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Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it's making UK's housing crisis worse
Shareholder dividends are making the housing crisis worse
Tom Archer, Ian Cole

Shareholders are pocketing billions in dividends – and it's making UK's housing crisis worse

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson
Books

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand review – the ghostly essence of Shirley Jackson

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback
Lord Jim at home book cover
Books

Lord Jim at Home by Dinah Brooke review – a perfectly timed comeback

Time is up for Big Pharma's grip on global health
Packets of tablets
Nick Dearden

Time is up for Big Pharma's grip on global health

A fascinating history of Britain told through cake
a fairy cake with two union jack flags in it
Cake

A fascinating history of Britain told through cake

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge
Alan Partridge: Big Beacon cover
Books

Alan Partridge: Big Beacon review – pure, undiluted Partridge

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody
Rambling Man book cover
Books

Rambling Man by Billy Connolly review – a funny, life-affirming rhapsody

Keir Starmer needs to stop worrying about winning next election and learn from Clement Attlee
Richard Toye

Keir Starmer needs to stop worrying about winning next election and learn from Clement Attlee

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 
Black and white illustration of a lion lying on a bed
Children's books

Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron 

Machines made the modern world – if we're not careful they could break it
illustration of a man smashing a machine with a mallet
machines

Machines made the modern world – if we're not careful they could break it

To make switch to net zero, we need largest overhaul of UK's electricity grid in generations
Illustration of a wind turbine powering a house on a blue background
Alice Delahunty

To make switch to net zero, we need largest overhaul of UK's electricity grid in generations

'I want to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg': Big Issue vendor reports from frontline of party conferences
Illustration of Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and vendor Will Payne
Our vendors

'I want to stand against Jacob Rees-Mogg': Big Issue vendor reports from frontline of party conferences