North of Ireland’s First Minister on the emerging ‘Celtic alliance’

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Michelle O’Neill doesn’t mince words: the first nationalist First Minister for the North of Ireland’s six counties sat down with Scottish paper the National. She had plenty to say about culture, reunification, Scottish independence, and the arrogance of Westminster. Politics trickles through culture Something huge is shifting in the North of Ireland. You can feel it in the music, with establishment-baiting Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap packing out venues across the world. You can see it on TV as Derry Girls made the six counties a cultural export. And you can measure it in the polling: 63% of people in the North…

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Young adaptive clothing line hosts first Disability Pride Catwalk in Manchester

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Disabled models will travel the runway at Aviva Studios on Saturday 27 June 2026 ahead of Disability Pride Month. The most inclusive fashion show that’s ever been staged in Manchester is coming to the city ahead of Disability Awareness Month. Sixteen models – female, non binary and male – will travel down a specially constructed runway at Manchester’s Aviva Studios. Aged from 20s-50s, every model is disabled, neurodivergent or chronically ill and all will wear adaptive fashion designs from a young, ambitious Manchester label. Manchester Metropolitan University fashion graduate Ellie Brown founded RECONDITION in 2025. Brown’s eyes opened to how unaccommodating…

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Lambeth elects first ever Green leader and moves to ‘cabinet committee’ model

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Lambeth has elected its first ever Green leader at a reconvened annual council meeting at the Town Hall in Brixton. Martin Abrams, councillor for Streatham Hill East, was elected to lead the council, and Ciara Alleyne and Natalie Kane were elected co-deputy leaders. Abrams has named his cabinet, with ten councillors covering nine remits between them: Natalie Kane. Ciara Alleyne. Pete Elliott. Scott Ainslie. Zvikomborero Chihoro. Michael Chessum. Jeremy Isaacs. Sam Dorney-Smith. Alice Weavers. Jonathan Bartley. The Greens had been moving to implement a committee system of governance. This would have scrapped the executive model in favour of cross-party committees which…

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