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  • People outside The Cluny music venue in Ouseburn, Newcastle

    Will the beat go on?

    Gerry Hart reports on lockdown, gentrification and the face of Newcastle’s live music

  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is one of many high profile politicians who gained notoriety through comedy (Credit: Mykhaylo Markiv/The Presidential Administration of Ukraine)

    The rise of comedian politicians

    As more and more comedians find success in the political arena, Rhian Jones lists some of the most prominent examples of satirists turned statesmen

  • An illustration of Andrew Doyle's satirical character Titania McGrath

    Woke jokes and right-wing comedy

    There’s nothing radical – or funny – about right-wing comedy, says Jake Laverde.

  • Boris Johnson on the satirical comedy show Have I Got News for You

    How Corbyn unmasked comedy

    Juliet Jacques argues that the way comedians treated Jeremy Corbyn demolished their anti-establishment credentials

  • In a still from the game Call of Duty Modern Warfare, a many holds a large gun up in his sights against a smoky background

    The spoils of playing war

    Video games play a key role in sustaining the global military-industrial complex, writes Marzena Zukowska

  • Two characters from the video game Night in the Woods riding a bicycle set against the sunset

    Video games are for everyone

    Don’t believe the stereotypes, says Sher Jamal Stone. Video games are for everyone

  • A screenshot from the video game The Outer Worlds, showing an abandoned futuristic spacefaring settlement set against a large alien moon

    Can video games change the world?

    Siobhán McGuirk introduces our series on the politics of video games by asking ‘can video games change the world?