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Aled Jones: 'My parents gave up so much to let me follow my dreams'
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Aled Jones: 'My parents gave up so much to let me follow my dreams'
How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: 'It's a lifeline'
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How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: 'It's a lifeline'
Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody crowns Bangor music venue National Lottery Project of the Year
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Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody crowns Bangor music venue National Lottery Project of the Year
How The Big Issue became a royal matchmaker for William and Kate in The Crown
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How The Big Issue became a royal matchmaker for William and Kate in The Crown
Take a look at all the stunning entries to Big Issue's Christmas cover competition
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Take a look at all the stunning entries to Big Issue's Christmas cover competition
The Wizard of Booze: How a pantomime is helping people overcoming addiction this Christmas
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The Wizard of Booze: How a pantomime is helping people overcoming addiction this Christmas
Hits, flops and Kylie Minogue: How NOW That's What I Call Music! endured for 40 long years
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Hits, flops and Kylie Minogue: How NOW That's What I Call Music! endured for 40 long years
This Is Going to Hurt writer Adam Kay: 'It's vital for people to know that doctors are human'
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This Is Going to Hurt writer Adam Kay: 'It's vital for people to know that doctors are human'
Hozier on being authentic, Ireland and speaking out for queer youth: 'All I can do is be honest'
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Hozier on being authentic, Ireland and speaking out for queer youth: 'All I can do is be honest'
Scene & Heard: The wild and wacky theatre project where kids write the plays
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Scene & Heard: The wild and wacky theatre project where kids write the plays
Vendor André Rostant records 'Big Issue anthem' to raise awareness of homelessness this Christmas
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Vendor André Rostant records 'Big Issue anthem' to raise awareness of homelessness this Christmas
Folk music venue fights for survival after 'unfair' £99k bill from billionaire landlords
![Folk musicians playing at The Harrison in London](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Harrison-folk.jpg?w=768)
Folk music venue fights for survival after 'unfair' £99k bill from billionaire landlords
Wonka stars Mathew Baynton and Simon Farnaby: 'With the help of others you can change the world'
![Timothee Chalamet in Wonka](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1594_wonka_hero1.jpg?w=768)
Wonka stars Mathew Baynton and Simon Farnaby: 'With the help of others you can change the world'
'A man of integrity': Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
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'A man of integrity': Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday
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Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday
How TikTok's BookTok craze is 'making reading cool again'
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How TikTok's BookTok craze is 'making reading cool again'
Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson review – gritty, scary, funny and full of heart crime writing
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Yule Island by Johana Gustawsson review – gritty, scary, funny and full of heart crime writing
Gaslight by Femi Kayode review – a powerful evocation of today’s Nigeria
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Gaslight by Femi Kayode review – a powerful evocation of today’s Nigeria
Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: 'We won't be the only ones'
![The Cure playing at Moles in Bath](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/the-cure-28-07-83-photog-unknown-hero.jpg?w=768)
Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: 'We won't be the only ones'
Ncuti Gatwa: Doctor Who reminds me that there is always hope
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