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I grew up on benefits and experienced just how nasty Brits can be

Roisin Lanigan

The return of the 'benefit scrounger' shows how quick we are to demonise the unemployed

square KITTY DONALDSON

Forget the hype. Farage won't be Prime Minister

square KATE MALTBY

We are scared to talk about cousin marriage – but we must

square PRAVINA RUDRA

I can't stand teetotallers - and I am one

square ANNE MCELVOY

The biggest risk for Rachel Reeves

square CLIVE MARTIN

Not so much a rollercoaster as a broken waltzer

square IAN DUNT

Nigel Farage is watching hungrily as the far right sweeps to power across Europe

square IAN BIRRELL

Joe Biden let us all down in 2024

square MAURICE SAATCHI

Maurice Saatchi: I used to adore capitalism – then I had lunch with Margaret Thatcher

Cartoons

Slight change of plan, Sir Keir?

square POLITICS

The certainties of life

square BEN JENNINGS

PM's Samoa surprise

Most Popular

square MAURICE SAATCHI

Maurice Saatchi: I used to adore capitalism – then I had lunch with Margaret Thatcher

square ANNE MCELVOY

The biggest risk for Rachel Reeves

square PRAVINA RUDRA

I can't stand teetotallers - and I am one

square IAN DUNT

Nigel Farage is watching hungrily as the far right sweeps to power across Europe

square IAN BIRRELL

Joe Biden let us all down in 2024

square JOAN SMITH

At the very least, please send a sceptical female journalist to interview Syria’s new leader

i Columnists

Katy Balls

square KATY BALLS

There is a good reason why Waspi women have been denied compensation

square KATY BALLS

Starmer needs to find his mojo as we go into 2025

Starmer under growing pressure from Labour MPs over struggling economy

Ian Dunt

square IAN DUNT

Finally, we've got a radical agenda from the Government

square IAN DUNT

Brexit screwed young people - now it's payback time

square IAN DUNT

The country risking it all for Europe – as Brexit Britain buries its head

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

square YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN

NEWSLETTER (£)

I keep being asked when I'll show gratitude to this country. Here's my answer

square YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN

It has never been so hard to be a liberal Muslim in the UK

square YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN

The BBC is complicit in the Gregg Wallace scandal

Kate Lister

square KATE LISTER

My pension plan is selling pictures of my feet on OnlyFans

square KATE LISTER

I tried to go a week without telling a lie – and learned how dishonest I am

square KATE LISTER

Let's talk about the last sexual taboo for straight couples

Ian Birrell

square IAN BIRRELL

Assad turned Syria into a charnel house. Now it is his turn to suffer

square IAN BIRRELL

How can those in favour of assisted dying claim to be compassionate and progressive?

square IAN BIRRELL

I have investigated assisted dying in Europe – it frees a genie from the bottle

Simon Kelner

square SIMON KELNER

I thought Manchester City's good times would never end – now look at us

square SIMON KELNER

Lunch is for wimps? Try telling that to me in the 80s

square SIMON KELNER

I was there on the dark day The Observer was bought by The Guardian

Patrick Cockburn

square PATRICK COCKBURN

NEWSLETTER (£)

The new carve-up of the Middle East will not bring peace

square PATRICK COCKBURN

The winners and losers of the political earthquake in Syria

square PATRICK COCKBURN

The overthrow of Assad is as seismic as the fall of the Shah

Poorna Bell

square POORNA BELL

What I won’t accept from friendships now I’m in my 40s

square POORNA BELL

I'm panicking about money – but I won't keep blaming myself

square FRIENDSHIP

My friends dumped me when they had kids - I was bitter for years

Kate Maltby

square KATE MALTBY

Starmer is at a crossroads: change course now or regret it

square KATE MALTBY

Ukraine is turning into a second Afghanistan

square KATE MALTBY

The assisted dying bill answers few questions - but raises bigger, scarier ones

Charlene White

square CHARLENE WHITE

Men use me as a prop in conversations – I'm sick of it

square CHARLENE WHITE

How I changed my approach to exercise – and what happened one year on

square CHARLENE WHITE

Beauty brands are finally catering to Black women – are we supposed to be grateful?

Emma Barnett

square EMMA BARNETT

The truth about pregnancy is that men need emotional support too

square EMMA BARNETT

My visit to a UK abortion clinic underlined what is at stake this week in the US

square EMMA BARNETT

I’m trying to relax about tidying at home – it’s not going well

Esther Walker

square LIFESTYLE

FIRST PERSON

Hosting gets me in a panic – these five rules make it look effortless

square MOTHERHOOD

I've given up on mum friends - it's made me a better parent

I'm 44 and hating getting older – stop telling me to celebrate ageing

Andrew Fisher

square ANDREW FISHER

Starmer's 'reset' speech can't hide how badly he is doing

square ANDREW FISHER

Labour is now punishing the young and unemployed - I despair

square ANDREW FISHER

The case for the four day week is becoming impossible to ignore

Isabel Hardman

square ISABEL HARDMAN

Once Labour's biggest star, Rachel Reeves now finds her stock plummeting

square ISABEL HARDMAN

Keir Starmer’s desperate to deliver – if only he knew what

square ISABEL HARDMAN

Starmer's swift sacking of Haigh says more about the PM than he would like

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