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Globe making is a dying skill, but I'm keeping the tradition going
Peter Bellerby, the founder of Bellerby & Co, the world's only truly bespoke globe makers
Craftspeople

Globe making is a dying skill, but I'm keeping the tradition going

Beverley Knight: 'My young black skin was politicised the day I was born'
Beverley Knight, UK soul singer
Letter to my Younger Self

Beverley Knight: 'My young black skin was politicised the day I was born'

Paul Simon unveils surprise collaboration with artist Charlie Mackesy: 'It's nice to make a friend this way'
Music

Paul Simon unveils surprise collaboration with artist Charlie Mackesy: 'It's nice to make a friend this way'

Incredible story behind man who created a dress out of nettles
Brown’s daughter Oonagh wearing his nettle dress, seven years in the making
Nature

Incredible story behind man who created a dress out of nettles

Music education funded for thousands of underprivileged kids by charity: 'It's a must-have'
Pupils at Hallsville Primary School, Canning Town, holding ukeleles in the air to celebrate their music education grant
Education

Music education funded for thousands of underprivileged kids by charity: 'It's a must-have'

Comedian Mawaan Rizwan is 'having the most joyful time' with brilliant new sitcom Juice
Man with black hair, a beard and colourful jacket
Interview

Comedian Mawaan Rizwan is 'having the most joyful time' with brilliant new sitcom Juice

Hot fuzz: The most glorious moustaches in movie history, ranked
Kenneth Branagh with a big moustache
Film

Hot fuzz: The most glorious moustaches in movie history, ranked

Author Anna Funder on George Orwell's sexuality and society's serious problem with successful women
Illustration of George Orwell and Eileen Shaughnessy
Interview

Author Anna Funder on George Orwell's sexuality and society's serious problem with successful women

'The art of resistance': Big Issue vendors show off art skills at eye-opening Bristol exhibition
Big Issue vendor Will Payne
Art

'The art of resistance': Big Issue vendors show off art skills at eye-opening Bristol exhibition

The Rolling Stones remind us rock stars weren't meant to be role models
The Rolling Stones: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood in black jackets against a red background
Rock

The Rolling Stones remind us rock stars weren't meant to be role models

Life-changing prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds
Sign saying refugees are human beings
Books

Life-changing prize launched for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds

Nina Sosanya: 'I never wanted to be part of the popular gang'
Nina Sosanya
Letter to my Younger Self

Nina Sosanya: 'I never wanted to be part of the popular gang'

'Music is very close to my soul': Ex-Big Issue seller Stephen Woodhouse on cycling across Europe and recording his debut album
Poorest Tourist, aka Stephen Woodhouse, standing on a beach playing a guitar
Music

'Music is very close to my soul': Ex-Big Issue seller Stephen Woodhouse on cycling across Europe and recording his debut album

Ros Atkins and the art of explanation: 'Understanding our world can feel difficult'
Ros Atkins
Interview

Ros Atkins and the art of explanation: 'Understanding our world can feel difficult'

Nina Sosanya: Making Good Omens with ‘silly’ David Tennant and Micheal Sheen was a joy
Maggie Service, Michael Sheen and Nina Sosanya in Good Omens
Letter To My Younger Self

Nina Sosanya: Making Good Omens with ‘silly’ David Tennant and Micheal Sheen was a joy

Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new
Composite illustration of a person screaming
Literature

Writing a modern novel: How to compete with the tyranny of the new

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon
Albert Einstein in black and white
recommended

Top 5 books about Einstein, selected by Samuel Graydon

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music
Jax Jones
opinion

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast
Lazy City by Rachel Connolly book cover
Review

Lazy City by Rachel Connolly review: A mesmerising portrait of modern Belfast

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright book cover
family chronicle

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright review: Perfect prose illuminates family chronicle

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