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Michael Palin: ‘There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going’

Michael Palin: ‘There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going’
Nearly four decades on from 80 Days Around The World, Michael Palin is still getting under the skin of the places he visits
The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera

The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera
The Galloping Cure traces the specifics of the opioid crisis in the US, but in these troubled times, audiences will find something to relate to wherever they’re from
Victoria Pendleton: ‘I thought beating boys at sport would impress them. Now I realise it doesn’t’

Victoria Pendleton: ‘I thought beating boys at sport would impress them. Now I realise it doesn’t’
She found cycling success in the golden age of Team GB. But even after she’d hung up the Lycra, she still found herself in the saddle
How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull
How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull
‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’

Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’
Michael Spicer: ‘I’d make billionaires pay so we don’t have to cut welfare and disability benefits’

Michael Spicer: ‘I’d make billionaires pay so we don’t have to cut welfare and disability benefits’
A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK’s coasts

A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK’s coasts
Dr Ranj Singh: ‘I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort’

Dr Ranj Singh: ‘I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort’
Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon

Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon
Dear England star Joseph Fiennes: ‘Gareth Southgate is a quiet revolutionary’

Dear England star Joseph Fiennes: ‘Gareth Southgate is a quiet revolutionary’
History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’
Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change

Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change
I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started

I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started
Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’

Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’
Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026

Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026
Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’

Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’
‘We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place’

‘We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place’
AF Steadman: ‘Kids don’t want to be on their phones. They want books and deadly unicorns’

AF Steadman: ‘Kids don’t want to be on their phones. They want books and deadly unicorns’
‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’

‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’
Meet Rene Robbins, the 100-year-old artist who survived homelessness: ‘I’d cry myself to sleep’



