Long reads Michelle and the media As the press swoons over Michelle Obama, it demonstrates our almost comical confusion about both rac By Zoe Williams
Take your Club Tropicana and shove it You know the nostalgia movement is out of control when a George Michael tour sells out to 200,000 pa By Zoe Williams
’If there had been a little man waving back from Mars, we would have been right there. But there was just a rock’ Have we really lost our enthusiasm for space, or are we simply waiting for the discovery of some pro By Zoe Williams
Where have all the feminists gone? Across a whole range of issues, including even abortion and rape, women's rights are being challenge By Zoe Williams
Live 8: too late to say they’re sorry There’s so much to regret, it seems, about Live 8. The organisers of the Philadelphia concert have just launched… By Zoe Williams
Real people power, or pernicious platitudes? G8: I've changed my mind: it was an incredible outpouring of global fellowship By Zoe Williams
Apathetic and proud 2005 Election: the crunch - Abstaining can be a very fine thing, writes Zoe Williams, but actually I By Zoe Williams
Groundhog day with Tony Election: the week - On tour with Blair, and we're feeling good: lives are being saved and we're rid By Zoe Williams
I do like a high concept The party leaders represent the three ages of man, and at the moment, Zoe Williams is rather fond of By Zoe Williams