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New play Capital! explores Edinburgh’s financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor
Theatre

New play Capital! explores Edinburgh’s financial history through eyes of Big Issue vendor

Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?
Music

Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?

Helen Lederer: ‘There was no room for more women on TV in the 80s and 90s, the slots were taken’
Letter To My Younger Self

Helen Lederer: ‘There was no room for more women on TV in the 80s and 90s, the slots were taken’

Blue Lights co-creator Declan Lawn on ‘massive responsibility of telling Belfast’s stories’
TV

Blue Lights co-creator Declan Lawn on ‘massive responsibility of telling Belfast’s stories’

Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell
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Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell

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’
Music

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

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

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
Books

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’
Film

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
Film

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

Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell on recreating Prince Andrew’s car-crash interview in Scoop
Film

Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell on recreating Prince Andrew’s car-crash interview in Scoop

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
Film

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
Film

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

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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
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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