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Zayn Malik: ‘I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world’
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Zayn Malik: ‘I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world’

We owe children an apology for the state of the nation, says Caledonian Road author Andrew O’Hagan
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We owe children an apology for the state of the nation, says Caledonian Road author Andrew O’Hagan

Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: ‘I’m a very Northern man’
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Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: ‘I’m a very Northern man’

Nish Kumar: ‘My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11’
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Nish Kumar: ‘My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11’

This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: ‘Music is the heart’
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This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: ‘Music is the heart’

Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor
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Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor

Civil War director Alex Garland on ChatGPT, 28 Years Later and why Britain is like a ‘pet cat’
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Civil War director Alex Garland on ChatGPT, 28 Years Later and why Britain is like a ‘pet cat’

From The Iron Claw to Opponent: How wrestling films began grappling with real issues
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From The Iron Claw to Opponent: How wrestling films began grappling with real issues

Artist with autism uses drawing to make sense of the trauma of losing his home
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Artist with autism uses drawing to make sense of the trauma of losing his home

Io Capitano director Matteo Garrone on why a refugee’s journey is so much more than small boats
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Io Capitano director Matteo Garrone on why a refugee’s journey is so much more than small boats

‘Everyone has a story’: Watch The Beautiful Game stars explain why Homeless World Cup is so important
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‘Everyone has a story’: Watch The Beautiful Game stars explain why Homeless World Cup is so important

‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town
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‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town

I wouldn’t exist if not for a gruesome mass murder in 1905 – we owe our lives to chance and chaos
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I wouldn’t exist if not for a gruesome mass murder in 1905 – we owe our lives to chance and chaos

Fool Me Once star Adeel Akhtar: ‘Drama school felt like running away and joining the circus’
Letter to my Younger Self

Fool Me Once star Adeel Akhtar: ‘Drama school felt like running away and joining the circus’

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music
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Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music

Top 5 books about the ocean, chosen by Deep Water author James Bradley
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Top 5 books about the ocean, chosen by Deep Water author James Bradley

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Cynthia Erivo on identity, migrant crisis and what she’s learned playing Elphaba in Wicked
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Cynthia Erivo on identity, migrant crisis and what she’s learned playing Elphaba in Wicked

Bill Nighy: ‘Footballers are physical geniuses creating passages of great beauty. It’s fascinating’
Homeless World Cup

Bill Nighy: ‘Footballers are physical geniuses creating passages of great beauty. It’s fascinating’

The Beautiful Game: Meet the real-life footballers who inspired Netflix’s Homeless World Cup film
Homeless World Cup

The Beautiful Game: Meet the real-life footballers who inspired Netflix’s Homeless World Cup film

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts
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Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel review – a depth of feeling like a punch to the guts