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Muse star Matt Bellamy has been buying The Big Issue for 25 years
Muse

Muse star Matt Bellamy has been buying The Big Issue for 25 years

Muse's Matt Bellamy: 'The will of the people can be something to be frightened of'
Muse's Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard stand in darkness except for blue light reflected from their faces
Muse

Muse's Matt Bellamy: 'The will of the people can be something to be frightened of'

The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who
Doctor Who

The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who

Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she's written
Abi Morgan
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Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she's written

John Simm: 'I got rid of the music and clubbing and got into some proper serious drama'
TV

John Simm: 'I got rid of the music and clubbing and got into some proper serious drama'

Life On Mars sequel has ‘a lot of travelling in time and car chases’, John Simm reveals
Life On Mars Photo: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
TV

Life On Mars sequel has ‘a lot of travelling in time and car chases’, John Simm reveals

How the National Youth Orchestra is levelling the playing field
The NYO in rehearsal
Music

How the National Youth Orchestra is levelling the playing field

Mike Scott of The Waterboys: ‘Taylor Swift made me cry’
The Waterboys - Mike Scott
The music that made me

Mike Scott of The Waterboys: ‘Taylor Swift made me cry’

The Contractor review: Mindless title, mindful military thriller
The Contractor
Film

The Contractor review: Mindless title, mindful military thriller

What did we learn from the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer on Star Wars day?
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What did we learn from the new Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer on Star Wars day?

The scientific reason hate is on the rise
Hate crime illustration
Books

The scientific reason hate is on the rise

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield review: A mystical thriller with serious depth
Book reviews

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield review: A mystical thriller with serious depth

Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham's legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney
Parminder Nagra as DI Ray
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Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham's legacy and celebrating birthdays with George Clooney

Here's how you can win tickets to see rock titans Muse at their comeback show
Muse's Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard stand in darkness except for blue light reflected from their faces
The Big Issue

Here's how you can win tickets to see rock titans Muse at their comeback show

A Bug's Life to Billy Elliot: 7 best socialist films to watch this Labour Day bank holiday
Film

A Bug's Life to Billy Elliot: 7 best socialist films to watch this Labour Day bank holiday

Sophie Marceau: 'I hope love always stays a mystery'
Sophie Marceau in I Love America. Photo: Prime Video
Film

Sophie Marceau: 'I hope love always stays a mystery'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This week's Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change
Jim Broadbent, Hiftu Quasem and Jack Davenport in Ten Percent
What to watch

This week's Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change

After the musical Six comes SVN - meet the group redefining girl power in 2022
SVN have plenty of big issues to talk about. Credit Danny Kaan
Music

After the musical Six comes SVN - meet the group redefining girl power in 2022

Hullraisers proves that Hull is intrinsically funny
Hullraisers
TV

Hullraisers proves that Hull is intrinsically funny

Downton Abbey: A New Era – 'It's got such a big heart, this movie'
Downton Abbey
TV

Downton Abbey: A New Era – 'It's got such a big heart, this movie'

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