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I found out I had HIV when I was pregnant. But in 2023, stigma is more harmful than the virus
World AIDS Day

I found out I had HIV when I was pregnant. But in 2023, stigma is more harmful than the virus

Victoria Roscow found out she had HIV when she was pregnant. This World AIDS Day, she shares her story from the initial shock and shame to teaching the world about HIV and working to end stigma

I have a fear of walking. DWP put me through hell waiting for a disability benefits tribunal
Disability benefits

I have a fear of walking. DWP put me through hell waiting for a disability benefits tribunal

A woman who struggles with a severe phobia and chronic pain shares her traumatic experience fighting the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over a benefits decision

‘Love is the fing’: IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what’s at the heart of new album TANGK
Joe Talbot

‘Love is the fing’: IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what’s at the heart of new album TANGK

IDLES singer-songwriter Joe Talbot has seen the nation turn away from love, which has only made him more determined to embrace it on new album TANGK

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’
Disability benefits

Amputee pensioner refused higher rate of disability benefit by DWP: ‘I couldn’t understand it’

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition
Lucy Sweet

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition

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Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
Lost Map

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung

‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
First person

‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

‘The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me’: a domestic abuse survivor speaks out
Disability benefits

‘The DWP disability benefits system has crushed me’: a domestic abuse survivor speaks out

‘The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?’
Disability benefits

‘The DWP refused me PIP and took universal credit deductions because my landlord told them to. How am I supposed to live?’

‘I criticise Israel because I love it, not because I hate it’
Opinion

‘I criticise Israel because I love it, not because I hate it’

Good Omens 2: Behind the scenes with an infernal demon
Laura Kelly

Good Omens 2: Behind the scenes with an infernal demon

How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past
Minority writing

How writing reconnected me with my Bedouin past

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

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

Housing crisis: I lived in a hostel for 15 months because of London’s extortionate rents
Housing crisis

Housing crisis: I lived in a hostel for 15 months because of London’s extortionate rents

‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’
Disability benefits

‘I’m an amputee and the DWP reduced my disability benefits. I worried I would be homeless’

Rust Bucket Workshop: Let’s change rubbish into an artisan delight
Artist studio

Rust Bucket Workshop: Let’s change rubbish into an artisan delight

Artist duo Snik: Our mission is to highlight abandoned spaces
behind the art

Artist duo Snik: Our mission is to highlight abandoned spaces

‘The DWP took away my disability benefits. I’ve had so many tribunal dates I’ve lost count’
Disability benefits

‘The DWP took away my disability benefits. I’ve had so many tribunal dates I’ve lost count’

Menopause at 36: ‘I would wake up exhausted, dehydrated and fearful of drowning in my bed’
Lara Roberts

Menopause at 36: ‘I would wake up exhausted, dehydrated and fearful of drowning in my bed’

Junker Jane brings the ‘creep factor’ to reclaimed art
artist profile

Junker Jane brings the ‘creep factor’ to reclaimed art

I had a paragliding accident, straight into a hill. I cannot express how lucky I feel that we have the NHS.
Hope Elletson

I had a paragliding accident, straight into a hill. I cannot express how lucky I feel that we have the NHS.

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It takes a lot of hard work to realise how stupid hard work is
Sam Delaney

It takes a lot of hard work to realise how stupid hard work is

‘I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up’
real stories

‘I got a letter saying I had a six-year-old son I knew nothing about. One of us had to grow up’

‘I was terrified I would be sent to prison for being gay in the armed forces. I had a mental health crisis’
LGBT+ veterans

‘I was terrified I would be sent to prison for being gay in the armed forces. I had a mental health crisis’

‘I was forced to leave the navy six weeks after kissing a woman for the first time’
LGBT+ veterans

‘I was forced to leave the navy six weeks after kissing a woman for the first time’