Power to the people

Issue 1707

Power to the people

Five years after a Glasgow protest forced immigration officers to release two men in their custody, a new documentary, Everybody to Kenmure Street, revisits a day that showed the power of community and defiance – and the best of humanity.

Our SEND special starts with parents’ stories. You’ll also meet the dads who have started and grown a successful podcast to help other parents of kids with additional needs.

Plus:

  • Inside Greenland’s homelessness problem
  • Chris Robinson’s Letter to My Younger Self, from discovering a passion for music in his parents’ basement to fame with The Black Crowes
  • An interview with David Bradley: ‘People from all over the world hate me’
  • Dundee vendor David praises his universally friendly customers

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