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Here's what happened when Christopher Eccleston had a heart-to-heart with Big Issue seller Clive
Christopher Eccelston and vendor Clive in conversation. Photo: The Big Issue
Culture

Here's what happened when Christopher Eccleston had a heart-to-heart with Big Issue seller Clive

Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships
Warren Ellis holds his violin on stage in 2009
Books

Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships

Top 5 books about faceless bureaucracies, from Catch-22 to The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood.
Books

Top 5 books about faceless bureaucracies, from Catch-22 to The Handmaid's Tale

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper
Colson Whitehead gives the 2017 Black History Month lecture for the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
Books

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper

I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi
Books

I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi

Why the Take One Action Film Festival makes essential viewing ahead of COP26
Film

Why the Take One Action Film Festival makes essential viewing ahead of COP26

Filmmaker Paul Sng: 'My new book shows diversity can make Britain stronger'
Art

Filmmaker Paul Sng: 'My new book shows diversity can make Britain stronger'

Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'
Terry Hall of The Specials. Photo: Richard Saker/Shutterstock
Music

Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'

Covid drama Help is the 'distinctively British' TV the government wants
Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham. Image: Pal Hansen/Guardian/eyevine
TV

Covid drama Help is the 'distinctively British' TV the government wants

Shaun Ryder: 'It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us'
Shaun Ruder holds a face mask up which says call the cops
Music

Shaun Ryder: 'It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us'

Herself director Claire Dunne: 'We need to look at the building blocks of people, not just their houses'
Film

Herself director Claire Dunne: 'We need to look at the building blocks of people, not just their houses'

Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: 'Younger people are suffering'
Music

Jake Bugg X Jamal Edwards in Nottingham: 'Younger people are suffering'

Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing
sea shanties

Nathan Evans: Wellerman star says Ed Sheeran made him want to sing

Gilles Peterson is excited about the British jazz explosion
Music

Gilles Peterson is excited about the British jazz explosion

Respect review: Jennifer Hudson is sensational as Aretha Franklin
Film

Respect review: Jennifer Hudson is sensational as Aretha Franklin

Professor Green: Generational poverty has led to anger
Culture

Professor Green: Generational poverty has led to anger

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Book reviews: Something New Under The Sun and The Black Locomotive
Books

Book reviews: Something New Under The Sun and The Black Locomotive

The Big Flower Fight star Ryan Lanji: 'I always represent the underdog'
TV

The Big Flower Fight star Ryan Lanji: 'I always represent the underdog'

Musician buries the only copy of his album and urges fans to find it
Music

Musician buries the only copy of his album and urges fans to find it

SBTV founder Jamal Edwards: 'We have to pay it forward'
Culture

SBTV founder Jamal Edwards: 'We have to pay it forward'

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