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David Byrne: ‘The US has been ripped in half… again’
David Byrne Credit: Catalina Kulczar/Redux / eyevine
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David Byrne: ‘The US has been ripped in half… again’

Dolly Parton talks crushing on Johnny Cash and the meaning of Jolene
Dolly Parton wears a re christmas outfit and stands in front of white christmas trees
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Dolly Parton talks crushing on Johnny Cash and the meaning of Jolene

Pure Evil: ‘Artists are just a few pay checks away from homelessness’
Pure Evil has designed limited edition signed wrapping paper which is available from The Big Issue Shop
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Pure Evil: ‘Artists are just a few pay checks away from homelessness’

Top 5 books on disability, recommended by Dan Goodley
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Top 5 books on disability, recommended by Dan Goodley

Tuppence Middleton: 'Mank' made me grateful to work in post-Me Too Hollywood
Tuppence Middleton stands wearing all black against a white background
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Tuppence Middleton: 'Mank' made me grateful to work in post-Me Too Hollywood

Dolly Parton: 'If I want something hell or high water ain't gonna stop me'
Dolly Parton wears a re christmas outfit and stands in front of white christmas trees
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Dolly Parton: 'If I want something hell or high water ain't gonna stop me'

From the archive: Dave Prowse 'could have been Darth Vader, Conan and Jaws'
darth vader
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From the archive: Dave Prowse 'could have been Darth Vader, Conan and Jaws'

Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick by David Wong: full throttle fun
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Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick by David Wong: full throttle fun

Jon Bon Jovi says his parents gave him the 'belief to make a dream reality'
Jon Bon Jovi. Image: Clay McBride
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Jon Bon Jovi says his parents gave him the 'belief to make a dream reality'

Here's how you can watch A Christmas Gift From Bob now
Film

Here's how you can watch A Christmas Gift From Bob now

Brief Encounter at 75: How would the iconic film look in the Covid age?
Film

Brief Encounter at 75: How would the iconic film look in the Covid age?

Luke Treadaway: Sleeping rough was the least I could do for Street Cat Bob
Luke Treadaway in A Christmas Gift From Bob
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Luke Treadaway: Sleeping rough was the least I could do for Street Cat Bob

Rachel List: 'The struggling artist for most of us is not just a stereotype'
Rachel List sits under one of her murals saying 'We're All In This Together'
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Rachel List: 'The struggling artist for most of us is not just a stereotype'

Sam Fender takes on homelessness this Christmas with 'Winter Song'
Sam Fender
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Sam Fender takes on homelessness this Christmas with 'Winter Song'

Jon Bon Jovi: 'There were times in my career when things were deeply dark'
Jon Bon Jovi. Image: Clay McBride
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Jon Bon Jovi: 'There were times in my career when things were deeply dark'

Susie Dent: 'You don't have to try to be someone you're not'
TV

Susie Dent: 'You don't have to try to be someone you're not'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey: A Pinocchio for 2020
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The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey: A Pinocchio for 2020

Dame Shirley Bassey really is a Big Spender at Christmas
Shirley Bassey
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Dame Shirley Bassey really is a Big Spender at Christmas

His Dark Materials' Ariyon Bakare: 'My homelessness meant total invisibility'
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His Dark Materials' Ariyon Bakare: 'My homelessness meant total invisibility'

Check out this graphic novel created by people affected by homelessness
The Book of Homelessness is a the world's first graphic novel made entirely by people affected by homelessness
Books

Check out this graphic novel created by people affected by homelessness

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