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How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban

How one girl secretly defied Afghanistan’s education ban
Top 5 books featuring magical creatures, selected by Katherine Rundell

Top 5 books featuring magical creatures, selected by Katherine Rundell
How I enlisted The Archers in an environmental battle for the soul of our countryside

How I enlisted The Archers in an environmental battle for the soul of our countryside
Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan: Poetry alive with compassion and acceptance

Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan: Poetry alive with compassion and acceptance
Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system

Ootlin: A Memoir by Jenni Fagan review: Harrowing truths about the care system
BE MORE GUS: Catch The Big Issue’s new cartoon series only in the magazine

BE MORE GUS: Catch The Big Issue’s new cartoon series only in the magazine
Devo 50 – UK farewell tour review: Boy, they can Booji

Devo 50 – UK farewell tour review: Boy, they can Booji
Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’

Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’
The story of the world’s first drag ABBA tribute band

The story of the world’s first drag ABBA tribute band
No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police
Professor Alice Roberts: ‘I got sidetracked into academia in a delightful way’

Professor Alice Roberts: ‘I got sidetracked into academia in a delightful way’
‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis

‘Everybody deserves shelter’: Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis
‘Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic’: A personal tribute to Jamie Reid

‘Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic’: A personal tribute to Jamie Reid
Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne
‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’
Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness

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’

Paapa Essiedu: ‘It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do’
William Friedkin on ‘rip-off’ Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G

William Friedkin on ‘rip-off’ Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G
Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton’s Edinburgh Fringe

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton’s Edinburgh Fringe
Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’
