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I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I'm fighting to make life better for others like me
Changemakers

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I'm fighting to make life better for others like me

'It's OK to laugh about death': And Mrs director Daniel Reisinger's guide to facing grief with a smile
Aisling Bea in And Mrs
Daniel Reisinger

'It's OK to laugh about death': And Mrs director Daniel Reisinger's guide to facing grief with a smile

Let Sir Ian McKellen be our inspiration
Steven MacKenzie

Let Sir Ian McKellen be our inspiration

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei's 'walk of shame' from Game of Thrones
Letters

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei's 'walk of shame' from Game of Thrones

Sir Ian McKellen: 'They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again!'
Film

Sir Ian McKellen: 'They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again!'

Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we're all way too online
Red Rooms director Pascal Plante
Film

Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we're all way too online

The Chase star Paul Sinha on his Parkinson's battle: 'I've got a life to live'
Paul Sinha
Letter To My Younger Self

The Chase star Paul Sinha on his Parkinson's battle: 'I've got a life to live'

Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc
Books

Top 5 books by freedom fighters chosen by French-Algerian author Xavier Le Clerc

How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England
Books

How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices
Jean Cocteau
Music

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices

Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it
Clarence Maclin and Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
Film

Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it

Arnie said he'd be back… How The Terminator and other classics are taking over cinemas – again
Arnold Scwarzenegger in The Terminator
Film

Arnie said he'd be back… How The Terminator and other classics are taking over cinemas – again

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to 'unnatural intelligence'
'No AI' sign
John Bird

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to 'unnatural intelligence'

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged
Yvonne Wickham
Homelessness

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged

How this year's Paralympic Games definitely corrects the mistakes of old
Paralympics

How this year's Paralympic Games definitely corrects the mistakes of old

'We're going to war': Meet the wheelchair rugby stars 'normalising disability' at the Paralympics
Paralympics

'We're going to war': Meet the wheelchair rugby stars 'normalising disability' at the Paralympics

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
It's hard to view private schools as charities. Taxing them is the right thing to do
Marlborough College in Wiltshire
Sam Delaney

It's hard to view private schools as charities. Taxing them is the right thing to do

The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating
Books

The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating

Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest
Books

Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest

When it comes to public transport, we're still travelling in the wrong direction
Thomas the Tank Engine
Steven MacKenzie

When it comes to public transport, we're still travelling in the wrong direction