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Will AI be the end of humanity?
Books

Will AI be the end of humanity?

AI might compose music like Bach or write sonnets like Shakespeare, but it won’t speak to human experiences such as love, loss and mortality

Starmer ties the UK’s Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?
Politics

Starmer ties the UK’s Greenland stance to the cost of living crisis. Is it a false choice?

Tackling the cost of living crisis at home ‘means engagement beyond our borders’, says Keir Starmer. But is he right?

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis
Housing

Labour has announced its Warm Homes Plan. Here’s what it means for energy bills and the climate crisis

The £15 billion Warm Homes Plan is intended to make it easier for families to get solar panels, heat pumps and insulation to slash energy bills

Paddington’s enduring appeal speaks to the nostalgia he brings out in all of us
Culture

Paddington’s enduring appeal speaks to the nostalgia he brings out in all of us

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?
Migration

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?

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Brits are getting sick of Starmer’s U-turns – and here’s the proof
Politics

Brits are getting sick of Starmer’s U-turns – and here’s the proof

How marmalade spread across the world
Food

How marmalade spread across the world

Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. Will it really work?
Credit

Trump wants to cap credit card interest rates at 10%. Will it really work?

Three likely scenarios for Venezuela after Donald Trump’s meddling
Venezuela

Three likely scenarios for Venezuela after Donald Trump’s meddling

Toys, Ghostface and lots and lots of superheroes: These are the films to get excited about in 2026
Film

Toys, Ghostface and lots and lots of superheroes: These are the films to get excited about in 2026

2025 will not go down in history as the Year of the Starmer. Can he keep his job through 2026?
Tatton Spiller

2025 will not go down in history as the Year of the Starmer. Can he keep his job through 2026?

This is what Christmas will look like in 2040
Christmas

This is what Christmas will look like in 2040

The Post Office is in trouble: ‘Without Christmas we couldn’t survive’
Post Office

The Post Office is in trouble: ‘Without Christmas we couldn’t survive’

Has Starmer been naughty or nice? Here’s Matt Chorley’s gift guide for politicians this Christmas
Christmas

Has Starmer been naughty or nice? Here’s Matt Chorley’s gift guide for politicians this Christmas

Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change
Housing

Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Act is now law. Here are five things it looks to change

How Wham! killed the Christmas number one
Music

How Wham! killed the Christmas number one

The UK’s ‘millionaire exodus’ is a humongous myth. Here’s why it keeps rearing its ugly head
Wealth

The UK’s ‘millionaire exodus’ is a humongous myth. Here’s why it keeps rearing its ugly head

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?
Artificial intelligence

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?

Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons Roberts named Big Issue’s book of the year for 2025
Book of the Year 2025

Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons Roberts named Big Issue’s book of the year for 2025

How The Celebrity Traitors united Britain
TV

How The Celebrity Traitors united Britain

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?
homelessness

Is Labour really going to end homelessness?

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Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?
Child poverty

Was the child poverty strategy worth the wait?

Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: ‘I definitely took it for granted’
Dogs

Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: ‘I definitely took it for granted’

What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?
Child poverty

What could – and should – be in Labour’s long-awaited child poverty strategy?

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
Exclusive

Revealed: MPs rack up huge taxpayer-funded rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits