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Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Music

Let this 99-year-old nun be your introduction to Ethio-jazz

Book reviews: The Second Cut and The Anomaly
dark streets of Glasgow
Book reviews

Book reviews: The Second Cut and The Anomaly

Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy
Illustration: Sunak and Truss whackamole
Books

Barrister Sam Fowles: Beware the authoritarians stealing our democracy

Top 5 books on Scotland's witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields
Witches and spell book
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books on Scotland's witches and myths, chosen by Helen Fields

Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely
Piano player
Book reviews

Lessons by Ian McEwan review: Few can turn a phrase so exquisitely

Sharon Horgan: 'Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing'
Sharon Horgan
Letter to my Younger Self

Sharon Horgan: 'Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing'

Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city
Berlin cityscape
Books

Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri review: Brief encounters with the eclectic life of a city

EIFF highlights: From naked New Zealanders to Korean car chases
Naked hitchhikers in Nude Tuesday
Film

EIFF highlights: From naked New Zealanders to Korean car chases

All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20
Milwaukee skyline
Books

All This Could Be Different review: The trials and tribulations of being 20

The Visitors by Jessi Jezewska Stevens review: The apocalypse is coming for us all, baby
Book reviews

The Visitors by Jessi Jezewska Stevens review: The apocalypse is coming for us all, baby

Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar: 'The big issue for everybody is to get rid of the Tories, isn't it?'
TV

Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar: 'The big issue for everybody is to get rid of the Tories, isn't it?'

Top 5 books about bands of boys, chosen by Jason Roche
Top 5 Books

Top 5 books about bands of boys, chosen by Jason Roche

What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood
Books

What the US Supreme Court needs to know about the path to motherhood

The Last Days of Roger Federer review: A winding examination of endings
Book reviews

The Last Days of Roger Federer review: A winding examination of endings

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive
arctic monkeys singer alex turner leans into a microphone while singing and wearing an open pale blue shirt and sunglasses
Global exclusive

Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner shares details of new album The Car in Big Issue exclusive

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
Auschwitz Block 10
Book reviews

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A Season in Exile by Oliver Harris review: A twisty, captivating romp
Mexico City
Book reviews

A Season in Exile by Oliver Harris review: A twisty, captivating romp

Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself
Ricky Ross
Book reviews

Walking Back Home review: Ricky Ross is bracingly honest with the reader and himself

The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel
Book reviews

The Queen of Dirt Island review: Almost an affecting novel

The Social Distance Between Us review: Darren McGarvey exposes faultline between haves and have-nots
Darren McGarvey in front of a wall with graffiti
Book reviews

The Social Distance Between Us review: Darren McGarvey exposes faultline between haves and have-nots

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