Angry French students take to the streets. British students don’t – and I think I know why | Kitty Sayers
I grew up in France, where all children are taught about the revolutionary roots of their nation and what the state owes its citizens. The lessons leave their markYoung British people have plenty to be angry about. Crushing student debt, private-school…
‘We’re not asking for luxury’: school protesters in Paris suburb feel abandoned by French state
Students say they are desperate to get back to class but conditions are so bad that the protests must continueOn a normal school day, Mohammed, 17, wakes at 6am, cares for his younger siblings to help his single mother who works as a security guard, then…
Stacey Dooley: ‘My skirt fell down on the Strictly Live tour. I was wearing big borrowed stage briefs‘
The broadcaster on her days as a shoplifter, catastrophising, and a first kiss with her dance partnerBorn in Luton, Bedfordshire, Stacey Dooley, 39, left school at 15 and worked as a shop assistant. In 2007 she was selected to take part in the BBC…
‘People forgot I existed’: Audrey Niffenegger on taking 14 years to write a sequel to The Time Traveler’s Wife
Her debut made her a global star. Now she has finally written a follow-up – and this time, it’s political. She talks about impostor syndrome, screen adaptations and becoming radicalisedThe artist and novelist Audrey Niffenegger began writing the…
Recruitment boss accused of being behind ‘doxxing’ campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called TraitorbaseThe owner of a recruitment firm has been accused of being at the centre of a so-called “doxxing” campaign against the Royal National Lifeboat…
‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’ – Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking
Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? The authors Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so.In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise of…
‘If voters aren’t better off by the next election, we’re screwed’: Labour insiders voice fears over budget
Some say party risks ‘looking twee’ by focusing on small fixes amid growing nervousness that budget lacks ambitionIn the days since Labour’s annual conference, party insiders have been sharing a word cloud produced by the pollsters More in Common, which…