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How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
Members of Black Midi and Black Country, New Road in front of the gold curtain at the Windmill Brixton
Venue Watch

How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands

The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds review – a strident sense of purpose in their twilight years
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood: The Rolling Stones
Music

The Rolling Stones' Hackney Diamonds review – a strident sense of purpose in their twilight years

It's a Sin star Nathaniel Hall on abuse, finding humour in dark places and powerful new show Toxic
Nathaniel J Hall close up
Theatre

It's a Sin star Nathaniel Hall on abuse, finding humour in dark places and powerful new show Toxic

Adrian Edmondson: 'Rik Mayall and I were in love with each other’
Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall in Bottom
Comedy partners

Adrian Edmondson: 'Rik Mayall and I were in love with each other’

The Last Siren: This dementia-friendly night at the opera is making arts more inclusive
The audience at the dementia-friendly opera
Opera

The Last Siren: This dementia-friendly night at the opera is making arts more inclusive

Remarkable way Terry Pratchett's lost stories were found by fans: 'A million-to-one-chance'
Terry Pratchett standing in a field, wearing a black hat
Books

Remarkable way Terry Pratchett's lost stories were found by fans: 'A million-to-one-chance'

Are big-budget horror movies becoming more conservative?
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER (from left) Angela Fielding (Lidya Jewett) and Katherine (Olivia Marcum)
Horror

Are big-budget horror movies becoming more conservative?

How cutting-edge pianist Zubin Kanga is pushing classical music into the future
Zubin Kanga in blue jacket and gloves under a pink light
Classical music

How cutting-edge pianist Zubin Kanga is pushing classical music into the future

The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling
The Pole book cover
Books

The Pole review – JM Coetzee at his most beguiling

Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds
Black and white image of Winston Churchill
Books

Top 5 books about Winston Churchill, selected by historian David Reynolds

BlackBerry review – the ruthlessness and farce of big business
A man looks at his phone
Film

BlackBerry review – the ruthlessness and farce of big business

How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead
Northern Irish band Anna’s Number on stage in grassroots music venue The Court House, highlighted by Big Issue Venue Watch
Venue Watch

How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead

Grassroots music venue The Snug rescued by community investment: 'This means everything'
a crowd of people celebrating outside The Snug in Manchester
Venue Watch news

Grassroots music venue The Snug rescued by community investment: 'This means everything'

Succession star Fisher Stevens on David Beckham doc, sportswashing and 'that f**king red card'
David Beckham and Fisher Stevens at the UK Premiere of Netflix documentary Beckham in 2023
TV

Succession star Fisher Stevens on David Beckham doc, sportswashing and 'that f**king red card'

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights
Illustration of the word 'autumn'
Autumn reads

Autumn reads: the best new books to light up the longer nights

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers
People sit watching classical musicians on an outdoor stage
Asylum seekers

Greek island of Lesbos holds spectacular and inclusive classical concert for asylum seekers

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Boiling Point director Philip Barantini on Stephen Graham, stress and 'making a bit of dinner'
Carly in Boiling Point
TV

Boiling Point director Philip Barantini on Stephen Graham, stress and 'making a bit of dinner'

TV historian David Olusoga: 'My family were driven from our home by the National Front'
David Olusoga
Letter to my younger self

TV historian David Olusoga: 'My family were driven from our home by the National Front'

Battle to save Britain's libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain
Four people in a library
Libraries Week

Battle to save Britain's libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative
Everybody knows book cover
Review

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative

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