FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 | History Defined

Leeds art installation helps children grapple with fourth spatial dimension

Sprawling work at Victorian house features 4D climbing frame and is part of city’s year of culture

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

‘Demand interestingness’: Thomas Heatherwick rails against boring buildings

Designer says soulless structures make people stressed and lonely as he launches book and campaign

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023

‘Mind-boggling’: Johnny Marr on his 53 favourite guitars – and the one Noel Gallagher smashed

They were used to write Smiths classics like Still Ill and What Difference Does It Make? As the star publishes a coffee-table book telling the stories of his most adored guitars, he remembers the loan to Noel that made him give up booze

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023

‘It’s torture’: communities left in property limbo by HS2 indecision

While some living in the path of the planned railway sold up, others have stayed put, unsure when or even if they will be forced out

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2023

‘Coming-of-age moment’: Bee Network creates a buzz in Greater Manchester

The first buses bought back into public control since the 1980s roll out the depot in a ‘new dawn’ for public transport

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023

‘There’s only so much I can take’: England’s doctors on the picket line

Low rates of pay and ‘dangerous’ staffing levels lead to first joint strike for junior doctors and consultants

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023

‘The despair is the same’: Alan Bleasdale and James Graham on bringing back Boys from the Blackstuff

It’s a dream team: the creator of the 1982 BBC series and the writer of Sherwood. The pair meet in Liverpool to discuss putting Yosser and the lads on stage in a new era of economic desperation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

‘A massive part of my life’: Alex Williams’s Manchester City odyssey

The former City goalkeeper and retiring head of City in the Community charity tells Jamie Jackson about his playing career, tackling racism and his legacy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

‘You could get everything here’: Wilko customers make final shopping trip as closures begin

Wilko in Brownhills has final trading day after retailer went into administration with the loss of 12,000 jobs

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2023

My beloved son, father and brother were murdered – and my youngest boy had to tell me

Suzanne Richards lost most of her family when a terrorist killed 38 people in a Tunisian resort. Eight years on, she remembers that terrible day, and the sense of purpose she found in the aftermath

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023