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Helen Lederer: 'There was no room for more women on TV in the 80s and 90s, the slots were taken'
Helen Lederer: 'There was no room for more women on TV in the 80s and 90s, the slots were taken'
Blue Lights co-creator Declan Lawn on 'massive responsibility of telling Belfast's stories'
Blue Lights co-creator Declan Lawn on 'massive responsibility of telling Belfast's stories'
Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell
Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell
Zayn Malik: 'I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world'
Zayn Malik: 'I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world'
We owe children an apology for the state of the nation, says Caledonian Road author Andrew O'Hagan
We owe children an apology for the state of the nation, says Caledonian Road author Andrew O'Hagan
Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: 'I'm a very Northern man'
Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: 'I'm a very Northern man'
Nish Kumar: 'My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11'
Nish Kumar: 'My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11'
This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: 'Music is the heart'
This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: 'Music is the heart'
Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor
Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor
Civil War director Alex Garland on ChatGPT, 28 Years Later and why Britain is like a 'pet cat'
Civil War director Alex Garland on ChatGPT, 28 Years Later and why Britain is like a 'pet cat'
From The Iron Claw to Opponent: How wrestling films began grappling with real issues
From The Iron Claw to Opponent: How wrestling films began grappling with real issues
Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell on recreating Prince Andrew's car-crash interview in Scoop
Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell on recreating Prince Andrew's car-crash interview in Scoop
Artist with autism uses drawing to make sense of the trauma of losing his home
Artist with autism uses drawing to make sense of the trauma of losing his home
Io Capitano director Matteo Garrone on why a refugee's journey is so much more than small boats
Io Capitano director Matteo Garrone on why a refugee's journey is so much more than small boats
'Everyone has a story': Watch The Beautiful Game stars explain why Homeless World Cup is so important
'Everyone has a story': Watch The Beautiful Game stars explain why Homeless World Cup is so important
'It's always a good time for music somewhere': Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town
'It's always a good time for music somewhere': Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town
I wouldn't exist if not for a gruesome mass murder in 1905 – we owe our lives to chance and chaos
I wouldn't exist if not for a gruesome mass murder in 1905 – we owe our lives to chance and chaos
Fool Me Once star Adeel Akhtar: 'Drama school felt like running away and joining the circus'
Fool Me Once star Adeel Akhtar: 'Drama school felt like running away and joining the circus'
Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there's still hope for live music
Gig ticket prices are extortionate now – but there's still hope for live music
Top 5 books about the ocean, chosen by Deep Water author James Bradley
