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Breakthrough

How TikTok’s BookTok craze is ‘making reading cool again’
Books

How TikTok’s BookTok craze is ‘making reading cool again’

Despite snobbishness in some quarters, book coverage on TikTok has encouraged a new generation of readers

‘I was fined £100 for dropping crisps’: How a private firm is making millions from littering fines
Environment

‘I was fined £100 for dropping crisps’: How a private firm is making millions from littering fines

When local councils outsource their litter policing to a private company, there’s bound to be some knock-on effects

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 
Film

Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest? 

Richard Curtis’ festive film is flawed and charming, a somewhat ahistorical time capsule of a Blairite Britain that maybe never actually existed

Workaways: How to travel the world without spending a penny
The future of travel

Workaways: How to travel the world without spending a penny

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate
Climate crisis

How lucrative North Sea oil became the front line of battle for the climate

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This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world
Envrionment

This tiny Greek island now has zero waste – leading the way for the rest of the world

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children’s rights activist bringing books to Kabul’s kids
Afghanistan

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children’s rights activist bringing books to Kabul’s kids

Spain gives menstrual leave to workers with ‘disabling periods’ – why can’t UK?
Menstrual health

Spain gives menstrual leave to workers with ‘disabling periods’ – why can’t UK?

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

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

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

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

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

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

These Right to Roam activists are fighting landlords to open up UK’s green spaces to all
the future of travel

These Right to Roam activists are fighting landlords to open up UK’s green spaces to all

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink
the future of travel

How tourism can bring endangered languages back from the brink

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station
Transport

No staff, no trains and queues out the door: Inside the daily chaos of Manchester Piccadilly station

4 easy ways to get free accommodation while travelling the world
The future of travel

4 easy ways to get free accommodation while travelling the world

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed
Transport

Real reason your train was cancelled at last minute, revealed

Yes, tourism and sustainability can go hand in hand. Here’s how
The future of travel

Yes, tourism and sustainability can go hand in hand. Here’s how

Tourism must reinvent itself to fight climate change and reach net zero. Here’s how
the future of travel

Tourism must reinvent itself to fight climate change and reach net zero. Here’s how

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan is coming home to woo us one more time
Film

Rom-com royalty Meg Ryan is coming home to woo us one more time

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to ‘prove’ themselves
LGBTQ+ Rights

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to ‘prove’ themselves

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here’s an idea that gives them a fighting chance  
Care leavers

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here’s an idea that gives them a fighting chance  

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Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis
Housing

Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis

Single and stuck: Cost of living crisis forcing exes to live together after breaking up
Housing

Single and stuck: Cost of living crisis forcing exes to live together after breaking up

Homeless charity transforms Ford Transit van to help rough sleepers with food, hygiene and shelter
Rough sleeping

Homeless charity transforms Ford Transit van to help rough sleepers with food, hygiene and shelter

How people are turning to converted vehicles and DIY homes to beat UK’s housing crisis
Housing

How people are turning to converted vehicles and DIY homes to beat UK’s housing crisis