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My plan for the future is to die on a weekend
My plan for the future is to die on a weekend
When I write stories I can try on different voices. It’s still an adventure, writes Way of Telling author Xandra Bingley
What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?
What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?
The discourse around class drowns out plans for progress, all before those actually affected have even cleared their throats, writes Kate Pasola
Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango
Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango
Who’d have thought that the old anti-capitalist revolutionary Chairman Mao and the ultra-capitalist grifter President Trump would turn out to have so much in common?
Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Why has Hitler taken so long to die?
Why has Hitler taken so long to die?
Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There’s a good reason for that
We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There’s a good reason for that
Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’
Science writer Alex Riley: ‘Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure’
Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts
Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts
How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside
I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside
These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms
These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms
‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
‘Are you really the doctor?’: The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality
Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality
This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together
This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together
The strange harmony of music, maths and science should be part of every school curriculum
The strange harmony of music, maths and science should be part of every school curriculum
The extraordinary story of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to hold a pilot’s licence
The extraordinary story of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to hold a pilot’s licence
Why did so many women in a tiny Hungarian village poison their husbands?
Why did so many women in a tiny Hungarian village poison their husbands?
The last 150 years of pop culture would’ve been dull without female fandom – just ask The Beatles
