Scouting for role models

Dwayne Fields has experienced homelessness, been stabbed and shot at. Now he’s a role model to half a million young people in the UK after becoming Chief Scout. We find out more about his remarkable journey this week.

Also inside

• Six months on from the riots, many of those affected are battling back and celebrating the diversity of their communities
• Ten years ago we had a rate of 0% inflation. It was sold as a good thing but it wasn’t and there are important lessons to learn
• Matt Goss remembers the time when he became famous in a Letter To My Younger Self
• Artist Stuart Semple on navigating the challenges brought by AI and “battery farming” arts education
• James O’Brien explains how being adopted makes a person simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary
• Joyous reaction from our cohort of 2025 Changemakers
• And Cardiff vendor Paula says she likes to sing for her customers!

Plus much more!

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