Thomas Quinn

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Thomas Quinn on the American supermoms making medical history

"Kristine changed her son’s life. Perhaps she changed his brain – or at least allowed it to evolve in the way it was meant to"

The Pirates of Penzance, Theatre Royal, Glasgow

"This production revels in the story's potential for slapstick and wit – while providing glorious sets and a fabulous chorus"

Greg Karber distributes A&F clothing to the homeless on Skid Row

#FitchTheHomeless campaign goes viral

Thomas Quinn

Abercrombie and Fitch clothes donated to the homeless as Greg Karber attempts to rebrand "a terrible company"

Thomas Quinn works up an appetite for Philip Kazan's tasty novel

"The hero is Nino, a Renaissance Jamie Oliver whose gift - a brilliant sense of taste - is also a curse"

The Cybermen

"They are more disturbing than ever!"

Thomas Quinn

Author Neil Gaiman discusses making the Cybermen scary again for this weekend's Doctor Who episode

Talk to the Big Issue – and the world

Thomas Quinn

Street papers around the globe reproduce Big Issue features on Dustin Hoffman, Jamie Oliver and more

The Big Issue no 1019 is up for the PPA's Cover of the Year

Move over Becks, The Big Issue is here

Thomas Quinn

A Big Issue magazine cover is up against Beckham and others for Cover of the Year

Thomas Quinn explores the latest e-book innovations

"The new iPad version of Goldilocks and The Three Bears is fun, does a lot more than any Kindle book could, and is ideal for pre-schoolers"

What happens when vendors brainstorm with iconic ad agency?

Thomas Quinn

A new campaign by Big Issue sellers and M&C Saatchi drives home the message that vendors are working, not begging

Thomas Quinn: Don't let life crush you...

"Life After Life by Kate Atkinson is one of the most moving, humane novels I've ever read"

Drinking Mirror

Drinking Mirror goes down well with the boozing classes

Thomas Quinn

The effects of alcohol are not pretty - as shown by the Drinking Mirror, a very successful app promoting a healthier lifestyle

Thomas Quinn: Love and lovers from Orkney to San Francisco

"Orkney by Amy Sackville shows that you can fall in love with someone without having a clue who they really are"

Thomas Quinn: Mo Yan's world and other strange places

"Mo Yan's Pow! is a a strange, dirty, picaresque novel - part social commentary, part satire, and a lot of stuff about meat and sex"

Illustration by Mitch Blunt

Thomas Quinn reviews Doppler: "Funny, and a touch dark"

"Doppler’s decision to live in a forest really isn’t so crazy - in fact, it's extraordinary that more men don’t follow his lead"

Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally: The brutal, feminist truth of world war one

Thomas Quinn

Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally was inspired by the diaries of WW1 nurses for his latest novel - and how feminism was at war...

Thomas Quinn is gripped by CJ Sansom's Dominion

"CJ Sansom takes history by the neck and sends it flying - a thought-provoking page-turner"

AM Homes

AM Homes: The dark heart of American life

Thomas Quinn

AM Homes' new book May We Be Forgiven brutally exposes the face of contemporary American culture

Is it Just Me? by Miranda Hart: 'Hilaire!'

Thomas Quinn reviews Is it Just Me? by Miranda Hart, plus celebrity memoirs by Tulisa and Bruno Tonioli

The Big Issue launches digital edition

Thomas Quinn

Big Issue readers will now be able to read content on their iPads and iPhones

Richard vs TripAdvisor

Thomas Quinn

In a real-life David and Goliath battle, will one B&B owner's fight against TripAdvisor prove to be a landmark internet legal case?

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