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Racist and traumatising: inside a Section 60 suspicionless stop and search operation

Officers searched innocent children, disproportionately targeted people of colour and undermined their anti-racism reforms during a 48-hour police operation in February. Their narrative that it was an effective knife-crime deterrent, done with consent, is misleading.

Sean Morrison

Callouts

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Siddhartha Kurapati and Sam Kinch

Features

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A new trans tipping point

In the 2010s, trans characters were a regular part of popular TV shows. With that progress going into reverse, trans Bristolians reflect on the lack of representation in modern culture

Hannah Vickers

Features

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A year of aggressive policing against antifascists in Bristol

Nicholas Stone died after being pushed over by officers at a demo in January. Other protesters have been arrested, kettled and surveilled under increasingly draconian state powers

Adam Quarshie

Photography

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Photo essay: Glimmer

Photographer Dulcie Wagstaff explores how spirituality feels for a generation brought up around technology

Dulcie Wagstaff

Features

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Harbourside to Gaza: Bristol answers the Freedom Flotilla’s call

This week a boat set sail from Bristol to break Israel’s siege on Gaza. Twelve people are on board the latest vessel attempting to deliver aid to Palestine

Will Crawford

Edition 44

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Quakerism’s quiet youth turn?

A 400-year-old faith, with an average member age of 66, may be finding new life among a younger generation of Bristolians

Sofia Lambis

Edition 44

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‘Come and find a listening ear’: Seeking solace at Bristol’s Rastafari Centre

We visit the Rastafari Community Centre in St Pauls. How is the legacy and learning of a tradition carried forward when its elders are no longer here?

Adam Quarshie

Features

‘Not as proud as I should be’: How The Church of England’s divide plays out in Bristol

For decades, the Church of England has been divided on same-sex marriage. In Bristol, a city with a vibrant LGBTQ+ community, is the rift widening, or is a united Church still possible?

Faith Rhiannon Clarke

Investigations

Behind the buzz: Flawed science, industry influence and the untold harm of energy drinks

The government will ban the sale of energy drinks to under-16s next year. We look back at how research with ties to Red Bull shaped the debate and delayed restrictions, and how Bristol academics played a role

Sean Morrison and Faith Rhiannon Clarke

Edition 44

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The Bristol Way of Death

Bristol is one of the UK's most secular cities. How do its residents find ways to deal with mourning and mortality?

Michal Grant

Hope Is Around The Corner

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We are the champions

In the wake of the World Cup, Nikesh reflects on the beauty of the game and what he’s learned from coaching his daughters’ football team

Nikesh Shukla

Edition 44

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Strange sounds, synagogues and solidarity: Bristol’s radical Jewish artists

From Klezmer to queer folk-punk, Bristol’s Jewish artists are keeping a tradition of antifascism alive

Tom Chachewitz

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Racist and traumatising: inside a Section 60 suspicionless stop and search operation