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Blue Lights co-creator Declan Lawn on 'massive responsibility of telling Belfast's stories'
Martin McCann as Stevie Neil, Siân Brooke as Grace Ellis, Katherine Devlin as Annie Conlon, Nathan Braniff as Tommy Foster
TV

Blue Lights co-creator Declan Lawn on 'massive responsibility of telling Belfast's stories'

Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?
A 1990s BBC Proms in the Park concert
Music

Jingoism of Rule, Britannia! has long felt shameful. Is it finally time for BBC Proms to axe it?

Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell
Books

Top 5 books on future tech and video game fiction, chosen by star YA author Triona Campbell

Myth of hard work needs to be busted. Luck and privilege are usually behind success
A man having a nap on a bench
Sam Delaney

Myth of hard work needs to be busted. Luck and privilege are usually behind success

What we can learn from how US has criminalised rough sleepers – and how Sunak may follow suit
Homelessness

What we can learn from how US has criminalised rough sleepers – and how Sunak may follow suit

I had no idea what chemsex was until my son's death. I want to help other parents avoid heartbreak
Anonymous

I had no idea what chemsex was until my son's death. I want to help other parents avoid heartbreak

Zayn Malik: 'I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world'
Exclusive

Zayn Malik: 'I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world'

UK must take long-overdue action and cease arms sales to Israel – immediately  
Julia Rosell Jackson

UK must take long-overdue action and cease arms sales to Israel – immediately  

Sunak should meet people hit by floods – but maybe he doesn't want to get his Sambas wet
Paul McNamee

Sunak should meet people hit by floods – but maybe he doesn't want to get his Sambas wet

We owe children an apology for the state of the nation, says Caledonian Road author Andrew O'Hagan
Books

We owe children an apology for the state of the nation, says Caledonian Road author Andrew O'Hagan

City of Culture 2025: Zayn Malik, Dynamo, Nia Archives and more share what makes Bradford so special
City of Culture 2025

City of Culture 2025: Zayn Malik, Dynamo, Nia Archives and more share what makes Bradford so special

Americans are buying up Britain from right under our noses. Here's why
Angus Hanton

Americans are buying up Britain from right under our noses. Here's why

Taking time out for art gives me the will to keep fighting for social justice
John Bird

Taking time out for art gives me the will to keep fighting for social justice

“I’m a very Northern man”: Zayn on Bradford roots and forging his own path in Big Issue exclusive
Press Release

“I’m a very Northern man”: Zayn on Bradford roots and forging his own path in Big Issue exclusive

Letters: Mel Stride's comments on mental health show Tory culture wars have gone too far
Letters

Letters: Mel Stride's comments on mental health show Tory culture wars have gone too far

Inside the Big Issue: Zayn Malik on his return to music, Bradford and making positive change
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Zayn Malik on his return to music, Bradford and making positive change

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: 'I'm a very Northern man'
Music

Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: 'I'm a very Northern man'

This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: 'Music is the heart'
TV

This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: 'Music is the heart'

Nish Kumar: 'My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11'
Nish Kumar
Letter To My Younger Self

Nish Kumar: 'My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11'

Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor
Books

Top 5 inventive, speculative fiction books – chosen by poet and playwright Joelle Taylor