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Sian Brooke 'fell in love with Belfast' making gritty police drama Blue Lights
Sian Brooke as Grace in Blue Lights.
Northern Ireland

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

How the Twist ignited Cambodia's musical golden age
Touch Chhattha
Music

How the Twist ignited Cambodia's musical golden age

Top 5 books about making a new home, chosen by Anne Youngson
A migrant woman and her children during the depression
Migration

Top 5 books about making a new home, chosen by Anne Youngson

David Harewood: 'I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?'
David Harewood
drama

David Harewood: 'I would tell my younger self to get prepared. Because life is tough, isn’t it?'

Bookshops help us understand humanity's complexities
Bookshop
Robin Ince

Bookshops help us understand humanity's complexities

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: 'Nothing like you'll expect'
Birnam Wood cover
Reading list

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton review: 'Nothing like you'll expect'

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating
Porn: An Oral History book cover
non fiction

Porn: An Oral History could have been fascinating

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget
Margaret Thatcher
John Bird

Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget

James Norton: 'A Little Life is the scariest thing I've ever done'
James Norton smiling, in a white t-shirt with a blue jacket
Interview

James Norton: 'A Little Life is the scariest thing I've ever done'

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy
Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1567 painting The Land of Cockaigne
John Bird

Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy

David Harewood: UK off-shored our racism and brutality
David Harewood in his new BBC2 documentary, Get On Up
race

David Harewood: UK off-shored our racism and brutality

Scotland and Northern Ireland hold the cards for the UK's future
Bill Clinton and Gerry Adams shake hands in Belfast, November 1995
Paul McNamee

Scotland and Northern Ireland hold the cards for the UK's future

Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War
Illustration of a soldier
first person

Forgotten African heroes of the Second World War

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett
Cold case: a neon-light question mark
recommended

Top 5 books that examine a cold case, chosen by Janice Hallett

Charity shop vinyl tells the story of our musical journey
Charity shop vinyl
Music

Charity shop vinyl tells the story of our musical journey

Sam Delaney: I have first-hand knowledge that Gary Lineker's lovely
Gary Lineker in The Match of The Day photo on Sam's mum's wall
happy memories

Sam Delaney: I have first-hand knowledge that Gary Lineker's lovely

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Brutes by Dizz Tate review: Disrupting the 'missing girl' trope
Brutes by Dizz Tate
fiction

Brutes by Dizz Tate review: Disrupting the 'missing girl' trope

Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion
Voyager: Constellations of Memory by Nona Fernandez
memoir

Voyager by Nona Fernandez review: Memory as an act of rebellion

From living in his car to winning Strictly – Hamza Yassin risked everything for mother nature
Hamza Yassin on a walk in Pollok Park
profile

From living in his car to winning Strictly – Hamza Yassin risked everything for mother nature

Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven't we declared war on it?
J Paul Getty sits at a dining table alone
John Bird

Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven't we declared war on it?