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News

July 28, 2017
Welcome to shopping with a social echo!
News
By Editorial
July 28, 2017
Greatness from grain: How Buy Rice Back serve up the fashionable choice
News
By Editorial
July 27, 2017
Get drawing for the The Great British Postcard Competition – and win £5,000!
News
By Dionne Kennedy
July 27, 2017
Prisoners released by mistake show a system in chaos
News
By Adam Forrest
July 27, 2017
Marcus Mumford, Damian Lewis and others line up for Grenfell Tower game
News
By Andrew Burns
July 27, 2017
Banksy mural picked as British public's favourite work of art
News
By Adam Forrest
July 27, 2017
Sajid Javid: I want to roll out 'Housing First' in Britain
News
By Andrew Burns
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Culture

July 27, 2017
The songs of Scott Walker at the BBC Proms – virtuosic and visionary
Music
By Guest Columnist
July 27, 2017
47 Metres Down – underwater shark drama with lots of bite but not much depth
Film
By Edward Lawrenson
July 27, 2017
How to Retire at 40 review – it's time to put downsize porn TV out to pasture
TV
By Lucy Sweet
July 25, 2017
Homeless theatre lovers grab £1 tickets for Edinburgh Fringe show
Culture
By Dionne Kennedy
July 25, 2017
How one Big Issue vendor became a saint
Culture
By Dionne Kennedy
July 24, 2017
Chester Bennington death sparks calls for unity in 'mental health crisis'
News
By Dionne Kennedy
July 21, 2017
Cillian Murphy: “You are given the chance to create and fail”
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
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Opinion

July 24, 2017
Paul McNamee: Act now for equal pay
Opinion
By Paul McNamee
July 24, 2017
John Bird: People living in poverty can be part of their own solution
John Bird
By John Bird
July 19, 2017
Samira Ahmed: Doctor Who progresses, but it’s still a man’s world
Opinion
By Samira Ahmed
July 18, 2017
Rebecca Solnit: How to get lost
Opinion
By Guest Columnist
July 17, 2017
John Bird: ‘Sociable housing’ could help people climb out of poverty
John Bird
By John Bird
July 7, 2017
Damian Barr: Grenfell was caused by the politics of greed
Opinion
By Damian Barr
July 7, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn rocks Glastonbury – How did it come to this?
Opinion
By Adrian Lobb
More Opinion

Interviews

July 27, 2017
Judd Apatow on why The Big Sick is serious comedy
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 26, 2017
Mark Billingham: My new novel is my angriest
Letter To My Younger Self
By Jane Graham
July 25, 2017
Mark Gatiss: "It feels like many gay rights victories are slipping away"
Interviews
By Adrian Lobb
July 24, 2017
Trevor Nunn: "That image has haunted me my whole life"
Letter To My Younger Self
By Jane Graham
July 21, 2017
Kenneth Branagh: "Working with Christopher Nolan was a masterclass"
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 21, 2017
Cillian Murphy: “You are given the chance to create and fail”
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 20, 2017
Vince Cable: "l was always in the wrong place at the wrong time"
Letter To My Younger Self
By Jane Graham
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