Books

Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us 
Review

Bad Language by So Mayer review – explorations of the ways words are used to control us 

Why does the state allow for certain name changes but place obstacles in the way of others?
Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we’re in
Books

Flat Earth by Anika Jade Levy review – the state we’re in

H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: ‘I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself’
Letter To My Younger Self

H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: ‘I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself’

Top Stories

Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 
Books

Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 

Will AI be the end of humanity?
Artificial intelligence

Will AI be the end of humanity?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Reviews

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Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing
Books

Looking Down at the Stars by Christina Riley review – sumptuous and beautiful nature writing

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Books

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive

A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – frank, funny and wise
Books

A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – frank, funny and wise

Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu review – the wintering of a soul
Books

Borderline Fiction by Derek Owusu review – the wintering of a soul

Top 5 books

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Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 
Books

Top 5 comedy books, chosen by author and screenwriter James Alistair Henry 

Top 5 graphic novels, chosen by author and illustrator Beccy Blake
Graphic novels

Top 5 graphic novels, chosen by author and illustrator Beccy Blake

Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters
Poetry

Top 5 female poets chosen by author, anthologist and editor Fiona Waters

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 
Top 5

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 

Author essays

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Will AI be the end of humanity?
Artificial intelligence

Will AI be the end of humanity?

AI might compose music like Bach or write sonnets like Shakespeare, but it won’t speak to human experiences such as love, loss and mortality
40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
Live Aid

40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?

How will the world look back on the ruin of Gaza?
Gaza

How will the world look back on the ruin of Gaza?