The shape of protest in 2025

What does protest look like in Britain in 2025? This week we spend a day with Gen Z demonstrators, chart the evolution of activism over the last decade and find out whether people still have (or have ever had) the power. We also showcase images from photographer Misan Harriman, one of which is on the cover.

Also inside

• The 2012 Olympics promised to uplift deprived communities. It did something else entirely
• Eric Idle revolutionised British comedy with Monty Python, and is still looking on the bright side in a Letter To My Younger Self
• Page 3 was the ultimate symbol of misogyny – so why is comedian Chloe Petts calling for its return?
• The anthropologist who moved to a poverty-stricken area to fully understand it
• Brian Cox (actor) on playing the ghost of Adam Smith
• The forgotten women of the Gold Rush
• A folkspotter’s guide
• And Bristol vendor Bob is back on his pitch after fighting off cancer

Plus much more!

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