Kieran Yates
The Guardian
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Sunak and Starmer are obsessed with home ownership. Neither seems to want to fix the housing crisis
Both parties emphasise ‘getting on the ladder’ to win middle-class votes, says author Kieran Yates → Read More
‘By the time I was 30 I’d lived in more than 25 places – including a car showroom’
After three decades of pebbledash, mould and evictions, a serial renter wonders what really makes a home and how we can dig ourselves out of the housing crisis → Read More
‘I can’t remember feeling as excited about the future’: redesigning space travel for women
The drive for more women and greater diversity in the space sector will lead to new ideas and innovations, from spacesuits to toilets and beyond → Read More
Jeremiah Emmanuel: 'I hope my book gives people the courage to dream'
A member of youth parliament at 11, deputy young mayor at 13, Brixton-raised youth activist Jeremiah Emmanuel is now being published by Stormzy → Read More
The twinned injustices of race and class lie at the heart of the Grenfell tragedy
The Next of Kin group is right: the inquiry will be missing a core component unless these issues are properly addressed, says Kieran Yates, who writes on politics and culture → Read More
Bumi Thomas: the Glasgow-born singer given two weeks to leave the country
Despite living much of her life in the UK, the jazz musician became a victim of the hostile environment policy. She talks about her fight to remain – and strengthening her roots → Read More
Here's my mum with the news! Radio DJs on the switch to home-broadcasting
What can we expect as the coronavirus forces presenters to broadcast from their living rooms? Sirens, pancakes, family interruptions – and big happy bangers → Read More
Why do we gender AI? Voice tech firms move to be more inclusive
Gender-neutral voice assistants and accent recognition among projects in the pipeline → Read More
Eve will still blow your mind
Now living in London, we catch up with the newly independent Philadelphia rapper as she returns with ‘Reload’, her first new song in six years → Read More
The seminal 90s documentary that exposed the abuse of Britain’s refugees
Ken Fero on his groundbreaking 1994 film Tasting Freedom, an exposé on the demonisation of refugees that feels more relevant today than ever → Read More
Deaths in police custody are tragic. Devastated families deserve legal aid
After Sean Rigg died, his relatives had to raise funds for the court case, says Kieran Yates → Read More
What viral moments showed us about how power is changing in 2018
The old power structures of British politics, music, and TV are being broken down by online moments of collective action and radical community → Read More
Muqata’a: ‘Our music is a way to disrupt, to be a glitch in the system’
The Palestinian rapper on the power of Ramallah’s dance culture documented in a new film, Palestine Underground → Read More
'The state means to kill us': meet Gaika, Britain's most vital rapper
The Brixton artist makes tracks that focus on gentrification, violence and the immigrant experience – ‘black music with all the sex left in it and all the bullshit maths taken out’, as he says → Read More
Lotic: Power review – outsider electronics on the dancefloor
A hard-to-categorise club album of hyperactive techno, industrial R&B and power electronics, Lotic’s debut is a cut-n-paste thrill → Read More
Jorja Smith: Lost & Found review – soulful debut from R&B prodigy
British singer’s anticipated first album works through the pain of youth, love and relationships – but at times feels sparse → Read More
Junglepussy: JP3 review – charismatic rapper champions black womanhood
Shayna McHale’s fun, warm third release is a well-paced triumph → Read More
'I’m not a token black guy': A day in the life of Big Narstie (and his mum)
Despite his increasingly mainstream profile – a major label album, a Channel 4 show and Ed Sheeran as his daughter’s godfather – the rap star is still a fixture in his Brixton neighbourhood. He took us on a tour → Read More
Novelist: Novelist Guy review – young grime star shows his social conscience
MC pays tribute to the scene’s old guard while bringing in new lyrics about masculinity and politics → Read More
The greatest ever female rap tracks – ranked!
With mesmerising Bronx rapper Cardi B’s debut album Invasion of Privacy dropping this week, we look back at the greatest moments from the female rap stars who preceded her → Read More