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Comedian Chloe Petts: ‘Dear internet trolls – I’ll wear whatever I like’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Comedian Chloe Petts: ‘Dear internet trolls – I’ll wear whatever I like’
Comedian Chloe Petts calls for a change in attitudes towards hate speech and the internet after receiving online abuse
Top 5 historically important memoirs, chosen by best-selling author Joshua Lisec![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Top 5 historically important memoirs, chosen by best-selling author Joshua Lisec
From deposed leaders to civil rights activists, memoirs can become vital to our understanding of history
How to make the perfect running playlist, according to science![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How to make the perfect running playlist, according to science
Here’s how to pick your ideal soundtrack for busting a gut
Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Cost of living crisis is causing adoption rates to decline – but every child deserves a loving home
Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool
Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool
How Labour’s housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How Labour’s housebuilding target of 1.5 million new homes hinges on just six private companies
How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?
Keir Starmer promised to tackle child poverty – but we need action, not empty words![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Keir Starmer promised to tackle child poverty – but we need action, not empty words
‘It was a long, dark night of the soul’: What the first 24 hours in prison is really like![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘It was a long, dark night of the soul’: What the first 24 hours in prison is really like
Napalm in the Heart by Pol Guasch review – a beautiful and affecting debut novel![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Napalm in the Heart by Pol Guasch review – a beautiful and affecting debut novel
Can Deadpool & Wolverine save the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Yes and no![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Can Deadpool & Wolverine save the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Yes and no
Letters: I’m an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here’s what private school taught me![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Letters: I’m an anti-capitalist, non-binary vegan. Here’s what private school taught me
Brits are the happiest they’ve been in a year. Here’s why![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Brits are the happiest they’ve been in a year. Here’s why
“When I hear Rachel Reeves say, ‘there isn’t any money’… we’re not morons. There is money. Take it. Mint it.” Rob Delaney on finding perspective in politics![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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“When I hear Rachel Reeves say, ‘there isn’t any money’… we’re not morons. There is money. Take it. Mint it.” Rob Delaney on finding perspective in politics
Rob Delaney: ‘Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Rob Delaney: ‘Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long’
Our health system is failing both men and women – but it’s gender equity we need, not equality![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Our health system is failing both men and women – but it’s gender equity we need, not equality
Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Inside the Big Issue: Rob Delaney on housing for nurses, Robin Hood politics and Deadpool
‘Who’s your favourite Spider-Man?’: Why the future of Spidey looks thwipping exciting![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘Who’s your favourite Spider-Man?’: Why the future of Spidey looks thwipping exciting
‘It makes a good punchline’: Meet the Edinburgh Fringe comedians playing their neurodiversity for laughs![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘It makes a good punchline’: Meet the Edinburgh Fringe comedians playing their neurodiversity for laughs
How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak’s crushing election defeats![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How political cartoonists influenced both Churchill and Sunak’s crushing election defeats
Top 5 books about state control, chosen by Icelandic author Fríða Ísberg![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Top 5 books about state control, chosen by Icelandic author Fríða Ísberg
Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them
France is booting homeless migrants out of Paris ahead of the Olympics – but some are fighting back![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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