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Top 5 books for extra-curious minds
Gregor McGregor
recommended

Top 5 books for extra-curious minds

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history's strange fascinations
Vertumnus by Giuseppe Arcimboldo
oddities

Weird art, bizarre paintings and history's strange fascinations

The Storm is Here by Luke Mogelson review: An explosive state of the nation address
Luke Mogelson's book focuses on the political turmoil the USA has lived through in recent years.
Books

The Storm is Here by Luke Mogelson review: An explosive state of the nation address

This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas review: Sound and visionary thinking
New Hampshire sister act The Shaggs feature in This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas. Photo: Wikipedia
non-fiction

This is What it Sounds Like by Susan Rogers & Ogi Ogas review: Sound and visionary thinking

Motherthing review: A little horror for Halloween
light streaming through a basement window
Book reviews

Motherthing review: A little horror for Halloween

'The system isn’t an accident': How a playwright is forcing us to ask questions about the hostile environment
A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain
Theatre

'The system isn’t an accident': How a playwright is forcing us to ask questions about the hostile environment

Antoine de Caunes: 'I'm glad Bruce Springsteen never saw Eurotrash'
Antoine de Caunes
TV

Antoine de Caunes: 'I'm glad Bruce Springsteen never saw Eurotrash'

Ludovico Einaudi: A meditative balm to the daily grind
Ludovico Einaudi
classical music

Ludovico Einaudi: A meditative balm to the daily grind

This is Gwar interview: 'We are the real Spinal Tap'
Gwar guitarist Balsac the Jaws of Death
Film

This is Gwar interview: 'We are the real Spinal Tap'

Top 5 books by music industry insiders, chosen by Tana Douglas
Beastie Boys in 2009
recommended

Top 5 books by music industry insiders, chosen by Tana Douglas

The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women
Letter to My Younger Self: Inspirational Women
Letter To My Younger Self

The Big Issue publishes new Letter to My Younger Self book, this time featuring inspirational women

The witch is a post-#MeToo icon of defiance, solidarity and creativity
Group of women dressed as witch coven reading spell book in forest.
Culture

The witch is a post-#MeToo icon of defiance, solidarity and creativity

Author Jonathan Melville: My trip behind the scenes of classic movie Local Hero
Local Hero illustration
Books

Author Jonathan Melville: My trip behind the scenes of classic movie Local Hero

Steven Pinker: 'I'm a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well'
Steven Pinker
Books

Steven Pinker: 'I'm a lucky person, my life has gone pretty well'

Tidings of comfort and joy: Our Christmas Kids Cover Competition is open!
Big Issue Kids Cover Competition winners
Kids cover competition

Tidings of comfort and joy: Our Christmas Kids Cover Competition is open!

7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book
Letter to my younger self book, hero pic
Letter To My Younger Self

7 lessons from inspirational women: Wisdom from the new Letter To My Younger Self book

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The enduring influence of American original Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
Music

The enduring influence of American original Elizabeth Cotten

Fever by Jonathan Bazzi review: Eye-opening memoir, not-so-good novel
City Centre Milan
Book reviews

Fever by Jonathan Bazzi review: Eye-opening memoir, not-so-good novel

Tobias Hürter: How Heisenberg mastered the art of unlearning
Illustration of Heisenberg
Books

Tobias Hürter: How Heisenberg mastered the art of unlearning

Top 5 books about ageing, chosen by Pope Lonergan
Woman in wheelchair with carer
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about ageing, chosen by Pope Lonergan

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