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Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students
Education

Inside the years-long pay row in Scotland risking the futures of working-class students

With the new government comes a new opportunity to rethink welfare and benefits 
John Bird

With the new government comes a new opportunity to rethink welfare and benefits 

Spent star Michelle de Swarte: ‘Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial’
TV

Spent star Michelle de Swarte: ‘Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial’

Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story
Film

Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story

Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb
Housing

Rachel Reeves brings back mandatory housing targets – but Labour has a huge mountain to climb

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues
Letters

Letters: The politicians who deserve power are the ones speaking on real issues

Inside the Big Issue: Kwajo Tweneboa’s home truths for new government
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Kwajo Tweneboa’s home truths for new government

Rowan Williams: ‘The challenge is whether religion is part of the solution or part of the problem’
Letter To My Younger Self

Rowan Williams: ‘The challenge is whether religion is part of the solution or part of the problem’

Euro 2024: Roy Keane on screen is more watchable than the football
Paul McNamee

Euro 2024: Roy Keane on screen is more watchable than the football

I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don’t have to
Lucy Sweet

I watched all the documentaries about Lidl so you don’t have to

Top 5 books about unconventional cowboys, chosen by musician and author Bruce Omar Yates
Books

Top 5 books about unconventional cowboys, chosen by musician and author Bruce Omar Yates

We can all agree politics isn’t much of a laugh. Here’s how to rediscover fun after the election
General Election 2024

We can all agree politics isn’t much of a laugh. Here’s how to rediscover fun after the election

Euro 2024 shows why Germany is much more than beer, bratwurst and lederhosen
Euro 2024

Euro 2024 shows why Germany is much more than beer, bratwurst and lederhosen

Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age
Film

Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation is an eerie prediction of our surveillance age

‘The Jazz Bar is too important to fail’ says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution
Venue Watch

‘The Jazz Bar is too important to fail’ says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution

Karen Gillan: ‘It’s better to tell the story of Douglas is Cancelled than not tell the story’
TV

Karen Gillan: ‘It’s better to tell the story of Douglas is Cancelled than not tell the story’

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A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements – rollicking tales of the Hundred Years’ War
Books

A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements – rollicking tales of the Hundred Years’ War

Elmo, Binface and a fish finger: A colourful history of novelty political candidates taking on the elite
General Election 2024

Elmo, Binface and a fish finger: A colourful history of novelty political candidates taking on the elite

No, it isn’t middle-class to vote for third-party or independent candidates in the general election
Kasmira Kincaid

No, it isn’t middle-class to vote for third-party or independent candidates in the general election

Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day
Jane Frost

Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day