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This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: ‘Music is the heart’
TV

This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: ‘Music is the heart’

Nish Kumar: ‘My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11’
Letter To My Younger Self

Nish Kumar: ‘My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11’

Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor
Books

Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor

Civil War director Alex Garland on ChatGPT, 28 Years Later and why Britain is like a ‘pet cat’
Film

Civil War director Alex Garland on ChatGPT, 28 Years Later and why Britain is like a ‘pet cat’

From The Iron Claw to Opponent: How wrestling films began grappling with real issues
Film

From The Iron Claw to Opponent: How wrestling films began grappling with real issues

Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell on recreating Prince Andrew’s car-crash interview in Scoop
Film

Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell on recreating Prince Andrew’s car-crash interview in Scoop

If the Tories really are toast, the new Labour government must be bold
Paul McNamee

If the Tories really are toast, the new Labour government must be bold

‘Democracy is stronger when more people take part’: Voter ID may stop millions from voting in 2024
Democracy

‘Democracy is stronger when more people take part’: Voter ID may stop millions from voting in 2024

Outgoing MP Mhairi Black on Trump, Tory culture wars and why UK is creeping towards fascism
Exclusive

Outgoing MP Mhairi Black on Trump, Tory culture wars and why UK is creeping towards fascism

Loneliness is nothing new – but modern life is making it worse
John Bird

Loneliness is nothing new – but modern life is making it worse

Nish Kumar weighs in on Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel’s role model status to British-Asians
Politics

Nish Kumar weighs in on Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel’s role model status to British-Asians

Inside the Big Issue: Once Upon a Time in the West Midlands
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Once Upon a Time in the West Midlands

I wouldn’t exist if not for a gruesome mass murder in 1905 – we owe our lives to chance and chaos
Books

I wouldn’t exist if not for a gruesome mass murder in 1905 – we owe our lives to chance and chaos

Fool Me Once star Adeel Akhtar: ‘Drama school felt like running away and joining the circus’
Letter to my Younger Self

Fool Me Once star Adeel Akhtar: ‘Drama school felt like running away and joining the circus’

‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town
Music

‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town

Story of the island with more Easter eggs than people tells us we need relatable joy – wherever we find it
Paul McNamee

Story of the island with more Easter eggs than people tells us we need relatable joy – wherever we find it

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Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?
Books

Where have all the rural voices gone from English fiction?

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music
Music

Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there’s still hope for live music

Cynthia Erivo on identity, migrant crisis and what she’s learned playing Elphaba in Wicked
Film

Cynthia Erivo on identity, migrant crisis and what she’s learned playing Elphaba in Wicked

Bill Nighy: ‘Footballers are physical geniuses creating passages of great beauty. It’s fascinating’
Homeless World Cup

Bill Nighy: ‘Footballers are physical geniuses creating passages of great beauty. It’s fascinating’