Activism

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Images of musicians performing live in Hot Box, Chelmsford
Venue Watch

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

Chris Packham: 'My younger self would be my biggest critic'
Chris Packham
Punk and birds

Chris Packham: 'My younger self would be my biggest critic'

My Extinction: How I learned to start worrying and love activism
Josh Appignanesi meets a furry activist
Opinion

My Extinction: How I learned to start worrying and love activism

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – 'We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice'
Actor Pearl Mackie in rehearsals
Grenfell

Grenfell: in the words of survivors – 'We want this play to sit alongside the campaign for justice'

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong
Aisha/ Learning disability
Learning disability week

Just 5% of people with a learning disability are employed. This woman is out to prove the world wrong

‘I felt so powerful’: Jen Reid on inspiring the next generation after Bristol protests
jen reid bristol protests. Jen Reid stands in front of the new black resin and steel statue portraying her
interview

‘I felt so powerful’: Jen Reid on inspiring the next generation after Bristol protests

The council wants to demolish Aysen's home. She's staying until the bitter end
Aylesbury estate
Social housing

The council wants to demolish Aysen's home. She's staying until the bitter end

'I wish I was a nepo baby': Inside a 16-week mission to turn creative nepotism on its head
Davina Ansah
Community

'I wish I was a nepo baby': Inside a 16-week mission to turn creative nepotism on its head

How To Blow Up A Pipeline: How we made climate activism sexy
interview

How To Blow Up A Pipeline: How we made climate activism sexy

We can take legal action to force the government to act on climate targets
Earth Day
Earth Day

We can take legal action to force the government to act on climate targets

Linton Kwesi Johnson: 'It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation'
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Letter To My Younger Self

Linton Kwesi Johnson: 'It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation'

Mark Rylance: We must remember Brian Haw, 'the most adhesive of protesters'
Brian Haw
Protest

Mark Rylance: We must remember Brian Haw, 'the most adhesive of protesters'

Why has Mark Rylance launched a campaign to honour peace protester Brian Haw?
Mark Rylance, image: supplied
Activism

Why has Mark Rylance launched a campaign to honour peace protester Brian Haw?

Uniting against housing injustice: Class Act by SPID Theatre review
Water damage at Kensal House Community Rooms. Photo: SPID
Activism

Uniting against housing injustice: Class Act by SPID Theatre review

New laws could make it easier to arrest journalists. Here’s why that matters
press freedom, extinction rebellion
Press freedom

New laws could make it easier to arrest journalists. Here’s why that matters

The pop culture milestones that helped shape LGBTQ+ history
pride flags being waved at a Pride celebration
LGBTQ+ History Month

The pop culture milestones that helped shape LGBTQ+ history

Britain on strike: The biggest walkout in a decade in pictures
pay rise inflation
Employment

Britain on strike: The biggest walkout in a decade in pictures

Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles
Monument by Rachel Whiteread
John Bird

Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles

Aisling Bea: 'I am a born protester, an up-in-arms person'
Aisling Bea
community

Aisling Bea: 'I am a born protester, an up-in-arms person'

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?
black british history, hastings
History

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?