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It's time we listened to what teenage girls have to say
All Girls by Emily Layden is out now (John Murray, £14.99). Illustration: Joseph Joyce
Books

It's time we listened to what teenage girls have to say

Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander: Even more outrageous and funny
This is no ordinary family, as the mother implores her children to eat her body upon her death in Shalom Auslander’s Mother for Dinner. Image credit: Engin Akyurt / Pixabay
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Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander: Even more outrageous and funny

Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It review: Ridiculously ambitious
Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It is enabling viewers to think big. Image credit: Channel 4
TV

Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It review: Ridiculously ambitious

Top 5 books on women in wartime
Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE by Kate Vigurs is out on May 11 (Yale University Press, £20)
Books

Top 5 books on women in wartime

Kay Mellor: Getting pregnant 16 gives you the life experience to be a writer
Image of Kay Mellor smiling at the camera
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Kay Mellor: Getting pregnant 16 gives you the life experience to be a writer

Libraries are a safety net, what happens when they are pulled away?
Libraries are often referred to as “the last safety net”. Image credit: Thamesmead Library / Flickr
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Libraries are a safety net, what happens when they are pulled away?

How Pickles the dog, an England footballer and homelessness inspired new book
Fara Williams inspired a new children's book on homelessness
Books

How Pickles the dog, an England footballer and homelessness inspired new book

Zanib Mian: 'I didn’t see people like me in books growing up'
Books

Zanib Mian: 'I didn’t see people like me in books growing up'

Inside Mogwai's number one week: 'I've had no sleep'
Mogwai number one
Music

Inside Mogwai's number one week: 'I've had no sleep'

World Book Day: How stories can help children escape lockdown
Escapism will be particularly important for children this World Book Day.
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World Book Day: How stories can help children escape lockdown

Thin Places by Kerri Ní Dochartaigh: Heady, bright and difficult to pin down
Books

Thin Places by Kerri Ní Dochartaigh: Heady, bright and difficult to pin down

English National Opera: How music can help you breathe
Image credit: Inhouse illustration
Music

English National Opera: How music can help you breathe

Junior Bake Off: Bullet-proof TV with superb on screen talent
Junior Bake Off is on All 4.
TV

Junior Bake Off: Bullet-proof TV with superb on screen talent

Glasgow Film Festival 2021: Slightly slimmed-down and impressive
Ewen Bremner’s portrayal of Alan McGee is unveiled at the Glasgow Film Festival.
Film

Glasgow Film Festival 2021: Slightly slimmed-down and impressive

The Dark and the Wicked review: Another deeply upsetting nerve-jangler
The Dark and the Wicked is a chilling new twist on the family dynamic.
Film

The Dark and the Wicked review: Another deeply upsetting nerve-jangler

What can 16th-century sailors teach us about resolve in the time of Covid?
The stories of 16th century Arctic sailors 
are testimony to how far human endurance can be stretched, says Andrea Pitzer.
Books

What can 16th-century sailors teach us about resolve in the time of Covid?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Jamal Khashoggi and the new film humanising the man behind the headlines
Jamal Khashoggi and Hatice Cengiz
Film

Jamal Khashoggi and the new film humanising the man behind the headlines

Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: 'Bands like us don’t normally get to number one'
Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite with his dog Prince
Music

Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: 'Bands like us don’t normally get to number one'

Five films not to miss on The Big Issue TV
Here are five offerings that you can watch on The Big Issue TV from launch. Image credit: Mohamed Hassan / Pixabay
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Five films not to miss on The Big Issue TV

Documentary film fan? You need The Big Issue TV
The Big Issue has launched a streaming service.
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Documentary film fan? You need The Big Issue TV