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Black Buck's Mateo Askaripour: 'I didn't hesitate on injecting humour'
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Black Buck's Mateo Askaripour: 'I didn't hesitate on injecting humour'
Time's up for Britain's oil giants, but they won't go down without a fight
![Illustration: Joseph Joyce](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/black-gol.png?w=768)
Time's up for Britain's oil giants, but they won't go down without a fight
Everything you thought you knew about farming is wrong
![In every farm there is something going on which isn’t at all like you think it is, writes Bella Bathurst. Illustration: Joseph Joyce](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/farming.png?w=768)
Everything you thought you knew about farming is wrong
Forget Tasmanian tigers, species are still going extinct by the million
![Extinction rates are accelerating. Is it futile to hope nature can protect threatened species? Michael Blencowe investigates. Illustration: The Big Issue](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/exctinction.png?w=768)
Forget Tasmanian tigers, species are still going extinct by the million
The Four Horsemen are back, but there are modern heroes ready to defend us
![The heroes of the modern era are standing by to defend us, writes Dr Emily Mayhew. Illustration: Laurie Avon](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/horseman.png?w=768)
The Four Horsemen are back, but there are modern heroes ready to defend us
In an age of crisis, we can't afford rulers who lie to us
![Boris Johnson's government owes much of its authority to Brexit, says Michael Peel.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1455_Books_main-illy_The-Fabulists_HERO.jpg?w=768)
In an age of crisis, we can't afford rulers who lie to us
If we want a fairer society, morality might not be the answer
![Illustration by Joseph Joyce](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1453_Books_illy_hero.jpg?w=768)
If we want a fairer society, morality might not be the answer
What can 16th-century sailors teach us about resolve in the time of Covid?
![The stories of 16th century Arctic sailors
are testimony to how far human endurance can be stretched, says Andrea Pitzer.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1450_books_Icebound-illo_hero.jpg?w=768)
What can 16th-century sailors teach us about resolve in the time of Covid?
We need to re-evaluate feminism to address the needs of all women
![Illustration: Jospeh Joyce](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/feminism.png?w=768)
We need to re-evaluate feminism to address the needs of all women
The whole world must learn from Latin America's populist leaders
![The whole world must learn the lessons of populism, writes Will Grant](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1448_BOOKS_Populista_HERO.jpg?w=768)
The whole world must learn from Latin America's populist leaders
How a group of wartime pilots founded a movement to use aviation for good
![Words: Jo Lamb. Illustration: Joseph Joyce](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1447_Books_AuthorPieceMain_Illy.jpg?w=768)
How a group of wartime pilots founded a movement to use aviation for good
Sometimes we need to go against everything we know to get what we need
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Sometimes we need to go against everything we know to get what we need
Kevin Maxwell: racism and homophobia blighted my career in the Met police
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Kevin Maxwell: racism and homophobia blighted my career in the Met police
Why do Jews drink 'to life' rather than 'to health'?
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Why do Jews drink 'to life' rather than 'to health'?
Not slow, frail, or dim-witted: railing against ageist stereotypes
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Not slow, frail, or dim-witted: railing against ageist stereotypes
We need to understand online fascism and we need to fight it
![Fascism Joseph Joyce 1393](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/1393_books_main_hero_cr-JosephJoyce.jpg?w=768)
We need to understand online fascism and we need to fight it
Over the Rainbow: Sheldon Baverstock looks back to South Africa's rebirth
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