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‘Tenants’: how we can tackle Britain's housing emergency

In her new book, Vicky Spratt explores the country’s housing crisis in human terms and calls for radical action to address a broken system.

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  • Diyora Shadijanova

The story of Ronnie Kray’s queer machismo

Based on the popular podcast, Bad Gays seeks to excavate the buried history of queer lives. In this exclusive extract authors Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller dive into the twists and turns of the life of notorious gangster and homosexual, Ronnie Kray.

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  • Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller

We need socialism to fix our broken internet

Ben Tarnoff discusses his new book, which calls for a radical restructuring of the internet to address its harm to society.

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  • Becca Inglis

Should the left embrace the idea of heroism?

The idea of the hero has long been viewed with suspicion. Now, the editors of a new collection of essays are asking: what if we recovered heroism from the hands of the fascists and right-wing populists?

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  • Tariq Goddard

Tice Cin is writing the London she lives

Author, artist, screenwriter, DJ, producer: the Tottenham native is multidisciplinary in every sense of the word. Following the success of her acclaimed debut novel, she’s restating her commitment to the place that made her, with a plan to create pathways so that others can replicate her journey.

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  • Robert Kazandjian

‘Charged’: How the police try to suppress protest

Writers Matt Foot and Morag Livingstone explore how four decades of collusion between the government and the police have slowly eroded our right to protest.

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  • Matt Foot and Morag Livingstone

Yara Rodrigues Fowler on why hope is a radical act

The author discusses her new novel which takes readers across continents and generations – from the London riots to Brazil's military dictatorship.

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  • Diyora Shadijanova

Migrant deaths at sea are a crime against humanity

In her new book, Sally Hayden gives a blistering account of the North African refugee crisis. She speaks to writer Frances Leach about the negligence of NGOs and whether the crisis in Ukraine could change attitudes towards displaced people.

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  • Frances Leach

The fight to amplify Black stories on BookTok

New chapter — As TikTok continues to transform book sales, Black BookTokers are calling for greater inclusivity both on the app and the publishing industry at large.

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  • Tife Sanusi

Why Islamophobia is a threat to all people

Tangled in Terror — Author Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan discusses her new book exploring the way that Islamophobia is woven into our everyday lives.

  • Activism
  • Shahed Ezaydi

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