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Gender pain gap: Why women’s pain must be taken as seriously as men’s
Dr Amanda Williams

Gender pain gap: Why women’s pain must be taken as seriously as men’s

Cold snaps and broken resolutions – welcome to the UK in January
Sam Delaney

Cold snaps and broken resolutions – welcome to the UK in January

Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture
Books

Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture

How many times is it acceptable for a one-year-old to be hospitalised due to a mould-ridden home?
Paul McNamee

How many times is it acceptable for a one-year-old to be hospitalised due to a mould-ridden home?

Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
Special report

Women feel ‘violated and traumatised’ by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them

Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety
Books

Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety

The Tories vowed to end rough sleeping by 2024. They failed. So where are we now?
Paula Barker

The Tories vowed to end rough sleeping by 2024. They failed. So where are we now?

Forget Dry January – young Brits are giving up on booze altogether. Here’s the sobering reason why
Health

Forget Dry January – young Brits are giving up on booze altogether. Here’s the sobering reason why

Inside the Big Issue: Peter Capaldi on dirty cop drama Criminal Record and his new grandson
Inside the magazine

Inside the Big Issue: Peter Capaldi on dirty cop drama Criminal Record and his new grandson

Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood
Books

Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood

What Keir Starmer can learn from Britain’s first Labour government – 100 years ago
Politics

What Keir Starmer can learn from Britain’s first Labour government – 100 years ago

Henry Winkler on Happy Days, dyslexia and why he’ll always love The Fonz: ‘I’m grateful’
Letter to my younger self

Henry Winkler on Happy Days, dyslexia and why he’ll always love The Fonz: ‘I’m grateful’

The Holdovers review – a film of well-turned wit and emotional warmth
Film

The Holdovers review – a film of well-turned wit and emotional warmth

Reading Robert Smith’s diary made me fall in love with The Cure
Simon Price

Reading Robert Smith’s diary made me fall in love with The Cure

I say ‘hello’ when I walk into shops and smile at strangers. Yes, I know, I’m a monster
Robin Ince

I say ‘hello’ when I walk into shops and smile at strangers. Yes, I know, I’m a monster

Jodie Comer: ‘I really want women to see themselves depicted in a truthful light’
Film

Jodie Comer: ‘I really want women to see themselves depicted in a truthful light’

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The Coral co-founder Bill Ryder-Jones on beauty, sorrow and psychedelic new album Iechyd Da
Music

The Coral co-founder Bill Ryder-Jones on beauty, sorrow and psychedelic new album Iechyd Da

Mr Bates vs The Post Office and the primetime push for justice
Paul McNamee

Mr Bates vs The Post Office and the primetime push for justice

Peter Capaldi: ‘There are a lot of big problems – there’s no point burying our head in the sand’
TV

Peter Capaldi: ‘There are a lot of big problems – there’s no point burying our head in the sand’

Happy Days icon Henry Winkler: ‘The Fonz gave me opportunity – but then he took opportunity away’
TV

Happy Days icon Henry Winkler: ‘The Fonz gave me opportunity – but then he took opportunity away’