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My aunt was a nun. Even she read Jilly Cooper's bonkbusters
Paul McNamee

My aunt was a nun. Even she read Jilly Cooper's bonkbusters

The 'Yo-yo Homes', revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils
Housing

The 'Yo-yo Homes', revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils

Seeing your kid off to university is a joy – but we had some wobbles on the motorway
Sam Delaney

Seeing your kid off to university is a joy – but we had some wobbles on the motorway

What's behind the enduring appeal of Paul Weller?
Music

What's behind the enduring appeal of Paul Weller?

Cillian Murphy: 'There's this massive imbalance where the most important people can't afford a house'
Film

Cillian Murphy: 'There's this massive imbalance where the most important people can't afford a house'

'I hope it's a worthy successor to Happy Valley': Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women
TV

'I hope it's a worthy successor to Happy Valley': Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women

Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor
Books

Top 5 Midlands-based crime dramas, chosen by filmmaker and author Nigel Proctor

'Are you really the doctor?': The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS
Health

'Are you really the doctor?': The realities of life as a Black doctor in the NHS

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain
Hidden homelessness

The challenge of counting hidden homelessness in Britain

This charity uses McDonald's to fight hidden homelessness
Hidden homelessness

This charity uses McDonald's to fight hidden homelessness

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse
Maria Sookias

The hidden homelessness crisis is fuelled by the scourge of domestic abuse

Tosca's Russian soprano row sees politics replace performance for Royal Opera
Music

Tosca's Russian soprano row sees politics replace performance for Royal Opera

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story
Film

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty
John Bird

Marmot principles should be applied to government departments for ending poverty

The UK is not doing well. Here's how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around
Marmot Places

The UK is not doing well. Here's how the Marmot Principles could help Starmer turn things around

Here's how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain
Marmot thinking

Here's how projects driven by the eight Marmot principles are transforming Britain

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
In the age of AI slop, what is the future of art and photography?
Work from V3 Moderl Collapse by Felicity Hammond
Artificial intelligence

In the age of AI slop, what is the future of art and photography?

The Colonel and The King by Peter Guralnick review – behind the myth of Elvis and his manager
Books

The Colonel and The King by Peter Guralnick review – behind the myth of Elvis and his manager

Charlotte Church: 'The press desperately tried to make me a figure of sin'
Letter to my younger self

Charlotte Church: 'The press desperately tried to make me a figure of sin'

Letters: I've never met someone with a learning disability earning £30,000 a year
Letters

Letters: I've never met someone with a learning disability earning £30,000 a year