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Lauren Lyle: 'Karen Pirie is such a relevant story, a reality of what’s happening'
Lauren Lyle
TV

Lauren Lyle: 'Karen Pirie is such a relevant story, a reality of what’s happening'

Top 5 books about the prison system, chosen by Andy West
Razor wire
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about the prison system, chosen by Andy West

Top 5 books about dogs, chosen by Jules Howard
different breeds of dogs
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about dogs, chosen by Jules Howard

Top 5 books about twins, chosen by LV Matthews
Twin girls with their dad
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about twins, chosen by LV Matthews

Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen
Che Guevara graffiti
Top 5 books

Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen

Top 5 books about cocktails and spirits, chosen by Camper English
Cocktails on a bar
Top 5 books

Top 5 books about cocktails and spirits, chosen by Camper English

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret
illustration of a children's home
Books

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret

Top 5 crime books of 2022, chosen by Mark Edwards
Woman at dark window
Top 5 books

Top 5 crime books of 2022, chosen by Mark Edwards

A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: 'Hopepunk' novel imagines a positive future for humanity
silhouette against the universe
Book reviews

A Prayer For the Crown-Shy review: 'Hopepunk' novel imagines a positive future for humanity

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland
illustration of books in the snow
Books

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland

Stone Club: The most literal rock tour you'll ever see
Lally MacBeth and Matthew Shaw
Music

Stone Club: The most literal rock tour you'll ever see

Paul O'Grady: 'I could milk a cow by the time I was seven'
Paul O'Grady spoke to The Big Issue about his love of dogs and mixed feelings on Lily Savage Photo: Kirsty Mattsson
Letter to my Younger Self

Paul O'Grady: 'I could milk a cow by the time I was seven'

Richard Osman: ‘The Bullet That Missed isn’t the end for the Thursday Murder Club’
Richard Osman, author of The Bullet That Missed
Books

Richard Osman: ‘The Bullet That Missed isn’t the end for the Thursday Murder Club’

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee's 'upturned fairytale'
A refugee boat
Book reviews

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee's 'upturned fairytale'

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants
Natasha Agarwal as Neera and Jamal Andreas as Jai in WNO’s Migrations
Music

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants

Think you could lead a country? Here's a guide to creating your own micronation
Seasteading floating homes are a possibility for a micronation
Books

Think you could lead a country? Here's a guide to creating your own micronation

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
Illustration of Peru
Books

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac
spy camera
Top 5 books

Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac

Sinead Gleeson interview: 'Music has often been regarded as men's work'
illustration of female musicians
Music

Sinead Gleeson interview: 'Music has often been regarded as men's work'

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Three silhouettes on stage
Book reviews

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher

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