unrealistic targets, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2024

James Cleverly spent £655 a head on in-flight catering – while asylum seekers receive £49 a week

It is staggering that the then home secretary racked up such a massive bill. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, given the £700m cost of the Rwanda scheme, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024