Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues
More powerful together: the authentic experiences behind Ken Loach’s new film![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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More powerful together: the authentic experiences behind Ken Loach’s new film
Chris Packham: Is it Time To Break The Law? is a vital, soul-searching documentary on activism![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Chris Packham: Is it Time To Break The Law? is a vital, soul-searching documentary on activism
The Old Oak: Director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty on changing the conversation and challenging cruelty![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The Old Oak: Director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty on changing the conversation and challenging cruelty
Beverley Knight: ‘My young black skin was politicised the day I was born’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Beverley Knight: ‘My young black skin was politicised the day I was born’
Paul Simon unveils surprise collaboration with artist Charlie Mackesy: ‘It’s nice to make a friend this way’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Paul Simon unveils surprise collaboration with artist Charlie Mackesy: ‘It’s nice to make a friend this way’
Comedian Mawaan Rizwan is ‘having the most joyful time’ with brilliant new sitcom Juice![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Comedian Mawaan Rizwan is ‘having the most joyful time’ with brilliant new sitcom Juice
The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?
This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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This ambitious multi-location production of The Odyssey has created community theatre on the grandest scale
Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’
Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness
Paapa Essiedu: ‘It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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