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Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we’re just left to get on with it
Kinship care

Kinship carers need financial support. Instead, we’re just left to get on with it

Rebekah’s grandchildren would be in foster homes if she hadn’t taken them in. But as a kinship carer, she does not qualify for financial support

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything
Debt

I carried the weight of my £60,000 debt alone. Then one conversation changed everything

By the time she’d amassed £60,000 of debt, Kate had hit rock-bottom. But a chance conversation led to profound changes and a new start

I’m 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it’s like to be held hostage by your own body
Emily-May Stephenson

I’m 18 and bed bound with long Covid. This is what it’s like to be held hostage by your own body

Covid left Emily-May unable to work. She has turned to photography and sharing her story with others

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy
Lorna Tucker

I was homeless and an addict as a teen. I hope my life can help people have a little more empathy

SIX The Musical star Aimie Atkinson: ‘Henry VIII’s wives had issues that women are still dealing with’
Film

SIX The Musical star Aimie Atkinson: ‘Henry VIII’s wives had issues that women are still dealing with’

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I have worn second hand clothes my whole life. I don’t know why anyone would shop new
Second hand September

I have worn second hand clothes my whole life. I don’t know why anyone would shop new

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope
Afghanistan

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope

‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals
Learning Disability Week 2024

‘I want to get out’: The fight for people with learning disabilities to live at home – not hospitals

‘Your world changes in a moment’: Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph
Health

‘Your world changes in a moment’: Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph

My cousin was killed in front of his six-year-old son. I need to get my family out of Gaza
Israel-Gaza war

My cousin was killed in front of his six-year-old son. I need to get my family out of Gaza

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival
Israel-Gaza war

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival

I lost 200 members of my family to war in Gaza. I feel betrayed by the UK government
Israel-Gaza war

I lost 200 members of my family to war in Gaza. I feel betrayed by the UK government

I used to dream of being a doctor in the UK. Now I’m searching for ways to survive in Palestine
Israel-Gaza war

I used to dream of being a doctor in the UK. Now I’m searching for ways to survive in Palestine

I have a fear of walking. DWP put me through hell waiting for a disability benefits tribunal
Disability benefits

I have a fear of walking. DWP put me through hell waiting for a disability benefits tribunal

‘Love is the fing’: IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what’s at the heart of new album TANGK
Joe Talbot

‘Love is the fing’: IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what’s at the heart of new album TANGK

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’
Disability benefits

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition
Lucy Sweet

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
Lost Map

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung

‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
First person

‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

‘The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me’: a domestic abuse survivor speaks out
Disability benefits

‘The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me’: a domestic abuse survivor speaks out

‘The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?’
Disability benefits

‘The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?’

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Good Omens 2: Behind the scenes with an infernal demon
Laura Kelly

Good Omens 2: Behind the scenes with an infernal demon

How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past
Minority writing

How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past

My Extinction: How I learned to start worrying and love activism
Opinion

My Extinction: How I learned to start worrying and love activism

Harold Shipman murdered my grandmother. Now I’m playing him onstage
First person

Harold Shipman murdered my grandmother. Now I’m playing him onstage