Our Big Issue cover star draws her heroes

Seven-year-old Aria Burn was delighted to be named the winner of our first-ever spring cover competition. It was on the theme of HEROES and head judge, illustrator Dapo Adeola said: “Of all the entries, this one shows a great sense of composition. The sense of design here speaks to a promising future in illustration.” Wow! Well done Aria. See more of the amazing entries inside.

Also inside:

• Lynval Golding is guitarist and founding member of The Specials. He is also one of the Windrush Generation. Finally, he tells us, there is hope
• Movement has shaped Earth as we know it – but we’re only now starting to understand, says science journalist Sonia Shah
• Peter Frampton tells his younger self not to worry too much about being so good looking
• Plymouth vendor Clive is using lockdown to return to education

All this, and more, only in this week’s Big Issue!

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