Lucy Reade
19 June 2026
Why Gen Z is giving up on learning to drive
It used to be a rite of passage. Now it’s unaffordable, impractical - and perhaps soon to be almost obsolete
Read the full article18 June 2026
How Gen Z fell for Andy Burnham
Young people want to believe in the new Makerfield MP - and that could carry him to No 10
Read the full article12 June 2026
As GB News turns five, here are 19 of its worst moments so far
From Bev Turner madness through amateur-hour blunders to flat-out Ofcom breaches, this is the far right channel’s very essence
Read the full article10 June 2026
Brexit: a burden carried by the young
A generation has grown up that didn’t vote in the referendum, but has had to suffer the consequences of leaving the EU. Now they want to rejoin
Read the full article05 June 2026
The worst and best bits of the Burnham v Kenyon Question Time
When the would-be next PM squared up to the sexist plumber in a Makerfield by-election special, there was only going to be one winner
Read the full article04 June 2026
Why we’ve finally fallen out of love with Love Island
Ratings for the ITV juggernaut have tanked as audiences abandon artificial glamour for reality shows with actual humanity
Read the full article29 May 2026
Who killed the dad book?
Non-fiction sales are declining as fathers swap weighty Churchill biographies for history podcasts
Read the full article22 May 2026
Porn, drugs, self-harm, eating disorders: What young teens can see on TikTok
Our findings contradict claims from tech giants that they have made their platforms a safe space for schoolchildren
Read the full article21 May 2026
The death of the after-school job
That first step into the outside world is harder now than ever before – the starting jobs simply aren’t there. The consequences of that are being felt across an entire generation
Read the full article18 May 2026
My problem with Rivals? It’s making the Tories look human again
If Badenoch had any sense, she’d order her party to embrace Jilly Cooper energy and show a bit of personality
Read the full article16 May 2026
Tommy Robinson’s pointless, confused, US-funded march
If the hard right rabble rouser has to cross the Atlantic for financial backing, what does that say about his level of support in Britain?
Read the full article13 May 2026
Sorry, but your Turkey Teeth have just fallen out of fashion
A shiny set of evenly-spaced gnashers used to be a sign of wealth and status. Not any more
Read the full article06 May 2026
Theydon Bois and the fight against the young
There is a battle in Britain to stop the future being built. And one Essex village encapsulates all that’s wrong about British NIMBYism
Read the full article29 April 2026
The Russell Brand media tour has proved one thing beyond doubt
His biggest addiction has always been to himself – and the best response is to ignore him
Read the full article24 April 2026
Westminster is obsessed with the Mandelson scandal. Voters are not
For most people, the Westminster fire-storm over Mandelson’s appointment is tedious, the details are impenetrable and none of it affects their lives. But even so, Starmer is still in deep trouble
Read the full article22 April 2026
Britain’s new class-based divide is here – and it starts with the children
The difference between those who depend on their screen-time and those who can do without it represents a deep social divide. But the full consequences will take decades to play out
Read the full article10 April 2026
Twenty Twenty Six is an own goal that veers towards unwatchable
Hugh Bonneville’s World Cup W1A spin-off founders on flabby dialogue and grating new characters
Read the full article08 April 2026
A Green wave is ready to wash away Labour London – and this is why
Zack Polanski is reaching out beyond the climate-and-Gaza coalition - while Keir Starmer’s party keeps upsetting its target middle-income urban professional voters
Read the full article01 April 2026
Why are Gen Z so ready to forgive Kanye West?
Calls for Ye’s London gigs to be cancelled over his racism and bigotry are causing a backlash on social media
Read the full article31 March 2026
OnlyFans and the new sexual arms race
People are being incentivised to do increasingly extreme things online to gain attention – and money. But this new culture is reducing people’s chances of intimacy in the real world
Read the full article25 March 2026
The risks Labour must take to beat Farage
Liam Byrne has written another note – this time on how the government can find its own story and stop Reform. Will No 10 listen?
Read the full article24 March 2026
The UK Saturday Night Live is an unexpected hit – and this is why
The original show might be American, but nonsensical sketch comedy is very British. Our version understands that brilliantly
Read the full article11 March 2026
Sorry, but your dog should be illegal
If it can’t breathe properly, if its back can’t support its own weight and if it can’t even give birth without a caesarean, then your dog is an abomination. Much better to get a mutt instead
Read the full article06 March 2026
The pill is not perfect – but hands off our contraception
We must be able to challenge the lack of research and funding into women’s reproductive healthcare without the risk of access being curtailed altogether
Read the full article27 February 2026
Gorton and Denton: Starmer’s worst nightmare
Starmer may think his party is fighting a war on two fronts. But the reality is far worse than that
Read the full article25 February 2026
The dream is no longer to be the boss – it’s to be the intern
Young people can’t get a job nowadays. It’s not because they’re workshy, or snowflakes – it’s because last year, over a million 16-24 year olds were chasing just 17,000 positions. The result? Misery
Read the full article20 February 2026
Stop blaming women for Britain’s falling birth rate
If right wingers like Matt Goodwin want us to have more babies, perhaps he could think of ways to make parenthood affordable again
Read the full article28 November 2025
Sky’s Halo channel was a feminist catastrophe
The reduction of female empowerment to a pink coloured, ditsy sports channel was not only a stunningly poor idea, but also grossly insulting
Read the full article26 November 2025
How AI turned Gen Z into narcissists
Fake praise, fake therapy and fake boyfriends are warping a generation’s mental health
Read the full article06 September 2025
Taylor Swift: the capitalist juggernaut
Anything she releases is devoured by her millions of fans. But what, really, is she selling?
Read the full article27 August 2025
The great university rip-off
Debt, remote classes and the rise of AI are making the student experience less fulfilling than ever. But there is still hope
Read the full article21 June 2025
Gen-Z want to ‘rot’ at home. What’s wrong with that?
It has never been harder to live in the real world and easier to live in the digital one. No wonder so many young people are choosing to escape into the online universe
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