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You don't need a penis to be a music producer: the women breaking barriers
Music

You don't need a penis to be a music producer: the women breaking barriers

Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie review: Primal Scream star strikes a tangible note of melancholy
The cover of Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie.
Books

Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie review: Primal Scream star strikes a tangible note of melancholy

Pioneering opera about a transgender woman comes to the UK
A still from trans opera As One.
Music

Pioneering opera about a transgender woman comes to the UK

The website offering a new way to find diverse children’s books
Bookversal compiles a diverse range of children’s books for parents. Illustration: Joseph Joyce
Books

The website offering a new way to find diverse children’s books

From Coldplay to COP26: Is a greener music industry possible?
Coldplay singer Chris Martin performs surrounded by streamers
Music

From Coldplay to COP26: Is a greener music industry possible?

Get Up, Stand Up! - Arinzé Kene on bringing Bob Marley to the West End
Arinzé Kene says he faced 'huge waves and mountains of fear' prior to portraying Bob Marley. Image: Craig Sugden
Theatre

Get Up, Stand Up! - Arinzé Kene on bringing Bob Marley to the West End

In praise of the Apple TV hit The Morning Show
TV

In praise of the Apple TV hit The Morning Show

Dear Evan Hansen review: 'Hard to know what the filmmakers were aiming for'
Amy Adams as Cynthia Murphy and Danny Pino as Larry Mora in Dear Evan Hansen, directed by Stephen Chbosky. Image: Universal Pictures
Film

Dear Evan Hansen review: 'Hard to know what the filmmakers were aiming for'

Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'
Shappi Khorsandi performing comedy. Image: Mick Flynn / Alamy Stock Photo
Culture

Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'

'The system is controlled by gatekeepers - Black creators are doing it their own way'
Culture

'The system is controlled by gatekeepers - Black creators are doing it their own way'

‘Culture is who we are and what we do, not something for any sort of elite’
Culture

‘Culture is who we are and what we do, not something for any sort of elite’

Get your entries in for The Big Issue's Christmas Kids Cover Competition
Art

Get your entries in for The Big Issue's Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music
Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason The Music That Made Me
classical

Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Our home was rich with music

Nathan Filer's podcast Why Do I Feel is a series of beautifully told stories
Culture

Nathan Filer's podcast Why Do I Feel is a series of beautifully told stories

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right
Agnes O'Casey stars in Ridley Road. Photo: BBC / Ben Blackall
TV

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection
Books

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch
Books

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new
Music

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca
The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy is out now (Lake Union Publishing. Illustration: Joseph Joyce
Books

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca

Five of the worst sexist costumes on sale this Halloween
Halloween 2021 - the wirst sexist outfits
Culture

Five of the worst sexist costumes on sale this Halloween

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