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August 2026

  • The social contract between the younger and older generation has been broken, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee, with gen Z and millennials set to be worse off than their parents in the face of soaring unemployment, stagnating wages and ballooning house prices

    Gen Z and millennials have it far worse than my generation. Here's why | Opinion

    The social contract between the younger and older generation has been broken, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee, with gen Z and millennials set to be worse off than their parents in the face of soaring unemployment, stagnating wages and ballooning house prices
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  • In advertising, Meta describes their AI glasses as 'iconic style meets Meta AI'. However, online backlash against these glasses has been swift. Watch as Guardian columnist and Opinion editor Kirsty Major dives into why fears of surveillance and 'creepy men' mean Meta can never convince her to love the glasses

    Why I'll never be convinced by Meta's ‘pervert’ glasses | Opinion

    In advertising, Meta describes their AI glasses as 'iconic style meets Meta AI'. However, online backlash against these glasses has been swift. Watch as Guardian columnist and Opinion editor Kirsty Major dives into why fears of surveillance and 'creepy men' mean Meta can never convince her to love the glasses
    Video2:25
  • The UK and Europe have been facing extreme heatwaves - Greenpeace recorded temperatures of up to 53C at one London playground in recent weeks. It’s clear our cities are not equipped to deal with the soaring temperatures brought by the climate crisis. But is anyone really doing anything about it? The Guardian’s deputy opinion editor Kirsty Major goes in search of playgrounds that are adapting to our new reality.

    Extreme heat: why our cities can't cope | Opinion

    The UK and Europe have been facing extreme heatwaves - Greenpeace recorded temperatures of up to 53C at one London playground in recent weeks. It’s clear our cities are not equipped to deal with the soaring temperatures brought by the climate crisis. But is anyone really doing anything about it? The Guardian’s deputy opinion editor Kirsty Major goes in search of playgrounds that are adapting to our new reality.
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July 2026

  • Thousands of students are graduating into an employment crisis, leaving them feeling hopeless and overqualified, as well as dealing with enormous debts from tuition fees. The Guardian’s economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty explains

    Are British graduates being conned? | Opinion

    Thousands of students are graduating into an employment crisis, leaving them feeling hopeless and overqualified, as well as dealing with enormous debts from tuition fees. The Guardian’s economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty explains
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January 2025

  • As the second Trump presidency begins, John Harris and John Domokos go to a Staffordshire town whose economy went from coal to Amazon warehousing to find out if 21st century populism is cutting through

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Do Trump's politics connect in these English towns? - video

    As the second Trump presidency begins, John Harris and John Domokos go to a Staffordshire town whose economy went from coal to Amazon warehousing to find out if 21st century populism is cutting through
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June 2024

  • In the third episode of a new series of Anywhere but Westminster, John Harris and John Domokos travel around the West Midlands, and find a fascinating political mixture: hesitant Labour voters, a new crop of independents focused on Palestine and local cuts  – and, amid deep social problems, lots of people who think the election hardly matters. Here, it seems, is the reality that all those opinion polls get nowhere near

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Here's what you find under Labour's 'landslide': doubters, abstainers and independents - video

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  • In the latest episode of Anywhere but Westminster, John Harris and John Domokos go to Woking, Guildford and Aldershot. Most of England's south-east used to be loyally Conservative - now, however, people in the "blue wall" are struggling, cuts are biting, and Toryism today is leaving younger voters behind.

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Why are the Tories collapsing? These true-blue towns know the answers - video

    Video15:51

May 2021

  • Among vacant shops and 15% unemployment, John Harris and John Domokos get immersed in Birmingham as it emerges from the pandemic. Amid despair, they discover hope - focused not on a Tory/Labour race for mayor, but communities brilliantly helping themselves 

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Hands, face and empty space: where Covid has left politics - video

    Among vacant shops and 15% unemployment, John Harris and John Domokos get immersed in Birmingham as it emerges from the pandemic. Amid despair, they discover hope - focused not on a Tory/Labour race for mayor, but communities brilliantly helping themselves 

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September 2020

  • By 2020 everything from the proms to sausage rolls were said to be at risk from 'woke' online warriors. But what does it even mean to be woke? Who were the original anti-woke campaigners? And who benefits and suffers when these manufactured culture wars divide us? Owen Jones – often described as 'too woke' himself – tries to find out

    Owen Jones meets...
    From Mary Whitehouse to the proms: Owen Jones on how ‘woke’ became a dirty word - video

    By 2020 everything from the proms to sausage rolls were said to be at risk from 'woke' online warriors. But what does it even mean to be woke? Who were the original anti-woke campaigners? And who benefits and suffers when these manufactured culture wars divide us? Owen Jones – often described as 'too woke' himself – tries to find out

    Video14:31

June 2020

  • As people emerge into a changed reality, the Anywhere But Westminster team focus on East London, where Covid-19 has fused with the Black Lives Matter movement and huge injustices are impossible to ignore

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Life in lockdown: Covid-19, BLM and inequality in east London – video

    As people emerge into a changed reality, the Anywhere But Westminster team focus on East London, where Covid-19 has fused with the Black Lives Matter movement and huge injustices are impossible to ignore

    Live

May 2020

  • In this first episode, Iman asks who the most reassuring voices have been during this time, from Jacinda Ardern and the Queen to Piers Morgan, and what this might mean, looking ahead

    A new normal
    Who do you trust on coronavirus? From Trudeau to Piers Morgan | A new normal

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  • Six weeks into Britain's Covid-19 crisis, Anywhere but Westminster asks how a city keeps going when everything has ground to a halt. The team virtually visits Plymouth, population 250,000, to see how the services that are vital to a place and its citizens are scrabbling to stay afloat

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Life in lockdown: how to keep a city alive – video

    Live

April 2020

  • We want to hear what you are concerned about, hopeful for, or even looking forward to in a changed future, for a Guardian video series in which we will discuss how life may be different. What are the best things about our society that should be protected for future generations, and where can we see a need for change?

    A new normal
    What do you want the post-coronavirus future to look like? – video

    Live
  • As the crisis continues, confinement and worry are taking a huge toll on children, young people and their parents. From across the country, families reveal the experience of everyday life in confinement, and the issues it highlights – from autism to bad housing

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Life in lockdown: families on the brink – video

    Video15:41
  • All over the country, people turn the camera on their lives and show how Covid-19 has changed their experience of work. A medical courier at the heart of the crisis demands basic rights, a worker at an empty airport pulls together a union hardship fund - and people in a range of jobs try to navigate the buckling benefits system and the government's scheme to help people who are no longer working. What burns through is the sudden urgency of people joining together to avoid the worst

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Life in lockdown: how our jobs turned upside down – video

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  • In the latest episode of The Frant for Guardian Australia, Jan Fran explains the one message medical experts overwhelmingly  agree on in these coronavirus times: stay home.

    Jan Fran's the frant
    The Frant: You need to stay home, and not just because it's the law now – video

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March 2020

  • Owen Jones spoke to some of the low-paid and precarious workers expected to be hit hardest by the Covid-19 crisis in the weeks ahead

    ‘How do we survive coronavirus?’ Owen Jones meets low-paid workers – video

    Owen Jones spoke to some of the low-paid and precarious workers expected to be hit hardest by the Covid-19 crisis in the weeks ahead

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December 2019

  • John Harris and John Domokos finish their road trip and among the electoral rubble, they find overlooked signs of a better future

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Anywhere but Westminster: how Labour lost, and the hope that endures – video

    John Harris and John Domokos finish their road trip and among the electoral rubble, they find overlooked signs of a better future

    Video18:00
  • As election day nears, John Harris and John Domokos head for a SNP/Labour marginal

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Anywhere but Westminster | Scotland: fear and Lothian on the campaign trail – video

    As election day nears, John Harris and John Domokos head for a SNP/Labour marginal

    Video14:29
  • John Harris and John Domokos continue their election road trip, travelling through crucial seats that have traditionally been loyal to Labour but where a majority voted leave and the Tories are now encroaching. What they find defies the usual political cliches

    Anywhere but Westminster
    Anywhere but Westminster: will Labour's 'red wall' hold in this election? – video

    John Harris and John Domokos continue their election road trip, travelling through crucial seats that have traditionally been loyal to Labour but where a majority voted leave and the Tories are now encroaching. What they find defies the usual political cliches

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