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Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You shows reality of austerity Britain
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Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You shows reality of austerity Britain

How the Big Issue steered Tracy Beaker's story
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How the Big Issue steered Tracy Beaker's story

REVIEW: Terrific new crime novels by James Sallis and Lilja Sigurðardóttir
Books

REVIEW: Terrific new crime novels by James Sallis and Lilja Sigurðardóttir

Get your copy of The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self book today
LTMYS book Letter To My Younger Self
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Get your copy of The Big Issue’s Letter To My Younger Self book today

REVIEW: The Unexplainers – like Mulder and Scully played by Laurel and Hardy
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REVIEW: The Unexplainers – like Mulder and Scully played by Laurel and Hardy

Language barrier: Our sheer ignorance about how Europe works is worrying
Books

Language barrier: Our sheer ignorance about how Europe works is worrying

Elephant in the room: the messy excess of Fleetwood Mac's misunderstood Tusk
Music

Elephant in the room: the messy excess of Fleetwood Mac's misunderstood Tusk

Tobias Forge is reflecting on Ghost's spooky success
Ghost
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Tobias Forge is reflecting on Ghost's spooky success

Elizabeth Woodcraft: new book informed by lifelong domestic violence campaign
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Elizabeth Woodcraft: new book informed by lifelong domestic violence campaign

Rock of Ages – the marvellous memoirs of Elton John and Debbie Harry
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Rock of Ages – the marvellous memoirs of Elton John and Debbie Harry

How rave culture is helping youth workers to empower disadvantaged kids
CoMusica
Music

How rave culture is helping youth workers to empower disadvantaged kids

Get your hands on our brilliant Letter To My Younger Self book this week
LTMYS book Letter To My Younger Self
Books

Get your hands on our brilliant Letter To My Younger Self book this week

REVIEW: Naomie Harris finally gets a lead role in Black and Blue
Black and Blue hero
Film

REVIEW: Naomie Harris finally gets a lead role in Black and Blue

Top 5 audiobooks to boost your mental health
Books

Top 5 audiobooks to boost your mental health

Lin-Manuel Miranda: It's no accident my protagonists grapple with legacy
Film

Lin-Manuel Miranda: It's no accident my protagonists grapple with legacy

Meet Pennyworth, Alfred Pennyworth: Jack Bannon brings together Batman & Bond
Pennyworth
Film

Meet Pennyworth, Alfred Pennyworth: Jack Bannon brings together Batman & Bond

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Pensioners are channelling their inner Banksy to fend off social isolation
Graffiti Grandparents
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Pensioners are channelling their inner Banksy to fend off social isolation

The gospel truth
Music

The gospel truth

The suspense is over: Big Issue crime-writing winner announced
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The suspense is over: Big Issue crime-writing winner announced

We caught up with the video game where you can (kind of) sell The Big Issue
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We caught up with the video game where you can (kind of) sell The Big Issue

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