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An independent record store is boycotting Adele's new album in a row over vinyl
Ben Savage stands outside Skeleton Records vinyl store in Birkenhead
Music

An independent record store is boycotting Adele's new album in a row over vinyl

Top tips for your Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition entry from Sarah McIntyre
Art

Top tips for your Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition entry from Sarah McIntyre

Actor Michael Trucco: Midnight Mass turned me into Sexy Ned Flanders
Michael Trucco stars in Midnight Mass
TV

Actor Michael Trucco: Midnight Mass turned me into Sexy Ned Flanders

Naga Munchetty: 'Immigrant families have to be that bit better'
TV

Naga Munchetty: 'Immigrant families have to be that bit better'

Brian Cox: 'Logan Roy is the part I’ve always been shaping up for'
Brian Cox
Culture

Brian Cox: 'Logan Roy is the part I’ve always been shaping up for'

Top 5 books set in fictional bad places, chosen by JL George
top 5 books set in fictional bad places
Books

Top 5 books set in fictional bad places, chosen by JL George

In praise of re-issues, the musical goldmines which never run dry
Songwriter and original hippie eden ahbez, right, with Nat King Cole and Fred Allen, left, in 1948.
Music

In praise of re-issues, the musical goldmines which never run dry

Book reviews: Oh William! and Things I Didn’t Throw Out
books reviews
Books

Book reviews: Oh William! and Things I Didn’t Throw Out

Alan Cumming: 'My dad was a very good abuser'
Culture

Alan Cumming: 'My dad was a very good abuser'

Spencer review: 'Just let Princess Diana rest in peace'
Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in Spencer. Image: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy Stock Photo
Film

Spencer review: 'Just let Princess Diana rest in peace'

ABBA's comeback is set to make money, money, money
A virtual ABBA will perform seven shows a week for six months in London’s 3,000-capacity ABBA Arena Image: Keystone Press / Alamy Stock Photo
Music

ABBA's comeback is set to make money, money, money

Last Night in Soho review: 'A bone-close exploration of female trauma'
last night in soho
Film

Last Night in Soho review: 'A bone-close exploration of female trauma'

Dead Relatives review: Brilliantly atmospheric and relentlessly creepy
Books

Dead Relatives review: Brilliantly atmospheric and relentlessly creepy

Far From the Light of Heaven review: Wrongfoots the reader at every turn
Books

Far From the Light of Heaven review: Wrongfoots the reader at every turn

Seinfeld: Classic sitcom's arrival to Netflix is the reset we all need
seinfeld
TV

Seinfeld: Classic sitcom's arrival to Netflix is the reset we all need

Top 5 spooky books written by women
Crouch wrote Wish You Weren't Here which depicts a family of ghost hunters.
Books

Top 5 spooky books written by women

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Finding the real Shane MacGowan meant roving down a different road
Books

Finding the real Shane MacGowan meant roving down a different road

'Godfather of hip-hop' Gil Scott-Heron played by his own rules
Gil Scott-Heron in 1975. Image: Gilles Petard/Redferns
Music

'Godfather of hip-hop' Gil Scott-Heron played by his own rules

Climate change at the movies - a history
Film

Climate change at the movies - a history

Paul Chuckle: 'James Bond? Yes, I could do that'
Paul Chuckle
TV

Paul Chuckle: 'James Bond? Yes, I could do that'

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