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When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own
When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own
The global pandemic inspired the playwright, illustrator and author's new novel about a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English theatre
This Country's Charlie Cooper: 'We don't have much pride in being English'
This Country's Charlie Cooper: 'We don't have much pride in being English'
Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'
Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'
Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels
Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels
Yes, live music can change your life
Yes, live music can change your life
First minister John Swinney: 'Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland'
First minister John Swinney: 'Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland'
Starmer's first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Starmer's first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: 'We need a f**king leader'
Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: 'We need a f**king leader'
Husband and wife Big Issue vendors: 'Just treat people how you want to be treated'
Husband and wife Big Issue vendors: 'Just treat people how you want to be treated'
Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all
Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all
DWP plans to spy on claimants' bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
DWP plans to spy on claimants' bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
Danny Dyer: 'I don't trust Keir Starmer. Why Angela Rayner's not leading things I don't know'
Danny Dyer: 'I don't trust Keir Starmer. Why Angela Rayner's not leading things I don't know'
Inside the Big Issue: Danny Dyer has issues – big ones
Inside the Big Issue: Danny Dyer has issues – big ones
Letters: Keir Starmer, please keep our loved ones warm this winter
Letters: Keir Starmer, please keep our loved ones warm this winter
Alma's Not Normal star Sophie Willan: 'Care experienced people have superpowers – we're brilliant!'
Alma's Not Normal star Sophie Willan: 'Care experienced people have superpowers – we're brilliant!'
Author Matt Haig: 'I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood'
Author Matt Haig: 'I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood'
Joan star Sophie Turner: 'People always root for the rebels'
Joan star Sophie Turner: 'People always root for the rebels'
Lessons from the Middle East – 'the epicentre of climate discourse' – for a warming planet
Lessons from the Middle East – 'the epicentre of climate discourse' – for a warming planet
Top 5 books about friendship, chosen by author Marianne Cronin
