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Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Books

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story

Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?
Art

Are Margaret Calvert and Jock Kinneir the most-seen but least-known artists in the UK?

Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  
Top 5

Top 5 landmark LGBTQ novels, chosen by cultural critic Kaye Mitchell  

Anyone should be able to become an architect. But apprenticeship funding is shaking the foundations
architect apprentice Isha
Chris Williamson

Anyone should be able to become an architect. But apprenticeship funding is shaking the foundations

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future
Lifetime Training foundation apprentice Nick Marshall
Nick Marshall

I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future

Grand Theft Auto workers sacked in ‘union-busting’ move: 'I don’t know how I’ll pay my bills'
Protests outside Rockstar Games' parent company Take Two Interactive's London headquarters
Employment

Grand Theft Auto workers sacked in ‘union-busting’ move: 'I don’t know how I’ll pay my bills'

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children's TV
Books

Box of Delights by Richard Marson review: a celebration for a lost epoch of BBC children's TV

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Review

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

Why the internet needs to be safer for women
a person typing ona keyboard
Leyla Buran and Professor Olga Jurasz

Why the internet needs to be safer for women

Family want justice after great-grandma's body found badly decomposed despite welfare checks
Justice

Family want justice after great-grandma's body found badly decomposed despite welfare checks

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here's how they can do it
Ben Cooper

This government must make private rent more affordable. Here's how they can do it

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