Culture

The Lost Children of Tuam: How one woman's fight for justice led to a national reckoning for Ireland
Monica Dolan plays Catherine Corless in The Lost Children of Tuam
Review

The Lost Children of Tuam: How one woman's fight for justice led to a national reckoning for Ireland

Amateur historian Catherine Corless has been described as "Ireland's Erin Brockovich". The dramatisation of her long and painstaking fight to shine light on a buried horror makes for a strangely life-affirming watch
Hairy Biker Si King: 'We were both into motorcycles and food. We got on like a house on fire'
Si King of The Hairy Bakers
Letter To My Younger Self

Hairy Biker Si King: 'We were both into motorcycles and food. We got on like a house on fire'

Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’
Louis Theroux sits for his portrait on Portrait Artist of the Year
TV

Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: 'A world so sharply divided is going to be angry'
Film

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: 'A world so sharply divided is going to be angry'

KSI: 'People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have'
Community

KSI: 'People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Screenwriter Andrew Davies: 'I didn't mind people saying I sexed up Pride & Prejudice'
Andrew Davies
Letter To My Younger Self

Screenwriter Andrew Davies: 'I didn't mind people saying I sexed up Pride & Prejudice'

Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard: 'I realised I could work on behalf of marginalised people'
Death Cab For Cutie singer Ben Gibbard
Music

Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard: 'I realised I could work on behalf of marginalised people'

Lisa Maffia: 'To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t'
Lisa Maffia in the Capital Xtra studio
Letter To My Younger Self

Lisa Maffia: 'To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t'

Kelly Macdonald: 'We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs'
Kelly Macdonald
Letter To My Younger Self

Kelly Macdonald: 'We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs'

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: 'It's not all Vera Lynn'
Music

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: 'It's not all Vera Lynn'

See the protest art hitting London's streets to mark Big Issue's 35th birthday
Paste Present Future asked notable protest artists: what is your big issue?
Art

See the protest art hitting London's streets to mark Big Issue's 35th birthday

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Tony Christie
Music

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’

The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’
Himesh Patel
Poverty

The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world'
Paul Heaton
Music

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world'

Bonnie Oddie: 'There's no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying'
Theatre

Bonnie Oddie: 'There's no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying'

Kevin Rowland: 'The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy'
Kevin Rowland
Music

Kevin Rowland: 'The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy'

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’
Actor Shonagh Marie in Bullet Tongue
Arts

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’

Natalie Imbruglia: 'Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel'
Natalie Imbruglia
Letter To My Younger Self

Natalie Imbruglia: 'Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel'

Wrestling legend Mick Foley: 'You need to tell people you love them before it's too late'
WWE wrestler Mick Foley in the ring
Letter to My Younger Self

Wrestling legend Mick Foley: 'You need to tell people you love them before it's too late'

Shane Torres: 'My dad was homeless. It's sobering to see your model of a man failing completely'
Comedian Shane Torres
Culture

Shane Torres: 'My dad was homeless. It's sobering to see your model of a man failing completely'

'Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?'
Kyle Osborne and the KO Quartet from Tomorrow's Warriors
Young people

'Where do kids get their musical instruments from if mum and dad can’t afford it?'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Munya Chawawa and Jack Rooke: 'How can we make sure new theatre makers aren’t all Oxbridge people?'
Jack Rooke and Munya Chawawa
Comedy

Munya Chawawa and Jack Rooke: 'How can we make sure new theatre makers aren’t all Oxbridge people?'

The Edinburgh Fringe costs performers thousands. Why do they still go?
A street performer at Edinburgh Fringe
Arts funding

The Edinburgh Fringe costs performers thousands. Why do they still go?

Jordan Stephens: 'You can't ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go'
Music

Jordan Stephens: 'You can't ban social media without giving young people anywhere else to go'

'I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point'
Girl Grind UK
Employment

'I’m in spaces where I’m the only girl and feel like I have to outshine everyone to make a point'