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I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father's heart
Music

I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father's heart

Fin DAC: 'As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them'
Fin DAC
Fin DAC

Fin DAC: 'As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them'

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
Music

Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes

This is what happened when I gave my phone to a stranger on the street
Robin Ince

This is what happened when I gave my phone to a stranger on the street

The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus
Film

The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus

Poverty is the UK's biggest growth industry – and people are the collateral damage
John Bird

Poverty is the UK's biggest growth industry – and people are the collateral damage

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
Books

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music

Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in
Books

Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we're in

The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain: 'No one is talking about it'
Nitazenes

The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain: 'No one is talking about it'

Inside the Big Issue: The street deaths crisis no one wants to see
Inside Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The street deaths crisis no one wants to see

Mr Loverman star Ariyon Bakare: 'The struggle for LGBTQ+ acceptance continues in the Caribbean community'
Lennie James and Ariyon Bakare in BBC1's Mr Loverman
Ariyon Bakare

Mr Loverman star Ariyon Bakare: 'The struggle for LGBTQ+ acceptance continues in the Caribbean community'

'It's like a death sentence when I'm not guilty': How the UK is failing women in prison with cancer
Prisons

'It's like a death sentence when I'm not guilty': How the UK is failing women in prison with cancer

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with
Paul McNamee

Mr Starmer, your plan for the benefits bill is same nonsense the Tories would have come up with

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap
Letters

Letters: We should scrap Trident so we can lift the two-child benefit cap

Colin Greenwood: 'I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead'
Letter To My Younger Self

Colin Greenwood: 'I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead'

Why Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This should be compulsory viewing for teenage boys
TV

Why Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This should be compulsory viewing for teenage boys

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Top 5 books about poison, chosen by author and biologist Noah Whiteman
Books

Top 5 books about poison, chosen by author and biologist Noah Whiteman

Refugees still flee war-torn Ukraine every single day. This is what their journey to safety is like
Ukraine

Refugees still flee war-torn Ukraine every single day. This is what their journey to safety is like

From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today
Horses

From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: 'You don't have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube'
Music

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: 'You don't have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube'

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