Zoe Williams

Just who goes to the Games?

THERE’S nothing in the Olympics you won’t have seen from a more propitious angle sitting on your sofa (assuming you have a telly), except this: you won’t have seen the site itself or smelt the atmosphere. Published 06 Aug, 2012 12:00am

Profiting from food, famine

LONDON The price of cheddar is going to go up by 10 per cent over the next six months. This is quite a rare food... Published 14 May, 2010 12:00am

Dangerous assumptions

SINCE the credit crunch, British middle-class shopping habits have changed. Their preferences have remained broadly... Published 13 Nov, 2009 12:00am

Literary buzz: Dangerous sub-texts

When my sister had a baby, it used to amuse me that our mother had a campaign against the Cat in the Hat books, ... Published 19 Jul, 2009 12:00am

A step too far?

It`s called My Beautiful Mommy, and it`s a children`s book published in the US earlier this year. That all sounds... Published 11 Oct, 2008 12:00am

Networking websites betraying privacy

LONDON: The thinktank Demos this week launched UK Confidential, a collection of essays about privacy. It’s beyond... Published 23 May, 2008 12:00am