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Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues
Social mobility

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues

TV historian David Olusoga calls for urgent action to reverse increasing inequality as he launches new series on the history of the United Kingdom

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?
TV

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries?

Thousands of women were sent to Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries – which operated until the 1990s – but their brutal story is still too little known. New BBC drama The Woman In The Wall aims to change that.

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
opera

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

Wimbledon was one of the latest high-profile targets of Just Stop Oil. But prior to that, it was a festival of opera with laudably green credentials that provided a more unlikely backdrop to public protest

Blur live at the BBC’s Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past
Review

Blur live at the BBC’s Radio Theatre: An up-close communion with a shared past

The Gallows Pole ‘reflects what the country is going through now’ says Shane Meadows
Interview

The Gallows Pole ‘reflects what the country is going through now’ says Shane Meadows

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Can Eurovision 2023 help Liverpool fight for a better future?
Eurovision 2023

Can Eurovision 2023 help Liverpool fight for a better future?

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: ‘We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze’
interview

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: ‘We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze’

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe
Choral

BBC Singers: Internationally renowned choir deserved to dodge the axe

Sian Brooke ‘fell in love with Belfast’ making gritty police drama Blue Lights
Northern Ireland

Sian Brooke ‘fell in love with Belfast’ making gritty police drama Blue Lights

‘The proudest day of my life’: Former Big Issue vendor opens new furniture shop with Jay Blades
Our vendors

‘The proudest day of my life’: Former Big Issue vendor opens new furniture shop with Jay Blades

Gary Lineker is the final nail in the BBC’s coffin and I won’t be renewing my licence fee
Rose Morelli

Gary Lineker is the final nail in the BBC’s coffin and I won’t be renewing my licence fee

‘Thank you Gary’: Lineker praised for opposing ‘immeasurably cruel’ Illegal Immigration Bill
Immigration

‘Thank you Gary’: Lineker praised for opposing ‘immeasurably cruel’ Illegal Immigration Bill

As Ken Bruce signs off from Radio 2, what will fill the PopMaster shaped hole in our lives?
Popmaster

As Ken Bruce signs off from Radio 2, what will fill the PopMaster shaped hole in our lives?

Shaun Keaveny on life after 6 Music: ‘It’s about the most free I’ve ever felt’
interview

Shaun Keaveny on life after 6 Music: ‘It’s about the most free I’ve ever felt’

The Apprentice star Tim Campbell MBE: I honed my business skills in a DJ collective called True Elegance
entrepreneur

The Apprentice star Tim Campbell MBE: I honed my business skills in a DJ collective called True Elegance

Martin Compston’s Mayflies diary: ‘I’d never experienced a day like it on set before’
TV

Martin Compston’s Mayflies diary: ‘I’d never experienced a day like it on set before’

The BBC is the repository of our cultural memory. Protect it at all costs
Music

The BBC is the repository of our cultural memory. Protect it at all costs

Listen to all eight of Liz Truss’s nightmare radio interviews, all in one place
Liz Truss

Listen to all eight of Liz Truss’s nightmare radio interviews, all in one place

Boris Johnson ‘was made prime minister to defeat Jeremy Corbyn’
Conservative chaos

Boris Johnson ‘was made prime minister to defeat Jeremy Corbyn’

Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’
Music

Lucy Sweet: Glastonbury – ‘the maddest masterclass of sensory overload’

Steve Lamacq: ‘I’m still doing what I was doing when I was 16’
letter to my younger self

Steve Lamacq: ‘I’m still doing what I was doing when I was 16’

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‘Pull the other one’: Nadine Dorries ridiculed for claims BBC licence fee freeze will help cost of living
cost of living crisis

‘Pull the other one’: Nadine Dorries ridiculed for claims BBC licence fee freeze will help cost of living

Taboo: Comedy hasn’t lost its edge yet
Radio

Taboo: Comedy hasn’t lost its edge yet

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme might just be a work of radio genius
Radio

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme might just be a work of radio genius

Love, pain and lying: The radio show exploring what makes us Deeply Human
Radio

Love, pain and lying: The radio show exploring what makes us Deeply Human