This is part one of our second Fiction story, "Swept Up" by Rhea Dhanbhoora, released as a weekly series throughout this month.

Author: Rhea Dhanbhoora

Category: FICTION

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This growing tide of racism and Islamophobia, often masked as patriotism, is both appalling and infuriating.

Author: Chourouk Gorrab

Category: POLITICS

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Here are 5 essential shows, films and podcasts about and by Palestinians, sharing their authentic perspectives and history.

Author: The Spill

Category: CULTURE

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Newsletter heaven is where I now reside, and I find myself smiling at my phone a lot more than I used to.

Author: Jennifer Hakim

Category: CULTURE

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Where are the limits of help, and the beginnings of harm? Such is the premise of Multiple Casualty Incident, by Sami Ibrahim, hitting the Yard Theatre, Hackney Wick on 27th April 2024.

Author: The Spill

Category: ARTS 

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Did you know that 41% of the names of the babies born in England and Wales were ‘typos’? The shocking revelation was made this week by ‘I am not a typo’ (IANAT), a new campaign calling on tech giants to “correct autocorrect and spell-check spell-check”.

Author: The Spill

Category: CULTURE

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On Wednesday, lawmakers stormed out of parliament with tensions rising to an all-time high among Britain’s three major political parties, after they attempted to outmanoeuvre each other over a vote on a Gaza ceasefire.

Author: Jennifer Hakim

Category: POLITICS

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As a new year begins, the pages of a good book can be a welcome escape from the world’s complexities, or the means of engaging with them. Here are 6 books we're particularly excited to read this year.

Being hyper aware of everything happening everywhere all at once thanks to social media, is both a blessing and a curse.

A recent study by People Like Us and Censuswide has revealed that ethnically diverse professionals in the UK are grappling with a dual crisis – the burden of unequal pay coupled with the escalating cost of living.