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My one-man mission to build a school – and keep a promise
Jordan Wylie

My one-man mission to build a school – and keep a promise

What I learned from being held hostage for 450 days
Edith Blais

What I learned from being held hostage for 450 days

'I consider myself a foot soldier in the exploration of Mars'
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'I consider myself a foot soldier in the exploration of Mars'

Finding the real Shane MacGowan meant roving down a different road
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Finding the real Shane MacGowan meant roving down a different road

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca
The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy is out now (Lake Union Publishing. Illustration: Joseph Joyce
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Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca

Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'
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Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'

I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi
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I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi

From 13th-century monks to Google, we're all index-linked
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From 13th-century monks to Google, we're all index-linked

Author Charles Foster: 'Unless we rediscover our stories we’re finished'
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Author Charles Foster: 'Unless we rediscover our stories we’re finished'

The benefit of glasses for middle-aged eyes
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The benefit of glasses for middle-aged eyes

Deep issues: Martin Robson's fight for his life underwater
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Deep issues: Martin Robson's fight for his life underwater

It's time to Get Loud for forcibly displaced people
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It's time to Get Loud for forcibly displaced people

Katie Mack: 'The universe is doomed to perish'
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Katie Mack: 'The universe is doomed to perish'

The Book of Trespass: 'Every step on forbidden ground'
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The Book of Trespass: 'Every step on forbidden ground'

The Assistant's Kjella Ola Dahl on discovering a criminal family past
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The Assistant's Kjella Ola Dahl on discovering a criminal family past

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'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Memories from five tours in Afghanistan
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Memories from five tours in Afghanistan

Time's up for Britain's oil giants, but they won't go down without a fight
Illustration: Joseph Joyce
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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
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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
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Forget Tasmanian tigers, species are still going extinct by the million