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Discover how Doggerland links Britain, Europe and 'the last Brexit'
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Discover how Doggerland links Britain, Europe and 'the last Brexit'

Turn homeless people's stories into the next Harry Potter
Child reading Harry Potter book
Guest Columnist

Turn homeless people's stories into the next Harry Potter

Amy Varle: How Housing First can bring lasting change to UK homelessness
Amy Varle Downing Street
Guest Columnist

Amy Varle: How Housing First can bring lasting change to UK homelessness

Why we need to press pause on the plastic straw ban
Guest Columnist

Why we need to press pause on the plastic straw ban

After thousands sign petition to protest Windsor councillor – what next?
Prince Harry Meghan Markle
Guest Columnist

After thousands sign petition to protest Windsor councillor – what next?

Paul McNamee: The Big Issue is here while it has to be
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Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: The Big Issue is here while it has to be

John Bird: Unlike Harry Potter, poverty isn't a fantasy
John Bird

John Bird: Unlike Harry Potter, poverty isn't a fantasy

Paul McNamee: The border between past and present
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: The border between past and present

John Bird: Art can change the world in so many ways
Tate Modern
John Bird

John Bird: Art can change the world in so many ways

See me, not my conviction – one woman's fight to move on
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See me, not my conviction – one woman's fight to move on

The Big Issue Platform: "A fairer council tax on property and land"
Guest Columnist

The Big Issue Platform: "A fairer council tax on property and land"

How the public is "being deceived" over GDP
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How the public is "being deceived" over GDP

My century of feminism: what lies ahead for the next wave of women's rights
Guest Columnist

My century of feminism: what lies ahead for the next wave of women's rights

Paul McNamee: Listen to women. It's the only way
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Listen to women. It's the only way

John Bird: We are truly in the lap of the human gods
Vladimir Putin Donald Trump
John Bird

John Bird: We are truly in the lap of the human gods

PTSD: How I turned my life around on a potter’s wheel
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PTSD: How I turned my life around on a potter’s wheel

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Time for radical change on how we deal with homelessness
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Paul McNamee

Time for radical change on how we deal with homelessness

'Stop demonising plastic – because we can't yet deliver a plastic-free world'
Blue Planet II
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'Stop demonising plastic – because we can't yet deliver a plastic-free world'

'No nurse wants to see elderly patients left on trolleys in corridors'
RCN chief executive Janet Davies with Big Issue vendors and John Bird
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'No nurse wants to see elderly patients left on trolleys in corridors'

Paul McNamee: Making a dog's dinner of debate
Dog's dinner
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Making a dog's dinner of debate

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