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Kwame Kwei-Armah: 'I would live in fear of being stabbed by skinheads'
TV

Kwame Kwei-Armah: 'I would live in fear of being stabbed by skinheads'

Street Art: Christie Cassisa's self-portrait captures the sunset's light
Art

Street Art: Christie Cassisa's self-portrait captures the sunset's light

A new wave of contemporary and accessible opera is hitting all the high notes
Music

A new wave of contemporary and accessible opera is hitting all the high notes

French drama 'Call My Agent!' is a more human take on the showbiz hustle
TV

French drama 'Call My Agent!' is a more human take on the showbiz hustle

'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' review – toxic twins well worth their Oscar nods
Film

'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' review – toxic twins well worth their Oscar nods

More Specials! Buy this week's mag for exclusive AR video of The Specials
The Specials
Music

More Specials! Buy this week's mag for exclusive AR video of The Specials

Kids will work on their vocabulary with shoe-fitting staff
International Literacy Day
Books

Kids will work on their vocabulary with shoe-fitting staff

Terry Hall: success of Ghost Town made me quit The Specials
Music

Terry Hall: success of Ghost Town made me quit The Specials

Peter Jackson to make new Beatles film
The Beatles
Music

Peter Jackson to make new Beatles film

Paul McCartney and Alfie Boe help musician Rachel Fuller honour lost pets
Music

Paul McCartney and Alfie Boe help musician Rachel Fuller honour lost pets

Kwame Kwei-Armah explains why he changed his name
Culture

Kwame Kwei-Armah explains why he changed his name

'Injustice is timeless': The Specials talk enduring politics in music
The Specials, in 2019
Music

'Injustice is timeless': The Specials talk enduring politics in music

Revisiting Ghost Town: Watch our behind the scenes video with The Specials
Music

Revisiting Ghost Town: Watch our behind the scenes video with The Specials

Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried answers some of the questions she's often asked
Books

Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried answers some of the questions she's often asked

Richard E Grant: 'Every job I've had is a result of being in Withnail & I'
Film

Richard E Grant: 'Every job I've had is a result of being in Withnail & I'

Eddie Marsan: 'Don't trick young people over Brexit'
TV

Eddie Marsan: 'Don't trick young people over Brexit'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
We didn't start the Fyre – a short history of music festivals gone very wrong
Music

We didn't start the Fyre – a short history of music festivals gone very wrong

Does ‘social mobility’ have to mean escaping where you came from?
Radio

Does ‘social mobility’ have to mean escaping where you came from?

'Vice' review – enthusiastically disrespectful biopic of tricky Dick Cheney
Film

'Vice' review – enthusiastically disrespectful biopic of tricky Dick Cheney

Danny Dyer: 'Some people are still f****d off that I am related to royalty'
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TV

Danny Dyer: 'Some people are still f****d off that I am related to royalty'

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