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We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that
Lin Coghlan and Jim Pope

We have to find a better way to care for our young people. I hope my play helps start that

It’s time to honour Fife's political trailblazer Jennie Lee. My play is just the start
Theatre

It’s time to honour Fife's political trailblazer Jennie Lee. My play is just the start

Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they're a brand
Music

Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they're a brand

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix'
Bobby Gillespie
Letter To My Younger Self

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix'

Democracy has left us all with Democratic Fatigue Syndrome. Here's how to cure it
Politics

Democracy has left us all with Democratic Fatigue Syndrome. Here's how to cure it

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin
Laptops
Books

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin

'I've always been a grafter': Strictly Come Dancing's Sam Quek shares lessons from the dance floor
TV

'I've always been a grafter': Strictly Come Dancing's Sam Quek shares lessons from the dance floor

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?
Paul Mescal in Gladiator II
Film

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?

Ben Whishaw on the 'quiet political message' running through Paddington: 'I love it'
Film

Ben Whishaw on the 'quiet political message' running through Paddington: 'I love it'

Emily Mortimer: 'Britain can be a tolerant place – but obviously there's times when it isn't'
Film

Emily Mortimer: 'Britain can be a tolerant place – but obviously there's times when it isn't'

Paddington is a British icon. So why are we all not a bit more like Paddington?
Film

Paddington is a British icon. So why are we all not a bit more like Paddington?

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue
Christmas Wrapping paper

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue

'Love is the most powerful emotion there is': Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
Opake
Art

'Love is the most powerful emotion there is': Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas

Comedian Kate McKinnon: 'Being yourself is harder than it sounds'
Kate McKinnon
Culture

Comedian Kate McKinnon: 'Being yourself is harder than it sounds'

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair
If Only by Vigdis Hjorth cover
Review

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia
A Spring of Love by Celia Dale cover
Books

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go'
Pauline Black in 1984 as a TV presenter on Hold Tight!
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter's Pauline Black: 'I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go'

Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt
Books

Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother's sorrowful story
Family secrets

Every family has a secret. By uncovering mine, I liberated my grandmother's sorrowful story

'War is madness': Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz
Exclusive

'War is madness': Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz

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