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Mrs Harris Goes to Paris review: Lesley Manville swaps drudgery for a dream dress
Mrs Harris goes to Paris
film

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris review: Lesley Manville swaps drudgery for a dream dress

‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It's A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis
TV

‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It's A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis

Blue Note Re:imagined II goes back in time to forge future paths
Theon Cross is featured on Blue Note Re:imagined II
Music

Blue Note Re:imagined II goes back in time to forge future paths

What's behind Britain's recruitment crisis?
Big Issue Recruit

What's behind Britain's recruitment crisis?

Success stories herald the future for Big Issue Recruit
Big Issue Recruit

Success stories herald the future for Big Issue Recruit

'A groundbreaking initiative': Why employers are working with Big Issue Recruit
Big Issue Recruit

'A groundbreaking initiative': Why employers are working with Big Issue Recruit

Big Issue Recruit aims to get Britain working
Big Issue Recruit

Big Issue Recruit aims to get Britain working

Morbid Obsessions review: A safety blanket for the marginalised
Trans flag eyeshadow
Book reviews

Morbid Obsessions review: A safety blanket for the marginalised

Was JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit a historical novel?
The Hobbit illustration
Books

Was JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit a historical novel?

Malcolm McDowell: Kubrick would be shocked at commercialisation of A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell
interview

Malcolm McDowell: Kubrick would be shocked at commercialisation of A Clockwork Orange

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
illustration of handcuffed prisoner in a forest
Books

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

Whatever Happened to Queer Happiness? review: A manifesto that all new queer art should follow
happy people at pride
Book reviews

Whatever Happened to Queer Happiness? review: A manifesto that all new queer art should follow

As an era closes, what now for the future of Britain?
The Queen shakes hands with Liz Truss
John Bird

As an era closes, what now for the future of Britain?

Top 5 children's books about fashion accessories, chosen by Anthony Moss
fashionable kids
Top 5 books

Top 5 children's books about fashion accessories, chosen by Anthony Moss

In Trip Hazard, Rosie Jones proves to be an unlikely inspiration
Lady Leshurr and Rosie Jones abseil the National Lift Tower in Northampton for Channel 4's Trip Hazard
TV review

In Trip Hazard, Rosie Jones proves to be an unlikely inspiration

Top 5 picture books with intergenerational relationships, chosen by Patrice Lawrence
Grandparent and grandchild at the seaside
Top 5 books

Top 5 picture books with intergenerational relationships, chosen by Patrice Lawrence

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Where are the superheroes among the super-rich?
Elon Musk in 2015
Paul McNamee

Where are the superheroes among the super-rich?

Motsi Mabuse: 'I don't like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now'
Motsi Mabuse
Letter to my Younger Self

Motsi Mabuse: 'I don't like dance competitions. I have a real anxiety about them now'

Edmonton's 'deep history resonates in the present'
Iskotew by Amy Malbeuf at the Indigenous art park, Edmonton
Robin Ince

Edmonton's 'deep history resonates in the present'

Rachel Parris: 'Trump and Johnson are gone but the joke's still on us'
Rachel Parris
Rachel Parris

Rachel Parris: 'Trump and Johnson are gone but the joke's still on us'