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How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right
Agnes O'Casey stars in Ridley Road. Photo: BBC / Ben Blackall
TV

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection
Books

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch
Books

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new
Music

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca
The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy is out now (Lake Union Publishing. Illustration: Joseph Joyce
Books

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca

Meet the people selling street papers around the world
David Jankovic sells Liceulice in Belgrade. Courtesy of Liceulice / INSP.ngo
Life

Meet the people selling street papers around the world

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul's
Jimmy McMahon on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, February 2012. Image: Paul Davey Photo: Paul Davey
Activism

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul's

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover
Venom: Let There Be Carnage lacks bite. Image: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Film

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover

It's been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?
Protesters wearing masks at the Occupy London protest outside St Paul s Cathedral in London Photo: David Pearson / Alamy Stock Photo
Activism

It's been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?

Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'
Billy Bragg. Image: Jill Furmanovsky
Music

Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'

The universal credit uplift and a rent arrears fund - that's what levelling up really looks like
Boris Johnson stands at a podium with government warnings, with his head bowed
Paul McNamee

The universal credit uplift and a rent arrears fund - that's what levelling up really looks like

Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez
22nd June 1948: The ex-troopship 'Empire Windrush' arriving at Tilbury Docks from Jamaica, with 482 Jamaicans on board, emigrating to Britain. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Books

Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez

Exclusive: David Lloyd's unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask
Artist David Lloyd. stands in front of the V for Vendetta masks he originally designed which became an emblem for the Occupy movement.
Art

Exclusive: David Lloyd's unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas
Books

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'
Books

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'

Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'
Books

Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'
Books

Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'

Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie
Queen drummer Roger Taylor. Image: Xavier Vila
Music

Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie

Let's turn up the heat on global leaders to divest from fossil fuels
Eight in ten HSBC and Barclays customers didn't know the banks invested in fossil fuels
Molly Scott Cato

Let's turn up the heat on global leaders to divest from fossil fuels

What would a global switch to cryptocurrency mean for vulnerable people?
Blockchain: What would a global switch to cryptocurrency mean for vulnerable people?
Money

What would a global switch to cryptocurrency mean for vulnerable people?