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A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone
Social media

A View, From a Bridge is the social media sensation where strangers reveal all on an old, red phone

In A View, From a Bridge, a red, retro phone handset cuts through the impersonal noise of the internet as people share intimate meditations on their lives and the world
James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’

Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’
Letter To My Younger Self

Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’

Top Stories

Labelling toxic masculinity as ‘incomprehensible’ is a cop out – here’s why
Toxic masculinity

Labelling toxic masculinity as ‘incomprehensible’ is a cop out – here’s why

Top 5 books set in rural Canada, chosen by author Tristan Hughes
Books

Top 5 books set in rural Canada, chosen by author Tristan Hughes

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Letter To My Younger Self

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Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’
Letter To My Younger Self

Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’

Cynthia Erivo: ‘The moment I came out as queer, that’s when everything made sense’
Letter To My Younger Self

Cynthia Erivo: ‘The moment I came out as queer, that’s when everything made sense’

Ex-England star Alex Scott: ‘I went from playing football on my council estate to World Cups’
Letter to my younger self

Ex-England star Alex Scott: ‘I went from playing football on my council estate to World Cups’

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: ‘My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco’

TV

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Rosie Jones: ‘My disability benefits have been cut – but I’m one of the lucky ones’
TV

Rosie Jones: ‘My disability benefits have been cut – but I’m one of the lucky ones’

St Denis Medical star Wendi McLendon-Covey: ‘Lounging seats in movie theatres is a big mistake’
TV

St Denis Medical star Wendi McLendon-Covey: ‘Lounging seats in movie theatres is a big mistake’

The Gold star Charlotte Spencer: ‘Maybe we need to root for the heroes again’
Charlotte Spencer photographed by Matt Smith
TV

The Gold star Charlotte Spencer: ‘Maybe we need to root for the heroes again’

Ex-England star Alex Scott: ‘I went from playing football on my council estate to World Cups’
Letter to my younger self

Ex-England star Alex Scott: ‘I went from playing football on my council estate to World Cups’

Books

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Labelling toxic masculinity as ‘incomprehensible’ is a cop out – here’s why
Toxic masculinity

Labelling toxic masculinity as ‘incomprehensible’ is a cop out – here’s why

Top 5 books set in rural Canada, chosen by author Tristan Hughes
Books

Top 5 books set in rural Canada, chosen by author Tristan Hughes

In Transit by Brigid Brophy review – decades ahead of its time
Books

In Transit by Brigid Brophy review – decades ahead of its time

Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain review – a gloriously absurd detective story
Books

Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain review – a gloriously absurd detective story

Interviews

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TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: ‘Money won’t make you happy – but it gives you choices’
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TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: ‘Money won’t make you happy – but it gives you choices’

TikTok sensation Simon Squibb gave 14-year-old Raees Ahmad from Bolton a few pointers on becoming a success in business
Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’
Letter To My Younger Self

Cricket legend James Anderson: ‘It doesn’t get better than winning the Ashes in Australia’

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’

Film

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SuperFantastic! It’s a retro superhero summer as Superman and the Fantastic Four face off
Film

SuperFantastic! It’s a retro superhero summer as Superman and the Fantastic Four face off

A short history of film, social realism and raw talent
Film

A short history of film, social realism and raw talent

Tornado director John Maclean: ‘There aren’t many samurai Westerns set in Britain’
Film

Tornado director John Maclean: ‘There aren’t many samurai Westerns set in Britain’

Cynthia Erivo: ‘The moment I came out as queer, that’s when everything made sense’
Letter To My Younger Self

Cynthia Erivo: ‘The moment I came out as queer, that’s when everything made sense’

Music

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James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’

Ben and Imo: Restoring the legacy of Imogen Holst
Classical music

Ben and Imo: Restoring the legacy of Imogen Holst

From Pavements to Searching for Sugar Man: The most enchanting music docs to watch right now
Music

From Pavements to Searching for Sugar Man: The most enchanting music docs to watch right now

From the utterly profane to the thoroughly sacred: How football chants became the folk music of today
Football

From the utterly profane to the thoroughly sacred: How football chants became the folk music of today

Art

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‘This has been my shelter’: Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing
Art

‘This has been my shelter’: Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing

‘It’s an emergency’: Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day
Artist Stuart Semple
Art

‘It’s an emergency’: Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day

Connections are the art of the matter
Big Issue vendor Dave Martin creating abstract artwork at a table, surrounded by examples of his colourful geometric prints. Beside him is an illustration of a person using a smartphone for contactless payment, symbolising digital inclusion, with logos for giffgaff and Big Issue Group and the tagline ‘Connecting people to their potential’.
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Connections are the art of the matter

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti
Graffiti

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti

Theatre

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The weaponisation of fear and misinformation is nothing new. We must act against it
STOREHOUSE ; Production ; Cast: Bonnie Adair, Chris Agha, Dawn Butler, Elizabeth Hollingshead, Scott Karim, Rob Leetham, Harriett O’Grady, Zachary Pang, Nina Smith, Nat Kennedy, Grace Hussey-Burd, and Darrel Bailey. Founder and Concept Creator: Liana Patarkatsishvili ; Creative Director: Sophie Larsmon ; Lead Producer: Rosalyn Newbery ; Production Designer: Alice Helps ; Sound Designer: James Bulley ; Lighting Designer: Ben Donoghue ; Story Producer: Donnacadh O’Briain ; Co-Writer: Tristan Bernays ; Co-Writer: Sonali Bhattacharyya ; Co-Writer: Kathryn Bond ; Co-Writer: Katie Lyons ; Co-Writer: Caro Murphy ; Co-Writer: Rhik Samadder ; Dramaturg: Sophie Drake ; Costume Designer: Julie Belinda Landau ; Original Compositions: Anna Meredith, Sinemis Buyuka & James Bulley ; Deptford Storehouse ; Sage and Jester ; London, uK ; 1 June 2025 ; Credit and copyright: Helen Murray ; www.helenmurrayphotos.com
Misinformation

The weaponisation of fear and misinformation is nothing new. We must act against it

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge
Theatre

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge

No experience of homelessness is the same. That’s why we’re giving people space to tell their stories
Theatre

No experience of homelessness is the same. That’s why we’re giving people space to tell their stories

Tim Minchin: ‘I’d choose this career over a billion dollars 100 times over’
Letter To My Younger Self

Tim Minchin: ‘I’d choose this career over a billion dollars 100 times over’

Radio

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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

Rick Edwards: ‘I assumed I’d embrace being famous. I quickly realised that wasn’t the case’
Rick Edwards
Letter To My Younger Self

Rick Edwards: ‘I assumed I’d embrace being famous. I quickly realised that wasn’t the case’

BBC cuts to local radio are a cost we cannot afford: ‘Vulnerable people rely on radio’
A 1970s radio
Radio

BBC cuts to local radio are a cost we cannot afford: ‘Vulnerable people rely on radio’

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