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Why we made controversial Channel 4 documentary The Experiment
Mat Fraser, Sophie L Morgan fronting C4 doc The Experiment
TV

Why we made controversial Channel 4 documentary The Experiment

Mat Fraser writes exclusively for the Big Issue about Channel 4 documentary The Experiment, a "carefully constructed social experiment which seeks to discover if the British public can be persuaded by ideas drawn from Nazi ideology"
Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: 'To save the world, we need to love it more'
Laura Tobin
PM for the PM

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: 'To save the world, we need to love it more'

Lenny Rush: 'I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can't be happening'
Lenny Rush as Valentine in The Reluctant Vampire
Interview

Lenny Rush: 'I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can't be happening'

Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’ 
Film

Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’ 

Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: 'I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared'
Letter To My Younger Self

Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: 'I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Blue Lights star Andi Osho: 'Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications'
PM for the PM

Blue Lights star Andi Osho: 'Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications'

Pearl Mackie on her prison play: 'Baby is the story of many women in the criminal justice system'
Theatre

Pearl Mackie on her prison play: 'Baby is the story of many women in the criminal justice system'

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

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'
Andrew Garfield’s Ploughman leads the way in The Uprising
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'
multiple versions of content creator KSI sat in a football stadium stand
Community

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

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'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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'