BIZARRE: 27 | Mind Blowing Facts

Long after Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is home and Boris Johnson’s gone, we’ll remember how he failed her

The prime minister’s incompetence cost Nazanin dear. She was a pawn in a chess game, dependent on the judgment of a man who has none, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2022

Britain’s consumer champions are on fiery form – it must really be time to worry

Experts such as Martin Lewis and Richard Murphy are showing how essential they are as the cost-of-living crisis hits, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2022

I accidentally took my kids to a Jeremy Corbyn rally – how could I explain Stop the War to them?

They say you only discover how well you understand something when you try to tell someone else. When the someone else is a scathing preteen, you discover it even faster, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2022

We’re back arguing about fur and foie gras – I feel like I’m 14 again

The government are considering a U-turn on their pledge to ban the import of fur and foie gras, thanks to opposition from their own MPs. Is there nothing that can’t be turned into a culture war, asks columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2022

Do fairytale weddings really mean an unhappy ending?

New research has shown that couples who have really expensive weddings are less likely to stay together than those who do it on the cheap. But that’s not the whole story, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2022

No, Kirstie Allsopp, cancelling Netflix won’t buy a house – in any location

The TV presenter has said young people who can’t afford their own home should move to cheaper areas and stop wasting money. Why do the middle-aged insist on these senseless attacks, asks Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2022

Johnson likes to dress up as a mini-dictator. But is he really up to that job?

The prime minister seems temperamentally unsuited the demands of his own increasingly authoritarian agenda, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

Why did GB News interview a Churchill impersonator as if he were the real thing?

In a baffling segment on the TV channel, a stand-in for the wartime leader ponders whether he would be cancelled. Too right he would, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022

One of my kids has gone vegetarian. Now the rest of the family want meat with everything

For a fortnight we all ate black beans and squash lasagne but soon the bickering began. It’s rule by the intolerant majority, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2022

Vaccine refusers have been asked on to Question Time. Is this a disaster waiting to happen?

Fiona Bruce has encouraged unvaccinated people to join the TV show’s debate. I have misgivings about this attempt to bridge a growing divide, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2022