Opinion

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Who are ballet flats really for? At £890, people with more money than sense | Zoe Williams
They started life as a Sloane staple, then graduated to ladette’s best friend. Now ballet flats are on the rise again, writes Zoe Williams

Zoe Williams

19, Mar, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Arts funding has collapsed under 14 years of Tory rule. Here are three ways Labour can fix it | Charlotte Higgins
When access to culture is downgraded, the arts are sidelined in schools and civic spaces are neglected, we all lose out, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

Charlotte Higgins

19, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

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Boarding schools can do tremendous harm. Charles Spencer’s bleak memoir proves it | Gaby Hinsliff
Many boys educated privately hand their trauma to the next generation – and, dangerously, to those who are raised to govern, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Gaby Hinsliff

19, Mar, 2024 @8:00 AM

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Aya Nakamura is a proud Black woman. Is that why she’s not 'French enough’ for the Paris Olympics? | Rokhaya Diallo
She is the world’s most listened-to French-speaking artist – but in France, hostility to her goes beyond the far right, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

Rokhaya Diallo

19, Mar, 2024 @7:00 AM

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The Guardian view on Britain’s non-white political class: supporting change by embodying it | Editorial
Editorial: The success of the three political leaders should not be seen as a repudiation of the existence of racism itself

Editorial

18, Mar, 2024 @6:42 PM

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The Guardian view on Russia’s election: in Stalin’s footsteps | Editorial
Editorial: Vladimir Putin’s landslide victory in a fake contest marks the latest phase in a transition from authoritarianism to outright autocracy

Editorial

18, Mar, 2024 @6:40 PM

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Famine is ‘imminent’ here in north Gaza – and I’m watching it begin to unfold | Mahmoud Shalabi
An entirely human-made tragedy is under way as the world looks on. Israel must open the crossings for aid and aid workers now, says Mahmoud Shalabi of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)

Mahmoud Shalabi

18, Mar, 2024 @4:59 PM

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If I give away a kidney, will it make me a better person? | Zoe Williams
Could one extravagant pro-social act lead to me finally doing all the other ones I promised to do?

Zoe Williams

18, Mar, 2024 @4:17 PM

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Loyalty was once the glue that held the Tories together. But now they’ve come unstuck | Simon Jenkins
Claims of a leadership bid are ‘bonkers’, say Penny Mordaunt’s allies. But so too is staying silent while the PM stumbles towards an election, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Simon Jenkins

18, Mar, 2024 @4:04 PM

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Sharing childhood faves with my kids has its ups and downs – but I know it takes them places Netflix or Disney won’t | Myke Bartlett
Helping children detach from the zeitgeist feels important in our algorithmic age. Branching out is hard when there’s always more of what you already love

Myke Bartlett

18, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM

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Print your own tickets, treat your own illnesses – welcome to DIY Britain | Tom Whyman
Adverts telling us to take services into our own hands are trying to maintain the delusion that we still have a functioning society, says academic philosopher Tom Whyman

Tom Whyman

18, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM

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Putin had to contrive a ‘landslide’ – because he knows cracks are showing in Russian society | Samantha de Bendern
The Kremlin will use this victory to justify an intensified war. But even the state news agency reported election rebellion, says Russia expert Samantha de Bendern

Samantha de Bendern

18, Mar, 2024 @11:34 AM

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