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Pete Townshend: I've never really liked performing
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Pete Townshend: I've never really liked performing

Dan Hett’s video games take on grief, radicalisation and ethical journalism
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Dan Hett’s video games take on grief, radicalisation and ethical journalism

Get a sneak peek at our new Letter To My Younger Self book
LTMYS book
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Get a sneak peek at our new Letter To My Younger Self book

Campaigners want you to vote for libraries in this general election
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Campaigners want you to vote for libraries in this general election

The first graphic novel created by homeless people is being crowdfunded
Accumulate homeless graphic novel
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The first graphic novel created by homeless people is being crowdfunded

A Big Issue-inspired design has helped a reader scoop a wood engraving prize
Wood engraving Maggie Storm
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A Big Issue-inspired design has helped a reader scoop a wood engraving prize

How Thought Bubble draws on comics as a vehicle for good
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How Thought Bubble draws on comics as a vehicle for good

The children’s bookshop that has swapped the high street for a boat
Telling Tales bookshop on a boat
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The children’s bookshop that has swapped the high street for a boat

Top 5 book antidotes to our miserable times
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Top 5 book antidotes to our miserable times

Blade Runner is set in November 2019 but what does it say about our future?
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Blade Runner is set in November 2019 but what does it say about our future?

Stewart Lee's advice for his 16 year old self: don’t trust Morrissey
Culture

Stewart Lee's advice for his 16 year old self: don’t trust Morrissey

Ken Loach: "This is not an accident. This is capitalism working."
Film

Ken Loach: "This is not an accident. This is capitalism working."

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
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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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

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