Section: Voices
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Weekend with Prince Abdi: ‘Going for a kebab after a gig was my night out’
The standup on why he hates cooking, being woken up early by the kids and his favourite comedy venues
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The Hyphen view from Europe: the far right has found a way to win while losing
Voters in Sweden and Berlin rejected the far right in key elections this month — but its ideas are proving rather harder to defeat
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The public library is one of life’s last remaining miracles
It feels like Eid has come early every single time I check out a pile of books
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Labour conference is the easy bit — Burnham’s real test comes in a month
After weeks of ‘relatively easy’ crowdpleaser policies from the new PM, the 2026 budget will reveal what Andy Burnham really stands for
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Weekend with Shabaz Ali: ‘I’ll watch a horror film to relax’
The content creator and comedian on his love of Blackburn, watching scary movies to unwind and his new BBC documentary, Are Billionaires Bad?
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Now’s the time to rebuild an empowered and inclusive working class
It took decades of deliberate strategy to erode our sense of pride and solidarity. We’ll need to work equally hard to get it back
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Berlin election results show German capital isn’t so progressive after all
The Left won a historic victory, but the far-right AfD nearly doubled its vote. The new ruling party must turn election promises into material change
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Weekend with Tez Ilyas: ‘I get up early to feed my disabled rabbits’
The comedian on his latest stand-up show Tez Things I Hate About You, his favourite places to eat in Blackburn and caring for his two pet rabbits
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Weekend with Daniyal Khan: ‘Most of my enjoyment is centred around dinner’
The sports presenter on spending hours in restaurants, long walks with his family and his favourite place to watch football
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The AfD is winning because of its radicalism, not despite it
Germany’s far-right party secured a historic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. Mohamed Amjahid says its success came from turning embedded prejudice into votes
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Weekend with Kas Ahmed: ‘I wake up to a three-year-old hitting me in the face with a book’
The TV doctor on becoming a countryside boy, making daal nachos and life after The Traitors
