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No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police
Corrupt cops: Serpico lead actor Al Pacino and Training Day star Denzel Washington
Review

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police

Professor Alice Roberts: 'I got sidetracked into academia in a delightful way'
Alice Roberts
Letter to my Younger Self

Professor Alice Roberts: 'I got sidetracked into academia in a delightful way'

'Everybody deserves shelter': Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis
Chat Pile the band standing together with an industrial backdrop
Interview

'Everybody deserves shelter': Chat Pile mount heavy challenge to homelessness crisis

'Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic': A personal tribute to Jamie Reid
Jamie Reid
In memoriam

'Artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic': A personal tribute to Jamie Reid

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne
A yellow spade and red bucket on a pebble beach
Illustrated children's books

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’
an illustration of Devo
Interview

‘It’s not fun to be right’: How new wave pioneers Devo predicted Trump and our ‘bankrupt materialism’

Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness
Geraldine Crimmins beside some of her artworks
Exhibition

Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness

Joan Jett: 'How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?'
US rock'n'roll great Joan Jett
Letter to my Younger Self

Joan Jett: 'How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?'

Paapa Essiedu: 'It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do'
Paapa Essiedu
Paapa Essiedu

Paapa Essiedu: 'It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do'

William Friedkin on 'rip-off' Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G
William Friedkin Image: Warner Bros./Hoya Productions
Film

William Friedkin on 'rip-off' Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton's Edinburgh Fringe
Comedian Paul Merton ahead of his improv show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Interview

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton's Edinburgh Fringe

Fara Williams: 'I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me'
Fara Williams remains England Women's top scorer with 40 goals in 177 games
Letter to my Younger Self

Fara Williams: 'I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me'

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts in Black and white
fighting misogyny

Joan Jett: Our early shows felt like a public execution

Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen
Gothic illustration by Jon Klassen of a little girl holding a skull
Fiction

Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Images of musicians performing live in Hot Box, Chelmsford
Venue Watch

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers
Chuck D in black and white
Interview

Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review: Family dynamics beg closer inspection
Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo,
review

Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo review: Family dynamics beg closer inspection

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit
Sea Change by Gina Chung
review

Sea Change by Gina Chung review: Busy plotting undoes wry wit

Joy Ride: A modern kind of gross-out comedy
The stars of Joy Ride - Stephanie Hsu as Kat, Sabrina Wu as Deadeye, Ashley Park as Audrey, and Sherry Cola as Lolo
Review

Joy Ride: A modern kind of gross-out comedy

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’
Ruby McCollister in a flowing white gown, for her Edinburgh debut
macabre cabaret

Tragic Ruby McCollister takes on Edinburgh, ‘the live-performing Olympics of the world’

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