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Why Labour's VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Education

Why Labour's VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Comedian James Acaster: 'I am not an alpha male'
Comedy

Comedian James Acaster: 'I am not an alpha male'

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn't want to be a 'robotic, asexual drone'
Ella Maisy Purvis in the role of Patience Evans in Channel 4 drama Patience. IN this picture she is sitting on the floor in the Police Records office where she works...
TV

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn't want to be a 'robotic, asexual drone'

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'
Activism

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the 'protest paramedics'

Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here's how to stop the social media brain rot
Social media

Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here's how to stop the social media brain rot

From The Traitors to White Lotus: Here's 6 dystopian TV predictions that could come true in 2025
TV's Claudia Winkleman
Lucy Sweet

From The Traitors to White Lotus: Here's 6 dystopian TV predictions that could come true in 2025

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can't we make it work in the UK?
Housing

Housing First is a success in other countries – so why can't we make it work in the UK?

We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery
Books

We Are All Ghosts in the Forest by Lorraine Wilson review – digital ghosts haunt a voyage of discovery

What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis review – gritty and self-deprecating crime stories
Books

What You Were Fighting For by James Sallis review – gritty and self-deprecating crime stories

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
Foster care

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was

Penguins and football matches on ice: Life onboard 'Boaty McBoatface' ship RSS David Attenborough
Science

Penguins and football matches on ice: Life onboard 'Boaty McBoatface' ship RSS David Attenborough

Stonehenge can offer us wisdom from the deep and distant past
Paul McNamee

Stonehenge can offer us wisdom from the deep and distant past

Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
disability benefits/ disabled people
Letters

Letters: I'm a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen

'Tragedy is a cruel teacher': Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer
Culture

'Tragedy is a cruel teacher': Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer

Inside the Big Issue: How to catch a loan shark
The cover of Big Issue edition 1649, featuring Bank of Dave's Dave Fishwick
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: How to catch a loan shark

It's my job to search for extraterrestrial intelligence among the stars. This is what I've found
Science

It's my job to search for extraterrestrial intelligence among the stars. This is what I've found

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Privatisation's thirst for profit will never be quenched. It's time to take our water back
Cat Hobbs

Privatisation's thirst for profit will never be quenched. It's time to take our water back

Our prisons are so broken that we can't carry on – we must seize the opportunity to fix them
Andrea Coomber

Our prisons are so broken that we can't carry on – we must seize the opportunity to fix them

I've been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me
Young carers

I've been a carer for my mum since I was eight. This is what I wish people knew about kids like me

Why for-profit social housing might be the uneasy answer to deliver the homes Britain needs
Social housing

Why for-profit social housing might be the uneasy answer to deliver the homes Britain needs

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