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What will AI mean for education?
Illustration of a robot teacher
Education

What will AI mean for education?

Harold Wilson's failure to reform the country is why Keir Starmer needs to listen to history 
Harold Wilson
John Bird

Harold Wilson's failure to reform the country is why Keir Starmer needs to listen to history 

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: 'Black Lives Matter transformed the world'
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah looks into the camera with his hands on his face
Interview

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: 'Black Lives Matter transformed the world'

'We are paying for something we didn't get': The students taking their universities to court
Illustration of students protesting
Education

'We are paying for something we didn't get': The students taking their universities to court

If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking
Illustration of items to do with education: a brain, a lightbulb, an apple, a guitar
Paul McNamee

If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition
Inside the Factory host Gregg Wallace grinning next to a conveyor belt
Lucy Sweet

Inside The Factory: Finding solace in repetition

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries?
A woman lies on the road in a nightgown surrounded by cows
TV

The Woman In The Wall: What is the true story of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries?

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals
Ukranian Freedom Orchestra
Classical

The Ukrainian musicians fighting rocket attacks with rehearsals

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi
Cover of The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord
first contact

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord review: Otherworldly sci-fi

What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life
Illustration of a man next to a lake
Nature

What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times
Illustration of hobbits in Middle-earth
Analysis

How Tolkien offers consolation in our dark times

Top 5 books by women in translation, selected by Daniel Hahn
A book of translation, a daisy and a key
Women in translation

Top 5 books by women in translation, selected by Daniel Hahn

Bridge by Lauren Beukes review: Multiverse thriller by The Shining Girls author delivers
multiverse

Bridge by Lauren Beukes review: Multiverse thriller by The Shining Girls author delivers

Dawn Butler: ’Nobody looked like me in politics'
Dawn Butler, Member of Parliament for Brent Central
Letter to my Younger Self

Dawn Butler: ’Nobody looked like me in politics'

The Dive: A clammy, cathartic scuba thriller
An underwater scene from the new thriller, The Dive
Review

The Dive: A clammy, cathartic scuba thriller

People with assistance dogs are being illegally discriminated against when trying to find a home
Kitto Haywood and Starry, their assistance dog
Housing

People with assistance dogs are being illegally discriminated against when trying to find a home

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change
A man cuddles a small jack russell dog
Homelessness

John Chadwick took his own life when he was separated from his pets. His friend is campaigning for change

Revisiting old ground was a Klee-full experience
Paul Klee (1879-1940), whose art was highly influential in Cubism, Expressionism and Surrealism
John Bird

Revisiting old ground was a Klee-full experience

Fifth force opens up a universe of possibilities
Particle accelerator at Fermilab
Paul McNamee

Fifth force opens up a universe of possibilities

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung
Lost Map label boss Johnny Lynch performing as part of new collective Weird Wave at the Eigg Community Hall during Howlin’ Fling 2023
Lost Map

Lost Map: How to build a DIY label on love, woolly hats and sheep dung

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