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NHS doctors are protesting the hostile environment

Life or death — Migrants can be charged up to 150 per cent of costs upfront for UK medical care, with many being denied lifesaving treatment. Journalist Bethan Staton meets the staff who are taking a stand.

  • Activism
  • Bethan Staton

A chaotic night on Britain’s new Caledonian Sleeper

The Future Of Travel — Dubious new ownership and a disastrous opening have raised doubts over the long-awaited service’s reputation. But is it really all that bad? Writer Francisco Garcia investigates.

  • Travel
  • Francisco Garcia

Celebrating 50 Years of black creativity in the UK

Get up, stand up now — Visual artist Zak Ové talks us through his new, landmark exhibition, Get Up, Stand Up Now: ‘Art helps us attain equality, honesty, and perspective towards our own history.’

  • Art
  • Miss Rosen

Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle: life lessons from a punk pioneer

‘I thought I was going to die’ — The Buzzcocks guitarist reflects on life, death, and the group’s indelible legacy: ‘I joined a punk band and was sniffing speed. The world fucking changed’

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

A photographic tribute to the British seaside

State of the nation — A new photography exhibition – featuring work from Martin Parr, Dafydd Jones and Grace Lau – examines UK beach culture from the 1850s to the 21st century.

  • Photography
  • Zoe Whitfield

Top or bottom? The play exploring the politics of gay sex

‘We need to dissolve labels’ — Parties, porn and sexual politics: we talk to writer Willy Hudson about his play Bottom – a raucous journey through contemporary queer life in London.

  • Culture
  • Ben Smoke

Inside the UK’s most radical indie publishers

Part Ten: Comma Press — Unapologetically political, Comma Press are in the vanguard of UK literary culture – publishing some of the most challenging short stories in the industry.

  • Books
  • Kit Caless

Television has always hated working class people

Good riddance Jeremy Kyle — Jeremy Kyle may finally be gone, but what it stands for – the hateful demonisation of working-class communities – remains stronger than ever. Dawn Foster explains why the show was always just a small part of a much larger toxic ecosystem.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

Beats and bills: how capitalism destroyed UK club culture

A love letter to ’90s rave — In the new film Beats, director Brian Welsh travels back to 1990s Aberdeen to tell the story of rave culture – why it mattered, and how it got torn apart.

  • Film
  • Colin Crummy

There is no such thing as a ‘good landlord’

The system is broken — Our engorged property market – and the ensuing housing crisis – has become a cornerstone of the British economy. Those who actively profit from it shouldn’t be absolved.

  • Opinion
  • Tristan Cross

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