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Opinion

Who will form an Anti-Stupidity Party to save us from ourselves? 
John Bird

Who will form an Anti-Stupidity Party to save us from ourselves? 

‘They make me feel like a criminal’: Your stories of DWP benefits assessments
your views

‘They make me feel like a criminal’: Your stories of DWP benefits assessments

Immigration is inevitable. Let’s make it work
Paul McNamee

Immigration is inevitable. Let’s make it work

When it comes to public spending, Labour and the Tories are two sides of the same coin
Labour shadow secretary of state for health and social care Wes Streeting
Letters

When it comes to public spending, Labour and the Tories are two sides of the same coin

How we forced the government to abandon cruel rules targeting foreigners who are rough sleeping
rough sleeping
Jean Demars, Nick Beales

How we forced the government to abandon cruel rules targeting foreigners who are rough sleeping

When culture warriors attack, independent bookshops offer welcome respite
Shopfront of doormouse books
Robin Ince

When culture warriors attack, independent bookshops offer welcome respite

Arts funding in schools must be protected, or we all lose 
Campaigners against cuts to education funding march to Parliament
Victoria Jaquiss

Arts funding in schools must be protected, or we all lose 

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks
David Trimble John Hume and singer Bono May 1998 and Tim Wheeler
Dr Avila Kilmurray

As a Northern Ireland peace negotiator, I know just what the Illegal Migration Bill risks

Marxist take on Keats poetry opens up possibilities
Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse book cover
John Bird

Marxist take on Keats poetry opens up possibilities

Menopause at 36: 'I would wake up exhausted, dehydrated and fearful of drowning in my bed'
Lara Roberts, a young woman in her thirties with shoulder length brown hair, looks away against a pale blue background
Lara Roberts

Menopause at 36: 'I would wake up exhausted, dehydrated and fearful of drowning in my bed'

Discarded things deserve a second chance... that goes for people too
My Dog Sighs
My Dog Sighs

Discarded things deserve a second chance... that goes for people too

How art helps us make sense of an uncertain world
Mural of a woman's face in a decaying urban space
Steven MacKenzie

How art helps us make sense of an uncertain world

I had a paragliding accident, straight into a hill. I cannot express how lucky I feel that we have the NHS.
Hope Elletson

I had a paragliding accident, straight into a hill. I cannot express how lucky I feel that we have the NHS.

The NHS at 75: How do you fix the broken, beating heart of a nation?
NHS at 75

The NHS at 75: How do you fix the broken, beating heart of a nation?

It's time we made childcare about children, not just about work
Two girls play with wooden blocks in a childcare setting
Tom Pollard

It's time we made childcare about children, not just about work

Renters pay their landlords' buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits
Renters: A mortgage lender's window advertising buy-to-let products
John Bird

Renters pay their landlords' buy-to-let mortgages, so they should get a share of the profits

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As the NHS turns 75, let’s celebrate it – and fight for it  
Sign saying Thank You NHS
Dr Julia Grace Patterson

As the NHS turns 75, let’s celebrate it – and fight for it  

Prince William’s Homewards is bound to attract cynics. Let’s give it a chance
Prince William launches Homewards
Paul McNamee

Prince William’s Homewards is bound to attract cynics. Let’s give it a chance

Barrel Children: The kids left behind by Windrush
Four children at a train station
Sam Delaney

Barrel Children: The kids left behind by Windrush

'I'm a survivor of teenage sexual assault. Supporting such children starts with educating the adults around them.'
Education

'I'm a survivor of teenage sexual assault. Supporting such children starts with educating the adults around them.'

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