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News

July 20, 2017
Social Bite homeless village residents will be home for Christmas
News
By Liam Geraghty
July 20, 2017
Postcard art auction gives £6,800 boost to homeless youths
News
By Liam Geraghty
July 19, 2017
Why was a Costa Coffee customer barred from buying food for a homeless man?
News
By Andrew Burns
July 19, 2017
Dozens of readers flock to Big Issue vendor's pitch for send-off snap
News
By Liam Geraghty
July 18, 2017
Tributes paid after death of Big Issue vendor ‘Ben Nevis Bob’
News
By Andrew Burns
July 17, 2017
"In rural England the homeless are a problem to be hidden..."
News
By Editorial
July 17, 2017
Stramash: A positive outlook for young minds
News
By Adam Forrest
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Culture

July 21, 2017
Cillian Murphy: “You are given the chance to create and fail”
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 20, 2017
Street Art, June 2017
Culture
By Editorial
July 20, 2017
Fionn Whitehead: "Dunkirk set the mood for the rest of the war"
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 20, 2017
Why Jane Austen will be very at home on the new £10 banknote
Culture
By Editorial
July 20, 2017
Dirk Bogarde's Victim helped to bring homosexuality out of the shadows
Film
By Edward Lawrenson
July 20, 2017
GLOW – a stupid, brilliant, feel good romp through the glorious 1980s
TV
By Sam Delaney
July 20, 2017
Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher and Arcade Fire – best of the rest of 2017
Music
By Malcolm Jack
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Opinion

July 19, 2017
Samira Ahmed: Doctor Who progresses, but it’s still a man’s world
Opinion
By Samira Ahmed
July 18, 2017
Rebecca Solnit: How to get lost
Opinion
By Guest Columnist
July 17, 2017
John Bird: ‘Sociable housing’ could help people climb out of poverty
John Bird
By John Bird
July 7, 2017
Damian Barr: Grenfell was caused by the politics of greed
Opinion
By Damian Barr
July 7, 2017
Jeremy Corbyn rocks Glastonbury – How did it come to this?
Opinion
By Adrian Lobb
July 7, 2017
How do you solve a problem like Jeremy Corbyn?
Opinion
By Guest Columnist
July 3, 2017
John Bird: My first private member's bill will make borrowing fairer
John Bird
By John Bird
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Interviews

July 21, 2017
Kenneth Branagh: "Working with Christopher Nolan was a masterclass"
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 21, 2017
Cillian Murphy: “You are given the chance to create and fail”
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 20, 2017
Vince Cable: "l was always in the wrong place at the wrong time"
Letter To My Younger Self
By Jane Graham
July 20, 2017
Back to the beaches of Dunkirk
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 20, 2017
Fionn Whitehead: "Dunkirk set the mood for the rest of the war"
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 17, 2017
Harry Styles talks Dunkirk, power and politics
Interviews
By Steven MacKenzie
July 14, 2017
Ray Mears: "Find a tree, sit down and wait – let the nature come to you"
Interviews
By Editorial
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