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Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buccanza
Books

Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buccanza

Books that document the power of human journeys
The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans
Film

The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol
A Big Issue vendor tabard is featured as one of several graffiti art pieces brought together on a city wall.
Street art

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol

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The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects
Books

The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog
Books

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Letter To My Younger Self

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Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’

Charlotte Church: ‘The press desperately tried to make me a figure of sin’
Letter to my younger self

Charlotte Church: ‘The press desperately tried to make me a figure of sin’

Bad Seed Warren Ellis: ‘Painful things make you a better version of yourself’
Letter To My Younger Self

Bad Seed Warren Ellis: ‘Painful things make you a better version of yourself’

Composer John Rutter: ‘If there are people you love, for goodness’ sake tell them’
Letter To My Younger Self

Composer John Rutter: ‘If there are people you love, for goodness’ sake tell them’

TV

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‘I fully expect we’ll be performing at Glastonbury’: Tamsin Greig on new punk drama Riot Women
The lead cast of Riot Women - BBC drama
TV

‘I fully expect we’ll be performing at Glastonbury’: Tamsin Greig on new punk drama Riot Women

‘I hope it’s a worthy successor to Happy Valley’: Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women
TV

‘I hope it’s a worthy successor to Happy Valley’: Sally Wainwright on menopause and new show Riot Women

Why ‘noodle dramas’ like The Guest are just as enjoyable as ‘caviar dramas’ like Slow Horses
TV

Why ‘noodle dramas’ like The Guest are just as enjoyable as ‘caviar dramas’ like Slow Horses

The Hack creator Jack Thorne: ‘We’re living in a world where no one seems to trust anything’
TV

The Hack creator Jack Thorne: ‘We’re living in a world where no one seems to trust anything’

Books

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Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buccanza
Books

Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buccanza

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog
Books

Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood review – evoking our collective Covid brain fog

The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects
Books

The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects

These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms
History

These inspiring women in history flew in the face of patriarchal norms

Interviews

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Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I’m 20 years sober and in love with giving back
Big Issue Invest

Substance abuse led me to homelessness. Now I’m 20 years sober and in love with giving back

Peter Merrifield explains what drove him to set up his social enterprise, and how his own story of survival informs the help he’s giving to others like him – with support from Big Issue Invest
Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’

‘I fully expect we’ll be performing at Glastonbury’: Tamsin Greig on new punk drama Riot Women
The lead cast of Riot Women - BBC drama
TV

‘I fully expect we’ll be performing at Glastonbury’: Tamsin Greig on new punk drama Riot Women

Film

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The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans
Film

The Mastermind review – Kelly Reichardt lays out the worst-laid plans

Mr Scorsese director Rebecca Miller on the surprising thing about Martin Scorsese
Film

Mr Scorsese director Rebecca Miller on the surprising thing about Martin Scorsese

Cillian Murphy: ‘There’s this massive imbalance where the most important people can’t afford a house’
Film

Cillian Murphy: ‘There’s this massive imbalance where the most important people can’t afford a house’

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story
Film

Good Boy review – tails of the unexpected in a ghostly shaggy-dog story

Music

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Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lang Lang: ‘People thought working with Metallica would destroy my classical career’

For Those I Love: ‘I totally understand why people in Ireland feel so disheartened’
Music

For Those I Love: ‘I totally understand why people in Ireland feel so disheartened’

What’s behind the enduring appeal of Paul Weller?
Music

What’s behind the enduring appeal of Paul Weller?

Homelessness ‘should not exist in a country that values human life’, says Alt-J star Gus Unger-Hamilton
World Homeless Day

Homelessness ‘should not exist in a country that values human life’, says Alt-J star Gus Unger-Hamilton

Art

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Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol
A Big Issue vendor tabard is featured as one of several graffiti art pieces brought together on a city wall.
Street art

Big Issue featured in new street art mural celebrating efforts to help homeless people in Bristol

Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future
Art

Cranhill Arts Project: Meet the Glasgow community group that painted itself a better future

‘If you think I’m a dirty crackhead, that’s fine’: Artists Slawn and Opake talk mistakes and success
Opake takeover

‘If you think I’m a dirty crackhead, that’s fine’: Artists Slawn and Opake talk mistakes and success

Road sign artist Suto: ‘I don’t want to make something that will be loved by everyone’
Opake takeover

Road sign artist Suto: ‘I don’t want to make something that will be loved by everyone’

Theatre

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What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement
Theatre

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement

The Producers star Marc Antolin: ‘Sometimes making fun of fascism is the best way to deal with it’
Theatre

The Producers star Marc Antolin: ‘Sometimes making fun of fascism is the best way to deal with it’

Learning how to tell stories gives prisoners the chance to be heard – and a chance at redemption
Theatre

Learning how to tell stories gives prisoners the chance to be heard – and a chance at redemption

Clarkston review – strong performances shine light onto dark subject matter
Theatre

Clarkston review – strong performances shine light onto dark subject matter

Radio

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How the Shipping Forecast inspired poetry and wonder for over 100 years
Weather

How the Shipping Forecast inspired poetry and wonder for over 100 years

‘I was homeless at 16’: DJ Charlie Sloth on rough sleeping and living in poverty as a young father
Homelessness

‘I was homeless at 16’: DJ Charlie Sloth on rough sleeping and living in poverty as a young father

Why you should make Resonance FM the background noise to your life
10Foot Takeover

Why you should make Resonance FM the background noise to your life

Uncanny USA podcast host Danny Robins on Bigfoot, UFOs and why Americans scare differently to Brits
Danny Robins on set for Uncanny USA sitting on a rusty car
Podcasts

Uncanny USA podcast host Danny Robins on Bigfoot, UFOs and why Americans scare differently to Brits