Section: Voices
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Why do we regress into our childhood roles when going home for the holidays?
The family home works like a time machine. We walk in as functioning adults with tired eyes and within hours we’ve regressed to the kids we once were
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Weekend with Ebada Hassan: ‘I have to lie down and feel grass through my fingers’
The Brides actor on her favourite books, being out in nature and taking cats out for a walk
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Streeting’s fight with doctors could win him headlines but cost him his legacy
The health secretary accused the doctors’ union of ‘juvenile delinquency’. But he’ll need striking medics on side if he wants to fix the NHS
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Farage’s opponents are desperate for racism claims to stick. Will they matter?
Reform UK’s leader faces dozens of allegations that he racially abused classmates at Dulwich College, which he denies. Yet he keeps chalking up wins
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Weekend with Aayan Ibikunle Shoderu: ‘There should be some sort of law against alarm clocks’
The actor on faith, dream roles and EastEnders, and why he’ll take anyone on in a game of table tennis
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Plans to scrap jury trials have unleashed fury within Labour
David Lammy’s proposals to restrict the right to trial by jury to the most serious criminal cases have angered even loyal backbenchers
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My mother gifted my girlfriend a saree of purple threads, holding my queer family together
I still look for a future in which families like mine, who are both trans and religious in nature, might survive without losing one another
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Labour MPs are surprisingly happy with Reeves’s budget
The chancellor’s second budget followed a major U-turn and a major leak. But the mood among the backbenches has softened — for now
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It’s time to bring democracy back home
As trust in the political establishment craters, grassroots organisations such as Luton’s Marsh Farm Outreach can play a vital role in improving our lives
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Baby, it might be cold outside, but I’d rather freeze than get back on that dating carousel
This cuffing season, I won’t be back on the dating apps hoping to luck out on my very own future mayor. But I will be choosing friends and family over winter isolation
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Weekend with Aliyah Umm Raiyaan: ‘It takes me a long time to get out of bed, but I think I deserve it’
The bestselling author on taking long walks through London, her favourite cafes and her new book Living with the Qur’an
