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What led Eddy Grant down to Electric Avenue?
Eddy Grant on The Music That Made Me
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What led Eddy Grant down to Electric Avenue?

Independent Bookshop Week: 10 of the best new retailers
Independent Bookshop Week Friends of The Big Issue Illustration: Joseph Joyce
Books

Independent Bookshop Week: 10 of the best new retailers

Independent Bookshop Week: The best books from independent publishers
Books

Independent Bookshop Week: The best books from independent publishers

How 'The Reason I Jump' helped one author better understand his autistic son
TV

How 'The Reason I Jump' helped one author better understand his autistic son

How one festival is keeping musicians going until live gigs return
Live gigs haven't returned yet: Trombonist Liam Shortall from Glasgow based jazz collective corto.alto Photo Glasgow Jazz Festival
Music

How one festival is keeping musicians going until live gigs return

Homeless people in Japan can stay with their pets, thanks to Street Cat Bob
Street Cat Bob in Covent Garden
Film

Homeless people in Japan can stay with their pets, thanks to Street Cat Bob

Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller: All that is unsaid
Books

Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller: All that is unsaid

The world's narrow escape from nuclear war
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Books

The world's narrow escape from nuclear war

Wicked Enchantment by Wanda Coleman: Poems that race from line to line
Books

Wicked Enchantment by Wanda Coleman: Poems that race from line to line

Record Store Day and the secrets of the vinyl sleeves
Music

Record Store Day and the secrets of the vinyl sleeves

The Father review: Unsettling, insidious and genuinely scary
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Film

The Father review: Unsettling, insidious and genuinely scary

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme might just be a work of radio genius
Radio

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme might just be a work of radio genius

Peter Crouch: 'I’m still dining out on the robot celebration'
TV

Peter Crouch: 'I’m still dining out on the robot celebration'

Keanu Reeves: Saving the world with rock'n'roll... and kindness
Bill & Ted on a Bogus Journey
Film

Keanu Reeves: Saving the world with rock'n'roll... and kindness

The best LGBTQ+ documentaries ever made
Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel – A Secret Love
TV

The best LGBTQ+ documentaries ever made

Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny looks at life's bruises and heartaches
Books

Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny looks at life's bruises and heartaches

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The best books about magic… that aren’t Harry Potter
Simon Farnaby recommends books about magic
Books

The best books about magic… that aren’t Harry Potter

Sauntering: The writers walking their way to stories
Books

Sauntering: The writers walking their way to stories

Fargo taps into our deepest fears, and not just because of the ad breaks
TV

Fargo taps into our deepest fears, and not just because of the ad breaks

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev: An exploration of feminist agency
Books

The Final Revival of Opal and Nev: An exploration of feminist agency

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