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One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them
boarded up empty homes
Empty homes

One million homes are lying empty in England. Here's how we can fill them

This is why your Christmas turkey costs more this year
Food

This is why your Christmas turkey costs more this year

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump's US election victory
US president-elect Donald Trump
Donald Trump

How house prices and sky-high rents predicted Donald Trump's US election victory

New Order's Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I'm mad for it
New Order in 1989
Music

New Order's Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I'm mad for it

It’s time to honour Fife's political trailblazer Jennie Lee. My play is just the start
Theatre

It’s time to honour Fife's political trailblazer Jennie Lee. My play is just the start

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?
Paul Mescal in Gladiator II
Film

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?

Disabled people losing jobs and 'falling out of work' due to months-long waits for DWP support
disabled person working
Disability rights

Disabled people losing jobs and 'falling out of work' due to months-long waits for DWP support

How Mexico's women hijacked Día de los Muertos to remember the missing and the murdered
The Day of the Dead Women protests in Mexico City in 2021
Activism

How Mexico's women hijacked Día de los Muertos to remember the missing and the murdered

What Labour's autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness
a builder's red hard hat
Autumn budget

What Labour's autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account
Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the autumn budget 2024
Autumn budget

A penny off pints and higher wages: What Rachel Reeves' budget means for you and your bank account

'Gen Z are turning to culture instead of alcohol': Is the party holiday officially over?  
Sustainable travel

'Gen Z are turning to culture instead of alcohol': Is the party holiday officially over?  

Where has all the fog gone?
Nature

Where has all the fog gone?

Lessons from the Middle East – 'the epicentre of climate discourse' – for a warming planet
Climate change

Lessons from the Middle East – 'the epicentre of climate discourse' – for a warming planet

Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?
The earliest-known musical score is a clay tablet found in Ugarit, northern Syria, that dates back to around 1400 BC
Music

Music is everywhere, including in our heads. So why is it so hard to describe?

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?
Activists from London Renters Union hold up placard calling for
Rent controls

Landlords are worried about rent controls. Will Labour introduce them to cap record-high rents?

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along
Literature

It turns out Jane Austen was a secret radical all along

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A Kamala Harris win could make her the first TikTok president
Kamala Harris
Politics

A Kamala Harris win could make her the first TikTok president

Weather forecasts are more important than ever. Here's the science behind them
Michael Fish illustration
Weather

Weather forecasts are more important than ever. Here's the science behind them

UK inflation holds at 2.2% – but it's still a bleak picture for poorer people and benefit claimants
keir starmer
Cost of living crisis

UK inflation holds at 2.2% – but it's still a bleak picture for poorer people and benefit claimants

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they're burned out and yearning for joy
Work

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they're burned out and yearning for joy

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