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The Real Essex Lion

Issue 1016

The Real Essex Lion

Oh Happy Ray – The Big Issue speaks to the real Essex lion, Ray Winstone…

Also in this week’s Big Issue:

Focus on Mars…Astronomer Royal Martin Rees on the latest scientific developments

Author, journalist & Man Booker prizewinner Howard Jacobson writes a Letter To My Younger Self

Plus! Hear from columnists Joey Barton and John Bird or catch up with Streetlights

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