From the magazine
The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023

The essential guide to the UK’s best book festivals 2023
How book festivals can fix their diversity problem

How book festivals can fix their diversity problem
Austerity was something we simply could not afford

Austerity was something we simply could not afford
Rocky Horror at 50: ‘A place for the marginalised’

Rocky Horror at 50: ‘A place for the marginalised’
Jayde Adams on how Take That movie Greatest Days captures the ‘intensity of fandom’

Jayde Adams on how Take That movie Greatest Days captures the ‘intensity of fandom’
Alma Singer: ‘Art can challenge what’s going on in the world’

Alma Singer: ‘Art can challenge what’s going on in the world’
Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a ‘soldier’ for overlooked Black history

Chevalier: Kelvin Harrison Jr on being a ‘soldier’ for overlooked Black history
Postwar Britain was a place of renewal, opportunity and optimism for working-class people. What happened?

Postwar Britain was a place of renewal, opportunity and optimism for working-class people. What happened?
Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights

Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights
Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+

Robert Carlyle says the UK has had enough of the Tories as The Full Monty arrives on Disney+
The governments who called on sci-fi writers to predict the future

The governments who called on sci-fi writers to predict the future
Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world

Goodbye Eastern Europe: Finding the remains of a lost world
Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer

Top 5 books about queer teenage romance, chosen by Helen Palmer
Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary

Shirley Collins: Heartbreak stole my voice. Singing again is extraordinary
Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America

Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis review: Realities of living as a transgender Black person in America
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes

A Flat Place by Noreen Masud review: Finding a sense of self in landscapes
The DWP’s record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We’re here to shine a light on it

The DWP’s record on disability benefits is a disgrace. We’re here to shine a light on it
People were sacked and imprisoned for being gay in the armed forces. Now they are fighting for justice


