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We're Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, photographed by Debra Hurness-Brown
Christmas

We're Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue

Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury have created Pax: A Festive Tale, published exclusively in the pages of next week's Big Issue
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts
Books

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts

Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre
Books

Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre

Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children's author Sophie Kirtley
Books

Top 5 Books for under-13s, chosen by children's author Sophie Kirtley

Science writer Alex Riley: 'Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure'
Life

Science writer Alex Riley: 'Even if humans cause mass extinction, life will still endure'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile
Books

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani review – diaspora, flight and exile

The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors
Books

The Tower by Thea Lenarduzzi review – a strange, engrossing literary hall of mirrors

Why I went on an 800 mile walk to Auschwitz
Holocaust

Why I went on an 800 mile walk to Auschwitz

I've written a Jane Austen spinoff for my 80th birthday. Help me sell a million copies
John Bird

I've written a Jane Austen spinoff for my 80th birthday. Help me sell a million copies

A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction
Books

A Long Winter by Colm Toíbín review – a short but brilliant piece of fiction

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts
Crafts

Cockmakers, eye-punchers and blubbermen: A deep dive into ancient British crafts

Artist Oliver Jeffers: 'I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried'
Letter To My Younger Self

Artist Oliver Jeffers: 'I want to be able to look my kids in the eye and say that I tried'

Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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Top 5 queer love stories, chosen by poet, playwright and novelist Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Whatever happened to punk?
Punk

Whatever happened to punk?

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture
Books

The Expansion Project by Ben Pester review – a surreal dismantling of corporate culture

Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity
Books

Blood Book by Kim de l’Horizon review – extended meditations on non-binary identity

Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 
Books

Top 5 Balkan books, chosen by Slovenian author and journalist Ana Schnabl 

Why most of your memories are probably not even real
Life

Why most of your memories are probably not even real

You get a good class of conversation in the back of a Glasgow taxi
Robin Ince

You get a good class of conversation in the back of a Glasgow taxi

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: 'Any time Brian Cox wants to talk... I'm easy to find'
Film

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: 'Any time Brian Cox wants to talk... I'm easy to find'

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world
Lucy Webster

This is how it feels to be a disabled woman desexualised by the world

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money
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A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap review – give them some money

168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga
Books

168 Songs of Hatred and Failure by Keith Cameron review – an uplifting Manic Street Preachers saga

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?
Music

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become a global superstar?

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major
Books

Top 5 locked room mysteries, chosen by fantasy writer Tim Major