What is change? This issue we pluck pennies from pavements, watch caterpillars burst from cocoons, and talk turning points with four generations of women. Plus: revolution, rising and shining, and the books which lead our writers to relationships and realisations aplenty.

Interviews: Maxine Peake, Daughter, JennyLee, Sarah Schulman

Words: Aimee-lee Abraham, Liz Ann Bennett, Choechoe Brereton, Rosanna Durham, Charlotte Humphery, Roisin Kiberd, Laura Maw, Sarah McCoy, Letty McHugh, Rob Moore, Jack Murphy, Alice Naylor, Jason Ward, Adam Woodward

Illustration: Cristina BanBan

Pictures: Francesca Jane Allen, Ariadne Arendt, Rachel Caulfield, Elizabeth Dare, Rosanna Durham, Matilda Hill-Jenkins, Michelle Lartigue, Sveta Melnikova, Stephanie Noritz, Conor O’Leary, Liz Seabrook, Ingerð Stenberg Jønsson, Beinta á Torkilsheyggi, Pam Virada