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Long Read: I Drank the Russell Brand Kool-Aid

Alison J Carr

His outsider status and unabashed spiritualism made TV star Russell Brand feel like a kindred spirit to a young Alison J Carr. As his alleged sexual misconduct and alt-right tendencies come to light, she wonders: how did I get him so wrong?

Opinion: It Isn’t Only Justin Welby That Should Go – So Should the Church of England

Adam Ramsay

The archbishop of Canterbury’s failure to investigate child abuse is a direct result of its sanctification of elites. Time to remove this reactionary poison from our state, writes Adam Ramsay.

ACFM: Trip 46: Death

Of all the unseen forces that shape human society, could death be the most powerful? The ACFM crew face the inevitable.

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Feature: 20 Rightwingers You Don’t Know But Should

Novara Reporters

This year we’ve heard endlessly from 30p Lee and Cruella Braverman, but what about Britain's lesser-known rightwing headbangers? As the Westminster circus rolls out of town, meet the B-list baddies poisoning our politics.

A building with a redbrick facade, shuttered ground floor windows and a white stone Mary affixed to it is covered almost entirely with a banner made of old clothes sewn together

Report: These Nuns Helped the Homeless Until They Showed Up On Their Doorstep

Rivkah Brown

When squatters set up a homeless shelter in a disused convent, they thought the nuns – whose religious order prides itself on helping the homeless – might show mercy. They called the police. Rivkah Brown reports.

ACFM: Trip 27: Magic

The revolution will be manifested. Keir, Nadia and Jeremy investigate magic, with music from Siouxsie, Queen and The KLF.

Opinion: Salman Rushdie Was Once on the Left. What Happened?

Alfie Steer

The author, currently in hospital following a knife attack in the US, has done a 180 over the course of his career. Alfie Steer examines why.

The Bastani Factor: Was Jesus Christ a Socialist Revolutionary?

For conservatives he is viewed as a source of inspiration, with some even claiming he was an advocate of the free market. But what did Jesus really preach two thousand years ago? Despite the rise of the religious right in recent decades, Aaron Bastani asks whether the central figure in the Christian faith was in […]