Opinion
This festive season we should let Tom Waits call the tune

This festive season we should let Tom Waits call the tune
Shami Chakrabarti: The best new year’s resolution for 2023? Defend our human rights

Shami Chakrabarti: The best new year’s resolution for 2023? Defend our human rights
I’ve spent Christmas in prison and on the street – finding recovery saved my life

I’ve spent Christmas in prison and on the street – finding recovery saved my life
Scotland has the perfect antidote to ex-prisoners’ reoffending rates

Scotland has the perfect antidote to ex-prisoners’ reoffending rates
Sam Delaney: ‘I thought I was too good for my local jazz club. Not any more’

Sam Delaney: ‘I thought I was too good for my local jazz club. Not any more’
The Banshees of Inisherin is a curious tonic for these bleak times

The Banshees of Inisherin is a curious tonic for these bleak times
Food banks are at breaking point. We need to change the script.

Food banks are at breaking point. We need to change the script.
Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it’s not a 1950s I recognise

Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it’s not a 1950s I recognise
The fight is on to ensure the Vagrancy Act stays dead

The fight is on to ensure the Vagrancy Act stays dead
The government must measure the true cost of austerity

The government must measure the true cost of austerity
Awaab Ishak’s shocking death will be the housing sector’s defining moment

Awaab Ishak’s shocking death will be the housing sector’s defining moment
I’m an NHS psychiatrist – this is my advice to football fans who gamble during the World Cup

I’m an NHS psychiatrist – this is my advice to football fans who gamble during the World Cup
Autumn Statement: What Jeremy Hunt needs to do to end rough sleeping for good

Autumn Statement: What Jeremy Hunt needs to do to end rough sleeping for good
Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works

Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works
British politics urgently needs more imagination. Competence alone will not save us from this ‘polycrisis’

British politics urgently needs more imagination. Competence alone will not save us from this ‘polycrisis’
Social media may be the new religion, but it hasn’t made us better people

Social media may be the new religion, but it hasn’t made us better people
The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes

The John Lewis Christmas advert is a powerful challenge to foster care stereotypes
Austerity doesn’t add up and hits those in need hardest

Austerity doesn’t add up and hits those in need hardest
Rishi Sunak says he wants to make the UK a ‘clean energy superpower’. His record suggests otherwise
