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Sian Brooke 'fell in love with Belfast' making gritty police drama Blue Lights
Sian Brooke as Grace in Blue Lights.
Northern Ireland

Sian Brooke 'fell in love with Belfast' making gritty police drama Blue Lights

Siobhán McSweeney: 'I think The Great Pottery Throw Down saved my life'
Siobhan McSweeney
mental health

Siobhán McSweeney: 'I think The Great Pottery Throw Down saved my life'

How the Twist ignited Cambodia's musical golden age
Touch Chhattha
Music

How the Twist ignited Cambodia's musical golden age

Top 5 books about making a new home, chosen by Anne Youngson
A migrant woman and her children during the depression
Migration

Top 5 books about making a new home, chosen by Anne Youngson

David Harewood: 'I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?'
David Harewood
drama

David Harewood: 'I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?'

Bookshops help us understand humanity's complexities
Bookshop
Robin Ince

Bookshops help us understand humanity's complexities

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: 'Nothing like you'll expect'
Birnam Wood cover
Reading list

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: 'Nothing like you'll expect'

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating
Porn: An Oral History book cover
non fiction

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating

Sorry but The Last Of Us proved video game adaptations are pointless
The Last of Us
analysis

Sorry but The Last Of Us proved video game adaptations are pointless

Paris Paloma's Labour: The story behind the viral soundtrack to 'female rage'
paris paloma
Exclusive

Paris Paloma's Labour: The story behind the viral soundtrack to 'female rage'

Why goth captures the spirit of our age
Goth legend Siouxsie Sioux.
subculture

Why goth captures the spirit of our age

James Norton: 'A Little Life is the scariest thing I've ever done'
James Norton smiling, in a white t-shirt with a blue jacket
Interview

James Norton: 'A Little Life is the scariest thing I've ever done'

David Harewood: UK off-shored our racism and brutality
David Harewood in his new BBC2 documentary, Get On Up
race

David Harewood: UK off-shored our racism and brutality

Rise and Fall is a microcosm for our whole class-obsessed country
Rise and Fall contestants
capitalism

Rise and Fall is a microcosm for our whole class-obsessed country

Enid Blyton’s racism doesn’t deserve to be in libraries. Read Terry Pratchett instead
Unlike Enid Blyton, Terry Pratchett is not likely to get cancelled any time soon
literature

Enid Blyton’s racism doesn’t deserve to be in libraries. Read Terry Pratchett instead

Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War
Illustration of a soldier
first person

Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett
Cold case: a neon-light question mark
recommended

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett

Charity shop vinyl tells the story of our musical journey
Charity shop vinyl
Music

Charity shop vinyl tells the story of our musical journey

Brutes by Dizz Tate review: Disrupting the 'missing girl' trope
Brutes by Dizz Tate
fiction

Brutes by Dizz Tate review: Disrupting the 'missing girl' trope

Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
Voyager: Constellations of Memory by Nona Fernandez
memoir

Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion

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