From the magazine
When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own

When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own
This Country’s Charlie Cooper: ‘We don’t have much pride in being English’

This Country’s Charlie Cooper: ‘We don’t have much pride in being English’
Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels
First minister John Swinney: ‘Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland’

First minister John Swinney: ‘Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland’
Starmer’s first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?

Starmer’s first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: ‘We need a f**king leader’

Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: ‘We need a f**king leader’
Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all

Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all
DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people

DWP plans to spy on claimants’ bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
Danny Dyer: ‘I don’t trust Keir Starmer. Why Angela Rayner’s not leading things I don’t know’

Danny Dyer: ‘I don’t trust Keir Starmer. Why Angela Rayner’s not leading things I don’t know’
Letters: Keir Starmer, please keep our loved ones warm this winter

Letters: Keir Starmer, please keep our loved ones warm this winter
Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan: ‘Care experienced people have superpowers – we’re brilliant!’

Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan: ‘Care experienced people have superpowers – we’re brilliant!’
Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’
