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The French are in uproar about gen Z not lunching with colleagues. I’m on Team Solo Dining
For once we can celebrate a British custom: grabbing lunch away from your colleagues to do whatever you like, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Apr 18, 2026
Why does admitting you’re ambitious feel so wrong for gen Xers like me?
In the 90s, we internalised an ideal of cool that appeared nonchalant and effortless. Now, young people are unafraid to say they want something and are going to work hard to get it, writes Emma Beddington
Apr 18, 2026
A mountain to climb in today’s job market
<strong>Letters: </strong>Readers respond to articles by Gaby Hinsliff and Sumaiya Motara on the availability of first jobs, and the hoops applicants are made to jump through
Apr 18, 2026
UK parents fear young will be worse off for first time in a century, ex-minister warns
Alan Milburn says people feel ‘social contract is being broken’ as number of Neets climbs to 957,000
Apr 18, 2026
Keen bosses, strange mistakes and a looming threat: workers on training AI to do their jobs
Some say the technology is devaluing their work, while others reckon it is not yet – and might never be – good enough to replace them entirely
Apr 18, 2026
Sport for young people wins sustained investment – why not the arts?
Letters: <strong>Marcus Davey </strong>on the Young Creatives Commission and efforts to increase opportunities in Britain’s creative industries
Apr 18, 2026
Table for one: is eating lunch at work on your own a bad thing?
In France, they think it is, alarmed by more and more young people choosing to do so. They should see how many eat alone in the UK …
Apr 18, 2026
Go to university! No, get a trade! How can young people survive when all the paths are landmined?
Is it to be a degree and heavy debt when graduate jobs are shrinking? Or forgoing a degree, knowing society still worships them? Confused, angry: who wouldn’t be
Apr 18, 2026
UK job vacancies ‘fall to lowest level since pandemic’
Advertised roles dropped 3% last month to 695,000 – first dip below 700,000 since January 2021, job site Adzuna says
Apr 18, 2026
Do you have a ‘competence hangover’?
It’s what happens when people, especially women, are overworked and underappreciated. Time for all the incompetent slackers to step up, writes Emma Beddington
Apr 18, 2026
‘The anxieties just lift’: why domestic abuse refuges are turning to female tradespeople
With construction overwhelmingly male, Refuge says tradeswomen help survivors of abuse feel safer
Apr 18, 2026
Decline in remote jobs risks shutting disabled people out of work, study finds
Research project warns fall in homeworking roles could undermine efforts to reduce unemployment
Apr 18, 2026