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Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar 
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Top 5 books on the London Underground, chosen by Rishi Dastidar 

The underground keeps London moving every day. It's unsurprising that it provides the backdrop for so many books
The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all 
people playing a synthesiser
Music

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all 

Kneecap speak out: 'Against our will, we were sucked into this carnival'
Exclusive

Kneecap speak out: 'Against our will, we were sucked into this carnival'

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’
Documentary

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’

Splitsville: The romcom chucking a grenade into domestic bliss
Review

Splitsville: The romcom chucking a grenade into domestic bliss

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A Woman of Substance star Jessica Reynolds: 'You can't be an actor and not be political'
Interview

A Woman of Substance star Jessica Reynolds: 'You can't be an actor and not be political'

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
Book review

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll
Book review

Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll

Jews and Muslims' connected history goes beyond Gaza. It's a story that needs to be told right now
Books

Jews and Muslims' connected history goes beyond Gaza. It's a story that needs to be told right now

Nick Mohammed: 'Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy'
TV

Nick Mohammed: 'Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy'

50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart's volatile classic
Music

50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart's volatile classic

Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  
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Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: 'You absorb what’s happening'
Film

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: 'You absorb what’s happening'

Forty years of Flare, London's LGBTQIA+ film festival: 'We’ve become a really important safe space'
Film

Forty years of Flare, London's LGBTQIA+ film festival: 'We’ve become a really important safe space'

Kneecap break silence on terror charges: ‘I can’t be completely responsible all the time’
Kneecap pictured in a photo shoot for Big Issue
Kneecap

Kneecap break silence on terror charges: ‘I can’t be completely responsible all the time’

Handcuffed: We just want to see two flabby-bottomed strangers take a really awkward shower together
TV

Handcuffed: We just want to see two flabby-bottomed strangers take a really awkward shower together

Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination
Review

Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale
Review

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: 'Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die' 
Letter To My Younger Self

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: 'Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die' 

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend
Books

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend

What has punk ever done for us?
Punk

What has punk ever done for us?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside
Punk

Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside

Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Top 5

Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan

The Molotovs: 'We kind of created a scene from nothing'
Interview

The Molotovs: 'We kind of created a scene from nothing'

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires
Millionaire Anthony and barmaid Tilly handcuffed together on Channel 4's Handcuffed
TV

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires