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The Big Issue's 38 best TV shows of 2022
Some of the best TV shows in 2023
TV

The Big Issue's 38 best TV shows of 2022

Why Faith, Hope and Carnage is The Big Issue Book of the Year 2022
Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan’s Faith, Hope and Carnage is our book of the year
Recommended

Why Faith, Hope and Carnage is The Big Issue Book of the Year 2022

Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year
Victoria Adukwei Bulley’s Quiet
Critics' choice

Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed
Best books of 2022
Indie picks

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England
Robert Bathurst and George Maguire
Music

Hints of Scrooge at the Arts Council of England

The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more
Saving the Butterfly: one of our picks for the best children’s books of 2022
recommended

The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more

Greg James on delivering the Radio 1 response to the Queen's death: 'You gotta earn your money on days like that'
Greg James
interview

Greg James on delivering the Radio 1 response to the Queen's death: 'You gotta earn your money on days like that'

Christmas albums 2022: Who's a shooting star and who delivered a turkey?
Christmas album contenders: Alicia Keys, Debbie Gibson, Cliff Richard and Chris Isaak
Festive tunes

Christmas albums 2022: Who's a shooting star and who delivered a turkey?

Top 5 books about trauma recovery, chosen by Lech Blaine
Trauma
recommended

Top 5 books about trauma recovery, chosen by Lech Blaine

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton 'is as dark as it can get'
Karla-Simone Spence in The Confessions of Frannie Langton
tv interview

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton 'is as dark as it can get'

Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence explain the 'gross injustice' of new film The Silent Twins
Tamara Lawrence and Letitia Wright in The Silent Twins
The Silent Twins

Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence explain the 'gross injustice' of new film The Silent Twins

Shifty's Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir
Appalachian Mountains
black humour

Shifty's Boys review: Everyman thriller with a slice of rural noir

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling
The Moose Paradox by Antti Tuomainen
review

The Moose Paradox: Toys, trouble and top storytelling

Yuval Noah Harari: 'We are living inside the dreams of dead people'
Yuval Noah Harari
Books

Yuval Noah Harari: 'We are living inside the dreams of dead people'

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability
David Aguilar
from the author

David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability

The Snowman and The Snowdog composers return to their iconic soundtrack a decade on
The Snowman and The Snowdog - flanked by composers Andy Burrows and Ilan Eshkeri
Christmas

The Snowman and The Snowdog composers return to their iconic soundtrack a decade on

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Lewis Capaldi: 'It's nice to celebrate being in love'
Lewis Capaldi
Music

Lewis Capaldi: 'It's nice to celebrate being in love'

David Jason: 'I find it difficult to believe that Del Boy is so beloved'
David Jason
TV

David Jason: 'I find it difficult to believe that Del Boy is so beloved'

Bill Bailey: ‘I’d allow dogs into the House of Commons. It would make politicians nicer’
Pets

Bill Bailey: ‘I’d allow dogs into the House of Commons. It would make politicians nicer’

Felt legend Lawrence: 'I want to just see what fame's like'
Lawrence from Felt
Music

Felt legend Lawrence: 'I want to just see what fame's like'