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Here’s what happened when Christopher Eccleston had a heart-to-heart with Big Issue seller Clive

The Doctor Who star and Plymouth vendor quickly realised they had more in common than they first thought.

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Books

Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships

Warren Ellis uses a piece of chewing gum stolen from his idol’s piano top to mythical levels, with a few good stories along the way.

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Top 5 books about faceless bureaucracies, from Catch-22 to The Handmaid’s Tale

Author John D Rutter selects his top 5 books about faceless bureaucracies, featuring Margaret Atwood, George Orwell and Franz Kafka.

Books

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper

Books

I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi

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Film

Why the Take One Action Film Festival makes essential viewing ahead of COP26

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Art

Filmmaker Paul Sng: ‘My new book shows diversity can make Britain stronger’

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Music

Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’

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Covid drama Help is the ‘distinctively British’ TV the government wants

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Music

Shaun Ryder: ‘It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us’

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Film

Herself director Claire Dunne: ‘We need to look at the building blocks of people, not just their houses’

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Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: ‘Younger people are suffering’

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Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing

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