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Shappi Khorsandi: ‘I’d tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs’

Comedian turned author Shappi Khorsandi discusses racism, meeting her hero Billy Connolly and overcoming the odds in her Letter To My Younger Self.

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‘The system is controlled by gatekeepers – Black creators are doing it their own way’

Photographer and filmmaker Simon Frederick’s new YouTube series The Outsiders? features Clara Amfo, Ncuti Gatwa, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Alex Scott and Jamal Edwards.

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‘Culture is who we are and what we do, not something for any sort of elite’

Fighting back from the devastating impact of Covid on the cultural economy is a major challenge – so it’s no surprise when City of Culture 2025 opened for applications this year it got an unprecedented level of interest. Southampton is one of the final eight in the running for the title and SO25 Bid Director, Claire Whitaker, explains why the taking part could be as important as winning the game…

Art

Get your entries in for The Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Music

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music

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Culture

Nathan Filer’s podcast Why Do I Feel is a series of beautifully told stories

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How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right

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Books

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection

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Books

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

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Music

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new

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Books

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca

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Culture

Five of the worst sexist costumes on sale this Halloween

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Film

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover

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