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Joe Biden spoke in Belfast about 25 years of peace. Here's why it matters
Joe Biden makes a speech
Paul McNamee

Joe Biden spoke in Belfast about 25 years of peace. Here's why it matters

Linton Kwesi Johnson: 'It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation'
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Letter To My Younger Self

Linton Kwesi Johnson: 'It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation'

As ever, it is women who are left to carry the load
Iceland loans
Paul McNamee

As ever, it is women who are left to carry the load

Michael Bublé: 'Your real legacy is the empathy and kindness you show'
Michael Bublé singing on stage
Letter to my Younger Self

Michael Bublé: 'Your real legacy is the empathy and kindness you show'

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani
A chopping board with vegetables, herbs and a knife
recommended

Top 5 food memoirs, chosen by Sumayya Usmani

John Bird's Easter Story
John Bird

John Bird's Easter Story

What can human creators learn from grasses, the 'sleeping beauties' of our natural world?
A hand grasping some grasses
Evolution

What can human creators learn from grasses, the 'sleeping beauties' of our natural world?

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured
The Long Form book cover
review

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng review: Compelling drama set in the shadow of Empire
Historical fiction

The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng review: Compelling drama set in the shadow of Empire

Good Friday Agreement 25 years on: What is there to celebrate?
U2’s Bono backs the GFA with David Trimble and John Hume at the ‘Yes’ concert at Belfast Waterfront Hall, May 18, 1998. Image: Gerry Penny / Shutterstock
Northern Ireland

Good Friday Agreement 25 years on: What is there to celebrate?

Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty
TV gets political

Gary Lineker had the government scared. They should have been worrying about Casualty

Sam Delaney talks money: 'I'm on a crusade to help people discuss being skint'
Empty wallet
Money

Sam Delaney talks money: 'I'm on a crusade to help people discuss being skint'

Sally Phillips: 'I had to go through this revelation that I'm no good at acting'
Sally Phillips
Letter to my younger self

Sally Phillips: 'I had to go through this revelation that I'm no good at acting'

This Easter, be still and dwell in the present, says the Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York

This Easter, be still and dwell in the present, says the Archbishop of York

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: 'We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze'
Fleur Tashjain and Daisy May Cooper as Iris and Costello Jones in Rain Dogs
interview

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

'Tied' visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse
Migrant workers

'Tied' visas are putting migrant domestic workers at risk of abuse

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Tax secrets the wealthy don't want you to know, like how to get richer by buying a yacht!
Illustration of a pound symbol
The Rebel Accountant

Tax secrets the wealthy don't want you to know, like how to get richer by buying a yacht!

Siobhán McSweeney: 'I just want to dance in the street and lick people's faces'
interview

Siobhán McSweeney: 'I just want to dance in the street and lick people's faces'

In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present
Illustration of the French Revolution
John Bird

In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present

Thirsty Animals review: A dystopian future 'impeccably depicted'
Thirsty Animals
Dystopian fiction

Thirsty Animals review: A dystopian future 'impeccably depicted'