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Even Manchester is better than London for young people — thanks to our crazy property market

In 1989, I took my first-ever trip to Manchester from London. My…

Mona Porwal By Mona Porwal

Kicking civil servants who can’t answer back is a low blow — Labour should be better than this

Ministers often feel they are accountable for everything that happens in their…

Anjali Yadav By Anjali Yadav

I’m a black cab driver, and this is why I’m facing extinction — unless we get help

Aside from Big Ben and the Beefeaters outside Buckingham Palace, there aren’t…

Anjali Yadav By Anjali Yadav

Trump’s assault on the arts: The takeover of the kennedy center

Donald Trump's recent actions at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC signal…

Mona Porwal By Mona Porwal

Europe’s new western alliance: Moving forward without Trump and the US

The prospect of a transatlantic alliance without the United States may once…

Mona Porwal By Mona Porwal

I date women too — and men who believe the 80:20 dating rule couldn’t be more wrong

Dating is tough, but it’s not women that are the problem here.…

Anjali Yadav By Anjali Yadav

I’ve been deep inside dystopian incel forums – and Adolescence is as real as you fear

In the summer of 2021, a 22-year-old man named Jake Davison walked…

Anjali Yadav By Anjali Yadav

Why are 1.3 million people on mental health benefits?

Twice as many claimants as a decade ago It didn’t take long…

Mona Porwal By Mona Porwal

The one thing Irish pubs get right and London pubs get wrong

There’s a good way to make the last call for drinkers I…

Mona Porwal By Mona Porwal

A Labour party that cuts disability benefits isn’t the party people voted for

The Labour Party is facing mounting fury over proposed cuts to welfare,…

Mona Porwal By Mona Porwal