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Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon
Albert Einstein in black and white
recommended

Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music
Jax Jones
opinion

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast
Lazy City by Rachel Connolly book cover
Review

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright book cover
family chronicle

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle

Pharoah Sanders - discovering an elusive jazz gem
Pharoah Sanders in a white hat and shirt
Jazz

Pharoah Sanders - discovering an elusive jazz gem

Funding cuts in music education will destroy our cultural landscape
Illustration of a student playing the saxophone
Education

Funding cuts in music education will destroy our cultural landscape

Teachers are too busy doing their jobs to give airtime to the culture wars
Illustration showing devices used in the spread of culture wars
Education

Teachers are too busy doing their jobs to give airtime to the culture wars

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
Brassic FM - a DJ and a woman dancing
opinion

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

'When you read Maigret you feel good. You make peace with that unsettling aspect of humanity'
Gérard Depardieu in Maigret
Interview

'When you read Maigret you feel good. You make peace with that unsettling aspect of humanity'

Student loans: This generation is getting a raw deal
Illustration of a student struggling while carrying a heavy coin
Education

Student loans: This generation is getting a raw deal

Are qualifications from British schools fit for purpose?
Illustration depicting qualifications and certificates
Education

Are qualifications from British schools fit for purpose?

What will AI mean for education?
Illustration of a robot teacher
Education

What will AI mean for education?

Harold Wilson's failure to reform the country is why Keir Starmer needs to listen to history 
Harold Wilson
John Bird

Harold Wilson's failure to reform the country is why Keir Starmer needs to listen to history 

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: 'Black Lives Matter transformed the world'
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah looks into the camera with his hands on his face
Interview

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: 'Black Lives Matter transformed the world'

'We are paying for something we didn't get': The students taking their universities to court
Illustration of students protesting
Education

'We are paying for something we didn't get': The students taking their universities to court

If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking
Illustration of items to do with education: a brain, a lightbulb, an apple, a guitar
Paul McNamee

If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition
Inside the Factory host Gregg Wallace grinning next to a conveyor belt
Lucy Sweet

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries?
A woman lies on the road in a nightgown surrounded by cows
TV

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

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals
Ukranian Freedom Orchestra
Classical

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi
Cover of The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord
first contact

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi