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'I wanted the game to feel unlike anything else': How I invented hit board game League of Lexicon
League of the Lexicon. Emile - character illustration
Board games

'I wanted the game to feel unlike anything else': How I invented hit board game League of Lexicon

Saltburn review – Barry Keoghan steals the show
Barry Keoghan in Saltburn.
Film

Saltburn review – Barry Keoghan steals the show

'I was spat on in a gay bar': How the South Asian diaspora is fighting racism in queer spaces
Manchester's Gay Village. Image: Shikhar Talwar
Racism

'I was spat on in a gay bar': How the South Asian diaspora is fighting racism in queer spaces

The existential agony of being a parent
Black and white illustration of a jigsaw adult giving a piece of his jigsaw to a child
Sam Delaney

The existential agony of being a parent

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Angela Rippon: 'I would have loved them to have asked me years ago'
Angela Rippon in a silver sparkly dress and white fur with arms outstretched
TV

BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Angela Rippon: 'I would have loved them to have asked me years ago'

The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight
Britney Spears - The Woman In Me
Books

The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight

Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores
Books

Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores

Suella Braverman's asinine comments show how detached government is from reality 
John Bird discusses Suella Braverman’s comments on Good Morning Britain
John Bird

Suella Braverman's asinine comments show how detached government is from reality 

Afghan veterans and their families who fled Taliban to UK at risk of homelessness as crisis looms
Homelessness

Afghan veterans and their families who fled Taliban to UK at risk of homelessness as crisis looms

Earworms are the internal soundtrack of our lives. What's yours?
A man playing a double bass
Gavin Bryars

Earworms are the internal soundtrack of our lives. What's yours?

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty: 'UK policies continue to inflict misery'
Poverty

UN rapporteur on extreme poverty: 'UK policies continue to inflict misery'

From Our Own Fire by William Letford review – hilarious and thought-provoking in equal measure
From our own fire book cover
Books

From Our Own Fire by William Letford review – hilarious and thought-provoking in equal measure

The Mission: Inside John Chau's doomed attempt to convert the tribes of North Sentinel Island
animated scene of man in kayak being approached by people on a beach
Film

The Mission: Inside John Chau's doomed attempt to convert the tribes of North Sentinel Island

Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay review – a work of rare depth and skill
Gunflower book cover
Books

Gunflower by Laura Jean McKay review – a work of rare depth and skill

Richard Hawley: 'Thatcher's Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked'
Richard Hawley walking on the beach in his coat
Music

Richard Hawley: 'Thatcher's Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked'

The debris of history surrounds us. So why are we still making the same mistakes?
Rugby pitch with players
John Bird

The debris of history surrounds us. So why are we still making the same mistakes?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Author and activist Naomi Klein: 'My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world'
Letter To My Younger Self

Author and activist Naomi Klein: 'My mother becoming disabled changed how I saw the world'

Axed bus routes, congested trains and broken promises: Is Leeds the UK's worst-connected city?
The North
Transport

Axed bus routes, congested trains and broken promises: Is Leeds the UK's worst-connected city?

David Duchovny: 'I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon'
David Duchovy in a white t shirt
The Music That Made Me

David Duchovny: 'I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon'

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink
People sitting in a classroom listening to musicians
the future of travel

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink

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