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A collection of stories and viewpoints from writers who wish to protect their identity for legal, emotional or security reasons

<p>Having a Jamaican mum means we rightly always have rice and peas on the Christmas dinner table, so I’ll miss that for sure</p>
Lifestyle

Why I’m swerving my family this Christmas

<p>Match made in heaven: Rory introduced me to his ‘play partner’ Lila who was 20 years younger than me </p>
Love & Sex

I’m 45, divorced and just had my first threesome thanks to Feeld

<p>You see, I don’t even see it as shoplifting: people like <em>me</em> don’t do that</p>
Voices

I’m a middle-class shoplifter – and here’s why

<p>‘I took my son to Sainsbury’s and he wore a baseball cap over his kippah so nobody could tell he was Jewish,’ a mother writes </p>
Voices

I’m a British Orthodox Jew – after the Israel attacks, I’m terrified

<p>The Kardashian family have a WhatsApp family group chat that excludes Kourtney </p>
Voices

Like Kourtney Kardashian, I’m the victim of a family WhatsApp fall-out

<p>Sophie Turner is suing Joe Jonas to return their two daughters to England as he denies they were ‘abducted’</p>
Voices

I’ve been in Sophie Turner’s situation. I had to hide my son overseas

<p>Migrants protesting at the ‘prison-like’ Brook House immigrant removal centre in West Sussex </p>
Voices

I was detained awaiting deportation – the horror stories are true

<p>Assault and harassment of female surgeons is the tip of the iceberg</p>
Voices

Female surgeons like me face harassment and assault every single day

<p>“It’s very different at high school compared to primary school and I’m not sure if I like it” </p>
Voices

How 11-year-old girls really feel about the future

<p>There are a number of benefits to using a more conventional wine glass for champagne, instead of the traditional flute</p>
Voices

Taking care of fizz-ness! How to serve champagne at a top restaurant

<p>I was 100 meters high, it was just me and my friends – and the view was all for us</p>
Voices

Why tragic death of tall building climber would not deter me

<p>As mine and Max’s flirtation intensifies, I find ways to use service to my advantage</p>
Voices

The Secret Sommelier: My wine-based flirtations with the sexy new chef

<p>There are empty bottles everywhere and my white Argos fridges have been ransacked</p>
Voices

Carnage, chaos and cabernet: event planning as a top sommelier

Voices

Carnage, chaos and cabernet: event planning as a top sommelier

Anonymous
<p>There are empty bottles everywhere and my white Argos fridges have been ransacked</p>
<p>The Sexual Assault Referral Clinic was both reassuring and helpful – if only women could feel that way about the police and judicial process</p>
Voices

I was raped and didn’t report it – though I wish I had. This is why

<p>For bankers and lawyers, I order bottles that are lovely to drink and mostly overpriced </p>
Voices

Snogs, blocked bogs and wine snobs: the life of a top sommelier

<p>Young gay people today have sex, but we had Terry Wogan</p>
Voices

I don’t care if you can’t go to Eurovision – I’ve earned the right to

Voices

Navigating Mother’s Day when your mother doesn’t like you

Voices

Navigating Mother’s Day when your mother doesn’t like you

<p>During the pandemic it was found that women did the majority of the domestic labour in shared households</p>
Voices

The woman who secretly filmed her husband’s parenting should leave him

<p>I once borrowed a phone to call my mum on her birthday and he physically attacked me afterwards</p>
Voices

Why today’s emergency alert is dangerous for domestic abuse victims

<p>‘I feel guilty that by saying all of this publicly, I’m somehow shaming women’ </p>
Voices

Why I went under the knife for a labiaplasty – and how I feel now

Voices

I was stalked – what’s happened to Daisy on Corrie can be terrifying

<p>This cruel exploitation contradicts my duties as a royal guard</p>
Voices

I’m a member of the royal guard. Please stop making me wear those hats

<p>It could be the difference between heating and eating for some households</p>
Voices

I’m a mother and a teacher – I’m conflicted about strikes

<p>On current plans, I’d lose about £45 a week at work, which might not sound like much to you, but it is to me and many of my workmates</p>
Voices

I’m a postie – you clapped us, now back us when we strike

<p>I feel like I have paid into a pension all my life, and now I am getting no help back</p>
Voices

This winter could kill me – am I already dead to the government?

<p>It could be the difference between heating and eating for some households</p>
Voices

I’m a mother and a teacher – I’m conflicted about strikes

<p>On current plans, I’d lose about £45 a week at work, which might not sound like much to you, but it is to me and many of my workmates</p>
Voices

I’m a postie – you clapped us, now back us when we strike

<p>I feel like I have paid into a pension all my life, and now I am getting no help back</p>
Voices

This winter could kill me – am I already dead to the government?

<p>I am pretty sure the prospect of England’s match might terrify other women too</p>
Voices

For me, football is not a beautiful game – it’s a terrifying one

Voices

For me, football is not a beautiful game – it’s a terrifying one

<p>I am pretty sure the prospect of England’s match might terrify other women too</p>
<p>Protests may end up hurting us more than they help us</p>
Voices

Think twice before you come to Qatar to protest the World Cup

Iranian climber, Elnaz Rekabi participated in an international tournament without her hijab, defying Iranian regime’s diktat for female athletes. Screengrab
Voices

This is what it’s like being a woman in Iran right now

<p>I am a mum of three children, two of which are still at home, and I am a single mum</p>
Voices

The questions that plague me in the middle of the night

<p>Because of the significance of my injuries, I was running out of time and wouldn’t have made it to hospital</p>
Voices

My 12-year-old daughter saved my life

<p>Because of the significance of my injuries, I was running out of time and wouldn’t have made it to hospital</p>
Voices

My 12-year-old daughter saved my life

<p>My behaviour certainly got worse and more severe over time</p>
Voices

The words I never thought I’d say to a room full of sex addicts

<p>Shincheonji has far exceeded 140,000 members internationally, with around 500 in the UK </p>
Home News

How I persuaded my boyfriend to leave New Heaven New Earth ‘cult’

<p>The system is fundamentally broken, but on 1 October we have the chance to change it</p>
Voices

This is why I’m refusing to pay my energy bills, and you should too

<p>Having him in my head did not help with my nervousness about being on the slopes </p>
Voices

Confessions: I had a holiday romance I will never forget

<p>Addicts aren’t ‘bad’ people – but we struggle to behave moderately</p>
Voices

I’m a sex addict – the reality is nothing like the fantasy

<p>If I could bottle that feeling alone and sell it to married women like me, I know I’d make a fortune</p>
Voices

I joined an extra-marital affairs site – it was the best decision ever

<p>I am forced to cover up my disappointment and unease</p>
Voices

Dear Mum, I love you, but I hope you never read this

<p>When things get really hard, I remind myself that I got my kids to safety</p>
Voices

Through Isis territory and airstrikes: I escaped Syria with my family

<p>The voices of Rwandan people have gone almost unnoticed by the international community</p>
Voices

I escaped Rwanda – I’m shocked Priti Patel wants to send people there

Love & Sex

‘I’m a disabled sugar baby — this is why I find it empowering’

<p>I have learnt to be much more careful in future work situations</p>
Voices

By 29, I had everything I’d ever wanted in my career – and it broke me

Voices

By 29, I had everything I’d ever wanted in my career – and it broke me

<p>I have learnt to be much more careful in future work situations</p>
<p>We held each other’s gaze longer than you should with a complete stranger. Because we each knew who the other was</p>
Voices

My irrational hatred for my lover’s ex taught me about sisterhood

<p>My relationship with religion began to deteriorate around the time I was 16 or 17 and becoming aware of my sexuality</p>
Voices

I refuse to choose between being Muslim and being a lesbian

<p>The NHS does some incredible things and is nothing without its staff, but the buck must stop with government</p>
Voices

I’m an NHS doctor and my first word to patients is this – sorry

<p>It’s harmful and unrealistic to expect survivors to lay out every piece of evidence before accessing support</p>
Voices

I’m a trafficking survivor – and terrified of new government rules

<p>It’s harmful and unrealistic to expect survivors to lay out every piece of evidence before accessing support</p>
Voices

I’m a trafficking survivor – and terrified of new government rules

<p>Migrants are escorted ashore by a RNLI Lifeboat</p>
Voices

I crossed the Channel last summer – I just want the chance to live

<p>‘My physical health was so bad that my mum was told by a nurse that she didn’t think I’d make it through the weekend’ </p>
Voices

My health was spiralling – it took months to get the support I needed

<p>Afghans flee the Taliban at Kabul Airport</p>
Voices

I was lucky – but the west is leaving many Afghans like me to die

<p>‘When I heard that the Taliban took over Kabul, I was shocked’ </p>
Voices

I managed to get out of Afghanistan. But what about those left behind?

<p>‘Two or three nights a week, I’ll find myself drunkenly stumbling home alone, keys clutched between my knuckles, and horrendous tragedies like Sarah Everard playing in the back of my mind’ </p>
Voices

The reality of life as a female reporter in Westminster

Voices

Like Tarantino, I would never let my toxic mom share in my success

<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle</p>
Voices

Thomas Markle doesn’t have a biological right to see his grandchildren

Voices

Anti-vaxxers like my dad should be excluded from public events

<p>Building Collapse Miami</p>
Voices

Confessions of a South Florida condo board member

<p>‘My father accompanied me to most hearings. I could feel his pain as a parent unable to protect his own child’</p>
Voices

My ex-husband used the justice system as a form of coercive control

<p>‘Reading Mel B’s interview surfaced memories I have long suppressed: the shame, the silence, the overwhelming sense of isolation’</p>
Voices

Like Mel B, I was a victim of coercive control – and I had no idea

Voices

Like Mel B, I was a victim of coercive control – and I had no idea

<p>‘Reading Mel B’s interview surfaced memories I have long suppressed: the shame, the silence, the overwhelming sense of isolation’</p>
<p>‘I’m not saying that dads don’t deserve praise — of course they do! But for the <em>right</em> reasons’</p>
Voices

Please stop saying I’m lucky that my partner ‘helps’ with childcare

<p>‘Research shows that 97 per cent of women aged 18-24 have endured some form of sexual harassment, and around one-in-five experience sexual assault’</p>
Voices

I was a stalker – so many men are in denial about how they treat women

<p>‘Part of the reason I joined the police service was to fight back against the onslaught of abuse women disproportionately suffer in our society’</p>
Voices

I’m a police officer, horrified the Sarah Everard suspect is one of us

<p>Police detain a farmer belonging to the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), as he protests against the Indian government’s recent agricultural reforms</p>
Voices

My family in India could be killed for defending their livelihoods

<p>Police detain a farmer belonging to the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), as he protests against the Indian government’s recent agricultural reforms</p>
Voices

My family in India could be killed for defending their livelihoods

Voices

As a GCSE student, I have fears over teachers deciding my exam grades

<p>The National Domestic Abuse Helpline has a live chat service online, for those who are unable to call</p>
Voices

I left my abuser before lockdown but still fear for my safety

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers in Helmand on December 21, 2015.
Voices

My time as an RAF pilot in Helmand has never left me

Women who challenge the expectations of their families and communities can become victims of abuse, which worsens if they raise the alarm.
Voices

As a victim of honour abuse, I was failed by everyone

Writer and director Armando Iannucci at the 40th Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival
Comment

BBC bosses should be prised out of senior roles to let new talent rise

Comment

I wish I had not been in that Syrian hospital. I wish I had not seen

Comment

The UK is not set up for surrogacy, so we went to America where it is

Features

How will bullying ever be beaten if schools side with the bullies?

Demonstrators set up camp at Taksim Gezi park, Istanbul
Comment

Turkey protests: Erdogan trying - and failing - to herd cats

Crime

Inside the last day of The News Of The World

This Britain

'I enjoyed the daft ritual, the euphoria. We were all on it'

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