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Stacey Solomon speaks up for people 'struggling to survive'
Stacey Solomon
TV

Stacey Solomon speaks up for people 'struggling to survive'

PIP assessments are no laughing matter. Or are they?
Don’t Make Tea is a dark comedy around PIP assessments
Theatre

PIP assessments are no laughing matter. Or are they?

Richard Osman: ‘I’m not that smart’
Richard Osman's House of Games
interview

Richard Osman: ‘I’m not that smart’

LFF eats the rich: 7 films tackling inequality at the London Film Festival 2022
Glass Onion, Matilda, Triangle of Sadness
London Film Festival

LFF eats the rich: 7 films tackling inequality at the London Film Festival 2022

30 years on, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is still the most beautiful film committed to celluloid
Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker's Dracula
horror

30 years on, Bram Stoker’s Dracula is still the most beautiful film committed to celluloid

These photos show life through the eyes of food bank users
Essential Items by Angela, courtesy of Hackney Foodbank
food banks

These photos show life through the eyes of food bank users

Exclusive: 7 things we learned from Alex Turner about new Arctic Monkeys album The Car
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys

Exclusive: 7 things we learned from Alex Turner about new Arctic Monkeys album The Car

Jarvis Cocker to raise money for NHS with new This Is Going To Hurt soundtrack LP 
Jarvis Cocker has written a love letter to the NHS. Photo: Tom Jackson
Music

Jarvis Cocker to raise money for NHS with new This Is Going To Hurt soundtrack LP 

Lesley Manville: 'A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn't it?'
Lesley Manville
Letter to my Younger Self

Lesley Manville: 'A working-class upbringing is political in itself, isn't it?'

John Vercher: We now know contact sports are dangerous – so is it ethical to watch them?
Illustration of a boxing match
Books

John Vercher: We now know contact sports are dangerous – so is it ethical to watch them?

This England: Does Kenneth Branagh let Boris Johnson off the hook?
Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson in This England
TV

This England: Does Kenneth Branagh let Boris Johnson off the hook?

Must read books this autumn: An essential list to brighten the short, dark days ahead
Big Issue books editor Jane Graham's definitive list of the must read books you need to add to your reading pile this season
Books

Must read books this autumn: An essential list to brighten the short, dark days ahead

Jeff Bridges: ‘I had cancer and Covid. I was facing my mortality’
Jeff Bridges stars in The Old Man
TV

Jeff Bridges: ‘I had cancer and Covid. I was facing my mortality’

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris review: Lesley Manville swaps drudgery for a dream dress
Mrs Harris goes to Paris
film

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris review: Lesley Manville swaps drudgery for a dream dress

‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It's A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis
TV

‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It's A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis

Blue Note Re:imagined II goes back in time to forge future paths
Theon Cross is featured on Blue Note Re:imagined II
Music

Blue Note Re:imagined II goes back in time to forge future paths

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Morbid Obsessions review: A safety blanket for the marginalised
Trans flag eyeshadow
Book reviews

Morbid Obsessions review: A safety blanket for the marginalised

Was JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit a historical novel?
The Hobbit illustration
Books

Was JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit a historical novel?

Malcolm McDowell: Kubrick would be shocked at commercialisation of A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell
interview

Malcolm McDowell: Kubrick would be shocked at commercialisation of A Clockwork Orange

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
illustration of handcuffed prisoner in a forest
Books

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

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