Mike Leigh: Peterloo protesters would be ‘horrified’ by voter abstention
At the Mediterrane film festival in Malta, the film-maker spoke out against UK citizens ‘seeing justification in not voting’ in the general election
Nigel Farage outperforms all other UK parties and candidates on TikTok
Exclusive: Videos on Reform leader’s account show more engagement and average views than any other candidate
From African stars to British stalwarts, Glastonbury 2024 opens gates to a truly diverse lineup
With the BBC livestreaming globally for the first time, and an especially rich lineup of Black artists, 2024’s festival champions a broad remit – but plays it safe with Coldplay
Crossword roundup: goodbye Rishi and the meaning of ‘X’
Opinion polls, PMs of various kinds and the final few Rishis feature in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
Five hours a day on Facebook: how voters are keeping up with the election
Research agency Revealing Reality monitored the news consumption of six voters and found many were now relying on social media
‘There’s a lot less sharing’: how news consumption has changed since last UK election
Six volunteers shared their phone activity to give a snapshot of how voters keep themselves abreast of current affairs
DWP algorithm wrongly flags 200,000 people for possible fraud and error
Exclusive: Two-thirds of housing benefit claims marked as high risk in last three years were legitimate, figures show
Hip-hop mimes and breast jokes win Farage a valuable gen Z following
Reform leader’s strategy to engage with young voters online pays off as he hits 776,000 TikTok followers
Deepfake video of Nigel Farage playing Minecraft ‘of course’ not real, party says
Deepfake videos have failed to disrupt election campaign as some predicted, instead existing as obviously fake memes
Tory peer Peter Cruddas shared posts supporting Nigel Farage and Reform UK
Exclusive: almost half of billionaire Tory donor’s last 100 reposts were in support of rightwing party
Canvassing to empty houses: knocking on doors in the smart doorbell era
Campaigning door-to-door is nothing new, but selling your party’s vision in the UK election to someone when you can’t see them can be a mixed blessing
Strike: An Uncivil War review – brutal confrontation on the miners’ strike picket lines
Former miners and police officers recall Orgreave, one of the nastiest events in postwar British history, in Daniel Gordon’s forthright documentary
‘People aren’t so impressed by big names’: is the era of celebrity political endorsement over?
A-listers queued up to add showbiz pizzaz before elections. Today, it’s seen as more effective for a member of the public speak out
Sixteen years for stealing a flower pot: the film about the IPP jail sentence ‘designed to bury you alive’
Britain’s Forgotten Prisoners is a devastating documentary about the ‘public protection’ sentences that can amount to whole-of-life terms for relatively minor offences. Film-maker Martin Read explains his seven-year quest for justice
Deepfakes are here and can be dangerous, but ignore the alarmists – they won’t harm our elections
Although we can’t be complacent about digital interference in our democracy, this new wave of hysteria is not the answer, says Ciaran Martin, the former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre