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I found out I had ADHD while live on air
Illustration of a woman sitting cross legged
ADHD

I found out I had ADHD while live on air

Don't silence the music. Turn it up
Fiona Fey playing a woodwind instrument
Paul McNamee

Don't silence the music. Turn it up

The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies
Disability minister Tom Pursglove wears a stab vest with a DWP badge in front of police car
Rachel Charlton-Dailey

The DWP is pushing the benefit fraud narrative but disabled people know where the real problem lies

The government can manage refugees in both a humane and orderly way. If only it wanted to.
Laura Kyrke-Smith

The government can manage refugees in both a humane and orderly way. If only it wanted to.

Robin Ince: 'Living in a society where clickbait fuels paranoia, we can fear connection'
Robin Ince: It's good to talk
Robin Ince

Robin Ince: 'Living in a society where clickbait fuels paranoia, we can fear connection'

Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open
Enter Shikari
Live music venues

Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open

Drip-feeding support to the poor is not going to solve the crisis we face
Michael Gove
John Bird

Drip-feeding support to the poor is not going to solve the crisis we face

Society pays a cost for high tuition fees
Illustration of a person climbing towards a degree certificate
Paul McNamee

Society pays a cost for high tuition fees

Sam Delaney: I'm not just angry at the king, I'm angry at everything we've become
Coronation
Sam Delaney

Sam Delaney: I'm not just angry at the king, I'm angry at everything we've become

No need to worry about starving Brits, just pledge your allegiance to King Charles III and everyone’s morale will be fixed
Rose Morelli

No need to worry about starving Brits, just pledge your allegiance to King Charles III and everyone’s morale will be fixed

Why politics fans have more in common with the Swifties than they think
Fans image, fandom
Michael Bond

Why politics fans have more in common with the Swifties than they think

Does Charles' coronation need all this expense in the cost of living crisis? History tells us otherwise
Melanie Clegg

Does Charles' coronation need all this expense in the cost of living crisis? History tells us otherwise

Poundbury is not the utopian dream we were promised. Here's why
Aerial view of poundbury
Letters

Poundbury is not the utopian dream we were promised. Here's why

Ulez expansion will leave Londoners stranded
Ulez sign in London
Letters

Ulez expansion will leave Londoners stranded

Much has changed in the 70 years between coronations – except poverty  
poverty
John Bird

Much has changed in the 70 years between coronations – except poverty  

Even my dog knows that this government doesn't have a plan
Toastie
Paul McNamee

Even my dog knows that this government doesn't have a plan

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Teachers strike: 'We walk out not just for pay, but for our most vulnerable pupils'
group of elementary school kids and their teacher lying down while working in the library
Nadeine Asbali

Teachers strike: 'We walk out not just for pay, but for our most vulnerable pupils'

British Muslims are 'disenfranchised at every level’
British Muslims
Cost of living crisis

British Muslims are 'disenfranchised at every level’

‘We’re facing a policy-driven public health calamity’: Trussell Trust's devastating report
Trussell Trust food banks
Food banks

‘We’re facing a policy-driven public health calamity’: Trussell Trust's devastating report

How local politics has wilted in Westminster’s shadow
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Local elections

How local politics has wilted in Westminster’s shadow

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