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David Attenborough - "The World is a Wonderful Place"

Laura Kelly

Britain's greatest natural history broadcaster turns reflective

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The reason I’ve decided to write a column for The Big Issue?

Joey Barton

Well, to be concise (for a change), I’m not exactly sure. I’ve been offered plenty of opportunities to write for publications for my own monetary gain.

1 week 4 days ago
Dickens is upon us. He started on January 9 for me when Simon Callow did a heart-rending and deeply characterful performance of A Christmas Carol.
2 weeks 2 days ago
There has been much written and talked about in recent times about the terminal decline of print. Change is blowing in, of course, but at The Big Issue we believe in a future for words and pictures on paper.
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I was put into care from a very young age. I suffered abuse at home and I was in and out of foster care and homes from the age of seven.
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Latest Reviews

Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked (U)

2

The first two Chipmunk films, in which a bunch of furry CGI critters cause havoc, were so lamentable you might expect some improvement on this latest instalment.

Puss in Boots (U)

4

Voiced with relish by Antonio Banderas, the amorous, swashbuckling cat at the centre of this family animation first appeared in the second of the Shrek movies.

Dreams of a Life (12A)

4

How well do we truly know other people?

Meet Me in St Louis (U)

5

The festive re-release of 1944’s Meet Me In St Louis begins in the kitchen of the Smiths, a happily chaotic family who live in one of the more affluent parts of St Louis at the turn of the last centur