AJ Odudu is watching you

Ahead of the return of Big Brother, we meet its host AJ Odudu at a food bank in Blackburn. She’s come a long way since growing up there, but is always happy to return home and raise awareness of an area where the impact of the cost of living crisis is all too real

Also inside

• Bestselling author Matt Haig says in a Letter To My Younger Self that he was a tearaway teen and it was a breakdown that eventually led to the writing career he craved
• Celebrating the Routemaster ‘bus of the future’ as it turns 70 years old and public transport around the country today often seems like it’s stalled
• As our planet heats up, what lessons could we learn from innovations in the Middle East where global warming already shapes daily life
• The writers of hit BBC show Industry on reflecting 14 years of Tory rule
• How the new Joker movie does little to improve our understanding of mental health
• Sophie Turner and Frank Dillane on new drama Joan about the UK’s most notorious jewel thief
• Goals being scored on and off the pitch at the Homeless World Cup

Plus much more!

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