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Edition 44

‘Violence is worse than loving your enemy’

With Christian nationalism on the rise across the UK, including in Bristol, theologians, academics and church leaders discuss how to respond

Charting a new course: How Bristol’s Muslims are mapping their own futures

Children of the stones: Druidry in Bristol

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Features

‘I don’t want to use the trans loos’

In the first in a four-part series, trans Bristolians tell the Cable how last year’s Supreme Court decision on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act has affected their lives

Reports

Shindig Festival stands firm on Bob Vylan booking despite licencing pressure

Features

Damien Egan school visit: Anatomy of a faux scandal

‘Your soul dies but your body stays alive’

After reaching the UK, Palestinians from Gaza face uncertain futures as they wait to be reunited with their families

On the road in Filton – Bristol’s arms trade quarter

The Cable tours the weapons factories of north Bristol, encountering endless aviation memorabilia, indifferent locals and aggy security guards

How to interfere with jury trials, and lose

A jury refused to convict six Palestine Action activists who smashed up an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol, overcoming a government-led smear campaign and arms lobby pressure

‘Find your people, find your space’: Lawi Anywar on Bristol’s arts scene

The Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist discusses mental health, masculinity and the challenges of thriving in a precarious creative sector

Bristol’s Kurdish community rallies for Rojava

As attacks intensify in northern Syria, Kurdish Bristolians Tara and Tanya speak to the Cable about betrayal, resistance and why the women-led revolution must be defended

The Sudanese Bristolians using art to cope with displacement

In the shadow of a brutal civil war, a collective of Sudanese women in Bristol are bonding over coffee and creativity