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Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
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Film

Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle
Books

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle

Karens, social media and a crisis of distrust: How to repair our broken social contract
Society

Karens, social media and a crisis of distrust: How to repair our broken social contract

Museum of Austerity: The mixed reality exhibition giving a voice to victims of benefit cuts
Art

Museum of Austerity: The mixed reality exhibition giving a voice to victims of benefit cuts

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime
Perth Prison: Inmates taking part in Beside Me
prisons

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime

Sparky Deathcap on September, Los Campesinos! and becoming an overnight TikTok phenomenon
Music

Sparky Deathcap on September, Los Campesinos! and becoming an overnight TikTok phenomenon

'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
Tiny models of bin men cleaning up a giant cigarette butt
Environment

'I was fined £100 for dropping crisps': How a private firm is making millions from littering fines

Thousands of people in England live with undiagnosed HIV. Here's how we find them
Reception area in an NHS hospital
Richard Angell

Thousands of people in England live with undiagnosed HIV. Here's how we find them

COP28: Here's how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us
Protesters carrying banners against fossil fuels
Kim Goodall

COP28: Here's how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us

UK's food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there's only one way to fix it
People queueing at a food bank
Sabine Goodwin

UK's food poverty crisis is spiralling out of control – and there's only one way to fix it

Vagrancy Act 2.0? The Criminal Justice Bill must not be allowed to make rough sleeping illegal
Layla Moran on Criminal Justice Bill, Vagrancy Act and rough sleeping
Layla Moran

Vagrancy Act 2.0? The Criminal Justice Bill must not be allowed to make rough sleeping illegal

Big Issue and giffgaff join forces to provide 250 vendors with refurbished phones
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Big Issue and giffgaff join forces to provide 250 vendors with refurbished phones

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