5 h. ago Barbados poet laureate on mission to share stories of enslavement

Esther Phillips says her poetry’s ‘ultimate goal’ is to achieve justice for those who suffered at hands of European colonisersEsther Phillips, the Barbados poet laureate, grew up next to Drax Hall Estate, once one of the Caribbean’s notoriously violent slave plantations, where tens of thousands of Africans are said to have died in terrible conditions during the transatlantic slave trade. But she was well into her career when the harsh realities of slavery hit home.The poet began writing at a young age, and was inspired at first by the “trees, flowers, birds, the smells of the plants or shrubs, the air, the cane fields” she encountered as she walked to school. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago MPs share their own stories as assisted dying debate continues

If MPs back the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at third reading, it will face further scrutiny in the House of Lords at a later date.

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3 d. ago Oasis fans warned over ticket scams as gig goers share horror stories ahead of tour

Oasis fans have been warned to watch out for ticket scammers as they try and snap up highly sought after tickets for Noel and Liam Gallagher's first gigs together in many years

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4 d. ago Ozzy Osbourne exclaims 'clone me' as his DNA is bizarrely sold to fans

Ozzy Osbourne has had his fair share of rather interesting stories over the years, but now the iconic rocker is flogging his own DNA to a handful of dedicated fans

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5 d. ago ‘Ice raids while the wealthy party next door’: the migrants living in the shadow of Mar

Five residents of Lake Worth Beach – just 10 miles from Trump’s Maga fortress – share their stories of survival as an immigration crackdown takes its toll Lake Worth Beach, a small coastal city of about 45,000, sits in the shadows of Donald Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-A-Lago. A 10 minute drive from “Maga” HQ, it is sometimes optimistically referred to as “mini San Fran”, with a largely progressive, white middle class occupying its beachfront bungalows and a local economy built on tourism, retail and construction.It is also home to many undocumented and temporary visa migrants, who work at fruit farms and restaurants, landscape gardens and support the area’s affluent households. Though data on undocumented people is notoriously hard to collect, the 2024 census estimates that nearly half of the city’s residents are Hispanic and include Guatemalans (many of whom are Indigenous Maya), Mexicans and Venezuelans. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Holloway review – brave women go back to prison to unlock their stories

In this powerful documentary, six former inmates revisit their old cells to reflect on the childhood trauma and domestic abuse that led them to prisonYou can be told the statistics: 30% of women in prison spent time in care as children, and 70% have been the victim of domestic abuse. But what this powerful documentary from Sophie Compton and Daisy-May Hudson (the latter of whom is the director of just-released film Lollipop) does is to demonstrate the cruelty and injustice of a system that incarcerates the vulnerable.Shot in 2021, it follows six women returning to HMP Holloway in London before demolition began a year later. In the first scenes, they walk back into the prison, some into their old cells. The building is abandoned, ivy creeps up through the floorboards, but it’s still Holloway: “Fuck, I remember this smell,” says one. During a week-long workshop the women – brave and unfailingly articulate – share their stories. All of them experienced trauma in childhood, most masked ...

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1 week ago Youth power on show at YPI National Event as £8.5m granted to Scottish charities

Young people, teachers, charities, and keynote speakers were brough together for the YPI National Event to share inspirational stories and recognise the power of youth voice in driving positive change within local communities.

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1 week ago Brooklyn Beckham's brother Cruz breaks silence with heartbreaking post as feud escalates

Brooklyn Beckham's younger brother Cruz took to his Instagram Stories to share a heartbreaking throwback picture of the family

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2 w. ago ‘This Dutch oven keeps my mother’s memory alive’: readers’ kitchen treasures

From a copper pot passed down generations to a simple serving dish, the emotional ties to seemingly everyday objectsA few weeks ago, Bee Wilson wrote about how people sometimes invest kitchen items with strong meanings as they pass through generations.Here, four readers share stories of such treasured heirlooms, from copper pots from India to a cast-iron spatula from Italy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Oasis fans handed special request by the creator of Peaky Blinders

Oasis fans are being asked to share personal stories about a song that holds 'deep meaning' to them

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2 w. ago Meet the 2025 Love Island girls including flight attendant Justin Bieber follows

The fresh crop of singles have some fascinating stories to share

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3 w. ago ITV caller delivers brutal divorce swipe at Paddy McGuinness

On Tuesday's instalment of This Morning, ITV viewers were calling in to share their unusual relationship stories.

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