Writing
Williams writes for The Guardian and the New Statesman. She writes political commentary, interviews and reviews. Her work has also appeared in other publications, including The Spectator, NOW Magazine, the London Cycling Campaign's magazine London Cyclist and the London Evening Standard where she contributed columns on a variety of subjects, and a diary about being a single woman in London. She has also written restaurant reviews for the Sunday Telegraph.
Daniel Hannan of The Telegraph praised her as possessing "the mark of a great columnist – she compels interest in the unlikeliest subjects", saying "she has a beautiful turn of phrase, and I can't remember a single column I haven't enjoyed."
She has also appeared on television as a guest on various shows. Clive James praised her appearance in documentary Teenage Kicks: the Search for Sophistication: "The brilliant journalist Zoe Williams did a short piece to camera that was almost an aria". She has presented a radio documentary Inside the Academy School Revolution, which Miranda Sawyer found one-sided and "tame", and hosted BBC Radio 4's What The Papers Say.
In May 2011 Williams admitted to fare dodging when in her 30s while travelling on London buses. She wrote "I actually had a lot of affection for bendy buses, mainly because evading your fare was so easy that to pay was almost missing the point. We used to call it freebussing."
Williams describes her political views as left-wing and feminist. She sometimes covers feminist issues in her columns, and is a supporter of the British Humanist Association.
She was longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2012. She was named Columnist of the Year 2010 at the WorkWorld Media Awards.
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