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What Monsters Inc can teach us about the Dublin riots – and why we should all be a bit more Sulley
Sulley in Monsters Inc leans over the bed of a child
Paul McNamee

What Monsters Inc can teach us about the Dublin riots – and why we should all be a bit more Sulley

No, Brexit didn't help UK 'take back control' – it made immigration rise. Here's how
Hein de Haas

No, Brexit didn't help UK 'take back control' – it made immigration rise. Here's how

Ncuti Gatwa: Doctor Who reminds me that there is always hope
Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who
TV

Ncuti Gatwa: Doctor Who reminds me that there is always hope

Why we should all get to know a sheep 
Lambs with their mother
Farming

Why we should all get to know a sheep 

Xero Slingsby: The anarchic spirit of British jazz being discovered by a new generation
Fergus Quill with his copy of Xero Slingsby and The Works’ first album, Shove It
Music

Xero Slingsby: The anarchic spirit of British jazz being discovered by a new generation

Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you'd think
Prison is no picnic - but for some rough sleepers, it at least provides a 'safe' place to stay. Image credit: Piqsels
Homelessness

Homeless man asks to be sent to jail for a bed and a meal. It happens more often than you'd think

Inside the Big Issue: Ncuti Gatwa is the Doctor
The Big Issue magazine featuring Ncuti Gatwa on the cover
Inside the magazine

Inside the Big Issue: Ncuti Gatwa is the Doctor

Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
Black and white photo of child leaning elbows on a wall
Film

Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better

How Star Wars Holiday Special became more powerful than George Lucas could possibly imagine
Darth Vader in the Star Wars Holiday Special
Film

How Star Wars Holiday Special became more powerful than George Lucas could possibly imagine

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle
Books

Top 5 gothic mysteries, selected by acclaimed queer author CA Castle

Karens, social media and a crisis of distrust: How to repair our broken social contract
Society

Karens, social media and a crisis of distrust: How to repair our broken social contract

I never knew my mother before her accident. Maybe I was the lucky one
Robin Ince

I never knew my mother before her accident. Maybe I was the lucky one

Merry Xmas Everybody at 50: How a mother-in-law and John Lennon inspired Slade's festive cracker
Slade performing Merry Xmas Everybody
Christmas

Merry Xmas Everybody at 50: How a mother-in-law and John Lennon inspired Slade's festive cracker

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime
Perth Prison: Inmates taking part in Beside Me
prisons

How a groundbreaking theatre project is teaching prisoners there's more to life than crime

Inside the Big Issue: A-HA! It's Alan Partridge
Inside the magazine

Inside the Big Issue: A-HA! It's Alan Partridge

Gareth Thomas on HIV, stigma and the myths people really need to unlearn: 'We still have far to go'
Seated Gareth Thomas in a navy t-shirt
World Aids Day

Gareth Thomas on HIV, stigma and the myths people really need to unlearn: 'We still have far to go'

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COP28: Here's how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us
Protesters carrying banners against fossil fuels
Kim Goodall

COP28: Here's how a just transition from fossil fuels can save us

London must unite to stand up against anti-Semitism
Sam Delaney

London must unite to stand up against anti-Semitism

Bad leadership is the greatest tragedy of human life. It's time to give the people a shot
A 19th century engraving of the entry of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée into Moscow in 1812
John Bird

Bad leadership is the greatest tragedy of human life. It's time to give the people a shot

Noddy Holder on possible Slade reunion and defying cancer: 'I'm still alive, thank god'
Noddy Holder in 2011
Letter to my younger self

Noddy Holder on possible Slade reunion and defying cancer: 'I'm still alive, thank god'

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