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The science behind why you can't lose weight  
An illustration of a brain and cupcake on a scale
Books

The science behind why you can't lose weight  

Weight loss is not maths, it’s about physiology and psychology
My plan for the future is to die on a weekend
Books

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend

What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?
Books

What happens to journalism when working-class voices are silenced?

Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 
Books

Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story
Books

Adoption is like ethnicity. It arrives as a plot point before we enter the story

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why has Hitler taken so long to die? 
History

Why has Hitler taken so long to die? 

Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own
Science

Microchimerism: When the cells in your body are not your own

Will AI be the end of humanity?
Artificial intelligence

Will AI be the end of humanity?

40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?
Live Aid

40 years on, was Live Aid all for nothing? Or can we still be heroes?

How will the world look back on the ruin of Gaza?
Gaza

How will the world look back on the ruin of Gaza?

We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There's a good reason for that
Science

We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There's a good reason for that

Science writer Alex Riley: 'Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure'
Life

Science writer Alex Riley: 'Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure'

Why I went on an 800 mile walk to Auschwitz
Holocaust

Why I went on an 800 mile walk to Auschwitz

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts
Crafts

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts

Why most of your memories are probably not even real
Life

Why most of your memories are probably not even real

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
Music

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?

I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside
Books

I can never walk past a church without going in. All the complexities of human life are inside

These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms
History

These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms

'Are you really the doctor?': The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
Health

'Are you really the doctor?': The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS

Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality
LGBTQ+

Queer history goes back centuries – even the Georgians questioned their gender and sexuality

This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together
Books

This is what happens when crime and thriller authors get together

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The strange harmony of music, maths and science should be part of every school curriculum
Music

The strange harmony of music, maths and science should be part of every school curriculum

Why I cut ties with my alcoholic dad
Addiction

Why I cut ties with my alcoholic dad

How did Agatha Christie get poisons and obscure medicines so right?
Books

How did Agatha Christie get poisons and obscure medicines so right?

The extraordinary story of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to hold a pilot's licence
History

The extraordinary story of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to hold a pilot's licence