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Earworms are the internal soundtrack of our lives. What’s yours?
Gavin Bryars

Earworms are the internal soundtrack of our lives. What’s yours?

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty: ‘UK policies continue to inflict misery’
Poverty

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty: ‘UK policies continue to inflict misery’

From Our Own Fire by William Letford review – hilarious and thought-provoking in equal measure
Books

From Our Own Fire by William Letford review – hilarious and thought-provoking in equal measure

The Mission: Inside John Chau’s doomed attempt to convert the tribes of North Sentinel Island
Film

The Mission: Inside John Chau’s doomed attempt to convert the tribes of North Sentinel Island

Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay review – a work of rare depth and skill
Books

Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay review – a work of rare depth and skill

Richard Hawley: ‘Thatcher’s Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked’
Music

Richard Hawley: ‘Thatcher’s Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked’

The debris of history surrounds us. So why are we still making the same mistakes?
John Bird

The debris of history surrounds us. So why are we still making the same mistakes?

Author and activist Naomi Klein: ‘My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world’
Letter To My Younger Self

Author and activist Naomi Klein: ‘My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world’

David Duchovny: ‘I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon’
The Music That Made Me

David Duchovny: ‘I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon’

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink
the future of travel

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink

How Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow’s headliners
Music

How Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow’s headliners

5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis
Books

5 best rom-com books, selected by rising star novelist Alex Sarkis

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi
Nature

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi

Travelling with kids, in-flight tensions and the joy of taking the middle way
Sam Delaney

Travelling with kids, in-flight tensions and the joy of taking the middle way

Firebrand cellist Abel Selaocoe: ‘Classical music is about telling a great story’
Music

Firebrand cellist Abel Selaocoe: ‘Classical music is about telling a great story’

Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda
Books

Comic book legend Grant Morrison on drag, defying gender norms and debut novel Luda

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The NHS is in crisis – and time is not on its side
Paul McNamee

The NHS is in crisis – and time is not on its side

Top 5 books about love, selected by ‘QI elf’ Edward Brooke-Hitching
Love

Top 5 books about love, selected by ‘QI elf’ Edward Brooke-Hitching

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station
Transport

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station

Duran Duran on critics, escapism and why AI can actually be a useful tool for artistry
Interview

Duran Duran on critics, escapism and why AI can actually be a useful tool for artistry