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Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson review – gritty, scary, funny and full of heart crime writing
Books

Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson review – gritty, scary, funny and full of heart crime writing

Gaslight by Femi Kayode review – a powerful evocation of today’s Nigeria
Gaslight by Femi Kayode
Books

Gaslight by Femi Kayode review – a powerful evocation of today’s Nigeria

Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: 'We won't be the only ones'
The Cure playing at Moles in Bath
Venue Watch

Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: 'We won't be the only ones'

Ncuti Gatwa: Doctor Who reminds me that there is always hope
Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who
TV

Ncuti Gatwa: Doctor Who reminds me that there is always hope

Xero Slingsby: The anarchic spirit of British jazz being discovered by a new generation
Fergus Quill with his copy of Xero Slingsby and The Works’ first album, Shove It
Music

Xero Slingsby: The anarchic spirit of British jazz being discovered by a new generation

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle
Books

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle

Karens, social media and a crisis of distrust: How to repair our broken social contract
Society

Karens, social media and a crisis of distrust: How to repair our broken social contract

Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
Black and white photo of child leaning elbows on a wall
Film

Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better

How Star Wars Holiday Special became more powerful than George Lucas could possibly imagine
Darth Vader in the Star Wars Holiday Special
Film

How Star Wars Holiday Special became more powerful than George Lucas could possibly imagine

Merry Xmas Everybody at 50: How a mother-in-law and John Lennon inspired Slade's festive cracker
Slade performing Merry Xmas Everybody
Christmas

Merry Xmas Everybody at 50: How a mother-in-law and John Lennon inspired Slade's festive cracker

Deck the halls with hits and follies: The greatest Christmas albums of 2023, ranked
Christmas albums 2023: Johnny Mathis, Cher, Hannah Waddingham, RuPaul and Wheatus
Christmas

Deck the halls with hits and follies: The greatest Christmas albums of 2023, ranked

Sparky Deathcap on September, Los Campesinos! and becoming an overnight TikTok phenomenon
Music

Sparky Deathcap on September, Los Campesinos! and becoming an overnight TikTok phenomenon

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime
Perth Prison: Inmates taking part in Beside Me
prisons

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime

'Rail against the pain': Shane MacGowan's most unforgettable quotes on life, death and music
Shane MacGowan
Music

'Rail against the pain': Shane MacGowan's most unforgettable quotes on life, death and music

Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse is spreading Christmas cheer with baking and 'happy days'
Sandro Farmhouse
Christmas

Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse is spreading Christmas cheer with baking and 'happy days'

'Rave on': Touching tributes after legendary Pogues singer Shane MacGowan dies at 65
Music

'Rave on': Touching tributes after legendary Pogues singer Shane MacGowan dies at 65

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs
A crowd applauds a band on stage at Matchstick Piehouse
venue watch

Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs

'Activism and organising is kinda sexy!': Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas
Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in Netflix film Rustin
Film

'Activism and organising is kinda sexy!': Colman Domingo on Rustin, Oscar buzz and the Obamas

Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests
David Nellist is playing Big Issue vendor Jimmy McMahon in Protest Song
Our vendors

Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests

Noddy Holder on possible Slade reunion and defying cancer: 'I'm still alive, thank god'
Noddy Holder in 2011
Letter to my younger self

Noddy Holder on possible Slade reunion and defying cancer: 'I'm still alive, thank god'

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