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Martin McDonagh: "Most men in the film business are illiterate pricks"
Film

Martin McDonagh: "Most men in the film business are illiterate pricks"

Zoë Wanamaker: "The industry is going to change at last"
Zoë Wanamaker
TV

Zoë Wanamaker: "The industry is going to change at last"

Best of the Rest reads of 2017
Books

Best of the Rest reads of 2017

Books of the year as chosen by The Big Issue's cultural figureheads
Books

Books of the year as chosen by The Big Issue's cultural figureheads

Still the ultimate soul man – Otis Redding 50 years on
Music

Still the ultimate soul man – Otis Redding 50 years on

Ease off on the moral panic – Hollywood's sex scandal is far more subjective
Film

Ease off on the moral panic – Hollywood's sex scandal is far more subjective

Playing the field – after 2017's revolutionary moves what's next for gaming?
Culture

Playing the field – after 2017's revolutionary moves what's next for gaming?

Television: Kiri, Breadline and the shows to look out for in 2018
TV

Television: Kiri, Breadline and the shows to look out for in 2018

James Norton: “My heart is broken about what is happening in this country”
James Norton in McMafia
TV

James Norton: “My heart is broken about what is happening in this country”

Bake yourself a merry little Christmas with Bake Off champion Nadiya
TV

Bake yourself a merry little Christmas with Bake Off champion Nadiya

The Big Issue Book of the Year is Winter by Ali Smith
Books

The Big Issue Book of the Year is Winter by Ali Smith

Acceptable in the 80s – plotting your return to the peak era of Christmas TV
TV

Acceptable in the 80s – plotting your return to the peak era of Christmas TV

Offbeat gems and Christmas classics – 'tis the season to support indie cinema
Film

Offbeat gems and Christmas classics – 'tis the season to support indie cinema

It's the vinyl countdown – five LPs of 2017 to give as gifts this Christmas
Music

It's the vinyl countdown – five LPs of 2017 to give as gifts this Christmas

From Bach to Bond and Beth Ditto – Robin Ince picks the best Christmas radio
Radio

From Bach to Bond and Beth Ditto – Robin Ince picks the best Christmas radio

James Bowen backs job training platform for homeless people
Film

James Bowen backs job training platform for homeless people

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The prestigious annual Big Issue cherry pick - Children’s Books of the Year
Books

The prestigious annual Big Issue cherry pick - Children’s Books of the Year

Our week with Mark Hamill: "At first, I wondered if Star Wars was a comedy"
Mark Hamill
Film

Our week with Mark Hamill: "At first, I wondered if Star Wars was a comedy"

Dan Stevens: "Finding hope in bleak times is a universal theme"
Dan Stevens in The Man Who Invented Christmas
Books

Dan Stevens: "Finding hope in bleak times is a universal theme"

Mull of Kintyre at 40 – Paul McCartney speaks exclusively to The Big Issue
Music

Mull of Kintyre at 40 – Paul McCartney speaks exclusively to The Big Issue

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