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The Little Mermaid modernises the story by going back to the 1837 original, says director Rob Marshall
Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid
Film

The Little Mermaid modernises the story by going back to the 1837 original, says director Rob Marshall

Can Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse save us from multiverse fatigue?
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Analysis

Can Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse save us from multiverse fatigue?

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Kitchen disco heroine challenges what it means to be a working mum
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Interview

Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Kitchen disco heroine challenges what it means to be a working mum

The Gallows Pole 'reflects what the country is going through now' says Shane Meadows
Michael Socha and Sophie McShera in The Gallows Pole
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The Gallows Pole 'reflects what the country is going through now' says Shane Meadows

Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme
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Arctic Monkeys team up with Big Issue to produce unique tour programme

Sydney Sweeney on the Reality of life as a whistleblower
Sydney Sweeney
Reality

Sydney Sweeney on the Reality of life as a whistleblower

Shirley Collins tells how 'heartbreaking' divorce stole her singing voice
Shirley and Dolly Collins
Sexism

Shirley Collins tells how 'heartbreaking' divorce stole her singing voice

Top 5 books set in Berlin, chosen by Emma Venables
Berlin television tower
Berlin

Top 5 books set in Berlin, chosen by Emma Venables

Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel
Big Swiss book cover
Comic novel

Big Swiss review: For once, a genuinely hilarious comic novel

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?
Monsters book cover
Problematic art

Monsters review: Do we separate the art from the artist, or boycott the work entirely?

‘There’s no rules’: Le Tigre bring feminist protest back to the dancefloor
Feminist electroclash band Le Tigre (l-r Kathleen Hanna, JD Samson, Johanna Fateman) in 2004
Interview

‘There’s no rules’: Le Tigre bring feminist protest back to the dancefloor

Succession season four: The best moments, characters, and ending theories from the Big Issue's writers
Succession
TV

Succession season four: The best moments, characters, and ending theories from the Big Issue's writers

WITCH: Zamrock pioneers still soundtracking toil and trouble
WITCH band members today
New album

WITCH: Zamrock pioneers still soundtracking toil and trouble

Rescuing doomed orchids turned me into an outlaw
Illustration of a pink orchid
Nature

Rescuing doomed orchids turned me into an outlaw

Paul Simon: 'Seven Psalms is very much about God. But not always praise'
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Paul Simon: 'Seven Psalms is very much about God. But not always praise'

Rejoice! Columbo is back (in spirit)
Natasha Lyonne in Poker Face - the spiritual successor to Columbo.
Poker face

Rejoice! Columbo is back (in spirit)

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Little Mermaid songwriter Alan Menken explains how to make a Disney classic
Scuttle (voiced by Awkwafina), Flounder (voiced by Jacob Tremblay), and Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid. Photo courtesy of Disney
Interview

The Little Mermaid songwriter Alan Menken explains how to make a Disney classic

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment
Festivals

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment

Erland Cooper's slowly thawing call to arms
A woman stands beside the ice sculpture
Climate protest

Erland Cooper's slowly thawing call to arms

Melanie Lynskey: Yellowjackets, zombies, Keanu Reeves and me
Melanie Lynskey as Shauna in Yellowjackets
Interview

Melanie Lynskey: Yellowjackets, zombies, Keanu Reeves and me