Social trends
Dining across the divide: ‘The Lords needs reform – people shouldn’t just be put there by Boris Johnson’
One wants to fix the second chamber. The other would scrap it and bring in the ‘Danish system’. Can they meet halfway?
Erica Buist
28, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM
Dining across the divide: ‘There’s a lot of po-faced finger-wagging on the progressive left’
They differed on how to bring an end to the crisis in the Middle East, but could they find a meeting of minds over the rise of populism – and nudity?
Zoe Williams
21, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM
Dining across the divide: ‘I think sport is overrated as a force for good’
One was put off sport for life at school, while the other thinks it is positive for society as well as those who play it. Were they any closer on Starmer v Corbyn?
Sam Wollaston
14, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM
‘In construction, it stands out’: how ‘& Daughters’ became a firm favourite
The counterpart to the traditional ‘& Son(s)’ suffix is finding its way into more and more British company names
Amelia Hill
08, Mar, 2024 @12:08 PM
Dining across the divide: ‘They were the first non-binary person I’ve had a conversation with’
One thinks positive discrimination is wrong; the other that women should be ‘cut some slack’. Can they find common ground?
Zoe Williams
07, Mar, 2024 @12:30 PM
Dining across the divide: ‘He said he was vegan; my heart sank’
Can a landlord and a hard-up renter get past their differences on the housing crisis, Brexit and immigration?
Erica Buist
29, Feb, 2024 @12:30 PM
Dining across the divide: ‘He doesn’t like “the man”, anyone above, making decisions for him’
Can a pro-European and a fervent Brexiter have an amicable chat about gender identity – or Putin?
Zoe Williams
22, Feb, 2024 @12:30 PM
From beating burglary to weight gain: 12 ways that working from home has changed Britain
A new review of post-Covid social research has revealed how much society has changed since the pandemic – and in unexpected ways
James Tapper
17, Feb, 2024 @5:34 PM
Dining across the divide: ‘It seemed he was on the verge of being a communist. Communism hasn’t worked anywhere’
One advocates a small state and private sector freedom, the other is a passionate socialist who wants to tax wealth and big corporations more. Was there any common ground?
Sam Wollaston
15, Feb, 2024 @12:30 PM
‘Reading is so sexy’: gen Z turns to physical books and libraries
Book sales boom as readers escape the ‘oversaturation and noise of the wild west digital landscape’
Chloe Mac Donnell
09, Feb, 2024 @12:48 PM
Dining across the divide goes to Spain: ‘I wasn’t aware of that enduring sense of sexism until she told me about it’
Can a leftwing teacher and a conservative managing director agree about immigration, Spanish civil war monuments or the Luis Rubiales kiss?
Sam Jones
08, Feb, 2024 @12:30 PM
‘At 45, I grieved the idea of motherhood. Then, by pure fluke, I was pregnant’
After miscarriages and IVF, I decided I was done. A few days later, I found out I was expecting, and the beautiful dismantling of my old life began
Laura Barton
05, Feb, 2024 @5:00 AM
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