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Antony Szmierek: Creativity feels magic to me, something powerful and frightening to the people who need to be frightened

The rapidly rising Manchester-based musician on sensitivity, censorship and why power always fears the arts.

November 27, 2025

CREATIVITY·MORALITY·POWER

Billy Bragg: If you don’t make a pitch for inclusivity around the space we call England, you leave it open to the far right

The musician and activist on accountability, cynicism and why Englishness can’t be left to the far right.

October 14, 2025

POWER

Sumayya Vally: Gaza has never been allowed to grow like a normal city

The South African architect on segregation built into cities, Gaza’s stop-start existence, and the older building traditions that understood climate and materials better than

July 23, 2025

MORALITY·PLANET·POWER

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Antony Szmierek: Creativity feels magic to me, something powerful and frightening to the people who need to be frightened

Billy Bragg: If you don’t make a pitch for inclusivity around the space we call England, you leave it open to the far right

Sumayya Vally: Gaza has never been allowed to grow like a normal city

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Jessica Fostekew:: I knew I wanted to be a funny loud angry b*tch screaming in favour of clean air

Axel Scheffler: Picture books should leave children with some sense of hope. Otherwise, what are we doing?

Chantelle Nicholson: It’s shocking we teach children advanced maths but not how to feed themselves properly

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