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Features

All aboard the Mothership

How Bristol author and mum Emylia Hall helped hundreds of women write their way through early motherhood

‘Having the odd disabled model is not enough’: the Bristol woman shaking up the beauty industry

Bristol’s top family judge stepping down, to launch project to keep people out of court

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Interviews

Julz Davis: checking in on Martin Luther King’s dream

Campaigner Julz Davis speaks to the Cable about his Race for Power project to improve racial equity in Bristol, the UK's seventh most unequal city.

Interviews

Bridging the gap: A campaign empowering south Bristol’s youth

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“We’re expected to carry our babies while we also carry the burden of the statistics”

Mother of jailed Kill the Bill protester: ‘We never thought she’d get this long’ 

The mother of a woman recently sentenced to five and a half years after being found guilty of riot speaks out.

‘Protest is the lifeblood of our democracy, and it’s under threat’

Raj Chada, a defence lawyer who represented the Colston Four, says prosecuting demonstrators is becoming a ‘reflex’ in the UK.

Why PE isn’t just about exercising – and needs protecting

Sports advocates say it’s more than exercise that kids are missing out on when sports are cut from school timetables.

‘I want Black and Brown boys and girls to think they can get to these kinds of positions’

Lucy Turner, the new editor of Rife magazine talks about the need for young people to feel believed in, how art helped her face adversity, and how to make media and creative industries less pale, male and stale.

Grief, violence and faith: Bristol filmmaker’s award-winning new short film

Hartcliffe's Paul Holbrook talks about his new film set in Bristol and the importance of telling working class stories.

Turning down an MBE? ‘It was one of the quickest decisions of my life’: Interview with author Nikesh Shukla

Award-winning Bristol-based writer Nikesh Shukla talks refusing an MBE, going from rapper to writer and returning to community activism.