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I was too skinny to realise my dream, she said – but then I got the chance to help others overcome their fear of the water, says writer Gareth Roberts

Nottinghamshire council has borrowed the US president’s playbook – but may soon find that it needs the media more than it thought, says journalist Jon Allsop

Everyone’s got an opinion about the city. But few in the west know the multicultural, unusual Dubai that I’ve seen up close, says poet Momtaza Mehri

Migration is one of the most important issues of our time and needs serious consideration. History will damn much of the UK media for failing to do that, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

Anyone who has met refugees sees the ordinariness of their hopes and dreams. If we reject their humanity, how can we be proud of ourselves, asks former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

Human patterns are cyclical. They always have been and always will be. We let something to continually grow until it reaches the point where it a major factory reset is inevitable, allowing for a new, fresh start. I’ve shared my opinion about London’s nightlife plenty of times and as someone…

Protesters angered by police violence, parliamentarians’ wages and inflation are staging nationwide demonstrations.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Accommodating those who must wait for the Home Office to work through a backlog of claims will inevitably risk unpopularity. But now the government has won its appeal against the closure of one protest-hit Epping hotel, Yvette Cooper must be allowed to proceed with phasing out…

Editorial: The US president’s move against Lisa Cook shows his despotic bent, but the Fed was never democracy’s guardian. It’s time to rethink who really controls money