Marilyn Monroe was born on 1 June 1926. One hundred years later, her face is everywhere: on posters, fashion campaigns, merchandise and in the work of artists who have never stopped returning to her ...

Any new drama from Russell T Davies is big news. He’s one of the great writers of recent decades and his work demands to be watched and seen, listened to and heard. If anyone wants to make the case ...

Bee Mission installs beehives. They also cook up to 50 hot meals three times a week for people sleeping rough in Bournemouth.

Tory shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho said that the Tories would overturn “the de-facto ban on air conditioning”, But ...

Privatisation has not only deepened inequality but has led basic human rights like access to housing and water to become private commodities ...

The government must create a “compassionate” benefits system which does not “demonise people for needing social security support” to prevent further deaths of claimants, the Work and Pensions Select ...

The Grenfell Inquiry says it has found no evidence race or social discrimination of the tower’s residents played a part in bringing about the disaster. But in the long-awaited second report, the ...

Disabled people face in the UK face “abuse”, “trauma” and in some cases death as a result of government policies, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has ...

Every so often the media spotlights high-profile cases of modern slavery that briefly shock the public conscience before unfortunately fading from view. There was recently the sentencing of a UN judge ...

Young people are more likely to use social media for nutrition advice than a doctor or the NHS, new research has found. A survey of more than 2,100 adults by BBC Good Food, carried out by YouGov, has ...

Last night I had a very strange dream that involved a long procession of people carrying a vast amount of fruit and vegetables into community kitchens. Their laden bounty appeared in glorious ...

A pet going missing, even for a short time, is devastating. Pet Database are giving all Big Issue vendors’ dogs a smart pet ...