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Screw creator Rob Williams: 'We don't always look at prisoners as individuals'

Screw creator Rob Williams: 'We don't always look at prisoners as individuals'
Sir Kenneth Branagh: 'I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast'

Sir Kenneth Branagh: 'I relived many painful and beautiful days making Belfast'
Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent's worst nightmare head-on

Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent's worst nightmare head-on
'We are turning into a corrupt country': Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film

'We are turning into a corrupt country': Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film
Actor Danielle Deadwyler: 'The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology'

Actor Danielle Deadwyler: 'The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology'
Rose Ayling-Ellis: 'Suddenly it became quite cool to be deaf'

Rose Ayling-Ellis: 'Suddenly it became quite cool to be deaf'
Hollywood mourns Sir Sidney Poitier, ground-breaking Black actor and activist who has died at 94

Hollywood mourns Sir Sidney Poitier, ground-breaking Black actor and activist who has died at 94
Plants are still running the world… but new David Attenborough series The Green Planet shows they need our help

Plants are still running the world… but new David Attenborough series The Green Planet shows they need our help
Maxine Peake on Hillsborough drama Anne: 'The criminal justice system can be a very hostile place'

Maxine Peake on Hillsborough drama Anne: 'The criminal justice system can be a very hostile place'
Star Trek, Doctor Who and Street Cat Bob: The Big Issue's top culture stories of 2021

Star Trek, Doctor Who and Street Cat Bob: The Big Issue's top culture stories of 2021
Peter Dinklage: 'Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?'

Peter Dinklage: 'Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?'
David Harewood on 2021: 'The Sewell Report was a kick in the teeth to a lot of Black people'

David Harewood on 2021: 'The Sewell Report was a kick in the teeth to a lot of Black people'
Rebel Dykes: From activism to politics and sex, unheard lesbian stories hit the screen

Rebel Dykes: From activism to politics and sex, unheard lesbian stories hit the screen
Street Cat Bob, Line of Duty, Jonathan Pie, Gloria Steinem: Our top 13 videos of 2021

Street Cat Bob, Line of Duty, Jonathan Pie, Gloria Steinem: Our top 13 videos of 2021
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness
