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Why the world still needs the Women’s March

Strength in numbers — This weekend, hundred of protestors took to the streets of London to march against violence and austerity.

  • Reportage
  • Lydia Morrish

Dance, sport and the unspoken trauma of retirement

Exit stage right — Dancers and athletes can dedicate their entire life to their career, for it then to be cut short by the time they turn 30. This point of retirement – or ‘transition’ – can present a variety of issues spanning the physical, financial and psychological.

  • Outdoors
  • Rachael Healy

Gay’s The Word: inside England’s only LGBTQ bookshop

Four decades on — This week marks the 40th anniversary of Gay’s The Word, a UK institution that fought police raids, prejudice and censorship to become a hub of social activism. We talk to manager Jim MacSweeney about the fights the venue has faced over the years.

  • Activism
  • Patrick O’Connell

A trip down Greek Street, old Soho’s final frontier

A secret history — From backstreet bars to secret restaurants, London’s Greek Street has spent decades fending off threats from developers, maintaining its old ‘shit’ Soho charm in the process.

  • Reportage
  • Jessica Furseth

A visual history of activism in the North

Power in protest — In his stark black and white images, photographer Martin Jenkinson captures the spirit, desperation and empowerment of protest.

  • Photography
  • Hannah Clugston

Welcome to Britain, a country that has finally lost its mind

Please help — Two years of constant political arguments and very little progress over Brexit has come to a head. Please, Theresa – put us all out of our misery.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

Brexit unpacked: your bullshit-free guide to the current mess

What is happening? — While it’s easy to switch off, Brexit will shape British politics, and our lives, for a generation – so we owe it to ourselves not to clock out. Writer Ben Smoke talks us through the mess.

  • Opinion
  • Ben Smoke

The rights of UK sex workers are under threat – why?

Everything you need to know — While sex work has always been a precarious profession, the UK government is now pushing it to its limits. Writer Lydia Morrish meets the collectives and organisations who are revolting for their rights.

  • Reportage
  • Lydia Morrish

The story behind the biggest killer of young men in the UK

Elephant in the room — In Evelyn, a gut-wrenchingly personal new documentary, White Helmets director Orlando von Einsiedel tackles the subject of male suicide; telling the story of his brother’s death, and the effect it had on his friends and family.

  • Activism
  • Alex King

Protestors call for immediate action on climate change

‘The time to rebel is now’ — This weekend, thousands of demonstrators from environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion blockaded the bridges of London.

  • Activism
  • Eva Clifford

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