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Rachel Johnson caricature

Rachel Johnson: I've just realised - I'm middle-aged!

Rachel Johnson

"I recently listened to a whole edition of Gardeners’ Question Time without vaulting to the off button at the words 'Bob Flowerdew'"

Paul McNamee

Osborne’s Demons

Paul McNamee

"Fixing the system is not done by sneering and inviting a judgmental attitude that conflates everybody who may need a little help"

Mike Shinoda covers the US election for The Big Issue

Mike Shinoda: This way hope

Mike Shinoda - Linkin Park frontman and Big Issue columnist - asks if Superstorm Sandy won the election for Obama

John Bird

Real change requires more than 'a day out in London'

John Bird

"If students believe they should see a reduction in their fees, then change the politics of the political parties"

Joey Barton

Joey Barton: "Israel and Palestine is tit-for-tat violence"

Joey Barton

Joey Barton: "In the Israel-Palestine conflict, the leaders of each side really need to man up"

Paul McNamee

Do the right thing

Paul McNamee

"What use is a press if nobody trusts it or believes in it? That has to be at the heart of what we do"

John Bird

The hedgehog who brought the house down

John Bird

"The production broadens the artistic chances of children and young people to meet such a serious, though inventive form as opera"

Joey Barton

Joey Barton: “Both sides need to man up”

Joey Barton

Marseille Footballer Joey Barton - currently taking flak over his French accent - tackles the Israel-Palestine dispute

Paul McNamee

Happy Days

Paul McNamee

"If the rash of happiness surveys proves anything, it's that money really isn’t at the heart of happiness"

John Bird

Welfare reform: It’s a taxing issue

John Bird

"If Cameron is serious about welfare reform, he must likewise be serious about going after the weird world of offshore tax"

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