Section: Voices
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Taps aff: Glasgow changes personality in the sunshine, but I seethe with rage
Why does everyone else look like they’re glowing while I appear to be drying off from a recent swim?
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I hold on to the memories of our flat in Uzbekistan — a family home that will always be part of who I am
My eventual homecoming, two decades after leaving the country, helped me realise this place is woven into the languages I speak, the food I eat, and my history
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Weekend with Zoha Rahman: ‘What does free time actually mean?’
The actor on how she spends her time with a new baby and bingeing Pakistani TV shows
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Tackling child sex abuse is everyone’s responsibility
Plans to launch a full national inquiry into grooming and exploitation should not be seen as a win for the far right, but as a means to deliver justice for survivors
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Welfare vote rebellion threatens Starmer’s hold on his party
Next week’s vote on a controversial plan to cut £5bn from disability and sickness benefits is proving to be a moral red line for many Labour MPs
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Weekend with Guz Khan: ‘I’ll take the hit on life if I can have fun with food’
The comedian on staying up late with his kids, his favourite chicken shop, and the final season of Man Like Mobeen
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MPs are sympathetic to Starmer when it comes to Iran — for now
As speculation grows that the US could become directly involved in Israel’s conflict with Iran, the UK is walking a tightrope
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An emergency exit toga: why I love the top sheet
The extra bed sheet helps keep you the perfect temperature in the hotter months, and can act as a makeshift gown
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Reeves’s about-face has emboldened Labour backbenchers
As dust settles on Reeves’s spending review and winter fuel U-turn, some hope climbdowns on child benefit and help for disabled people are next
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When you have lived in many places, your chosen family becomes home
Friends have been there for me in ways my blood family wouldn’t even begin to know how
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Can Reeves really soften the government’s image with MPs and voters?
The chancellor hopes spending announcements will mitigate perceptions that Labour is running an austerity government










