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Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled
Books

Foreign Fruit by Katie Goh review – big ideas, lightly handled

Foreign Fruit is a deeply thoughtful, funny and moving treatise on identity and the myriad factors that influence it
No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
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No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope

Why Putin's Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin
Russia

Why Putin's Russia is still haunted by the ghost of Stalin

Top 5 secrets-won't-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks
Books

Top 5 secrets-won't-stay-hidden thrillers, chosen by bestselling novelist Adele Parks

Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit
Film

Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Crying in public is nothing to be ashamed of
Robin Ince

Crying in public is nothing to be ashamed of

Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose
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Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – big ideas and terrific prose

'Without Big Issue we wouldn't be here today': How Big Issue opened doors for smash hit The Salt Path
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'Without Big Issue we wouldn't be here today': How Big Issue opened doors for smash hit The Salt Path

How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation
Lockdown

How lockdowns through history have led to revolt and misinformation

Top 5 crime novels, chosen by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall
Top 5

Top 5 crime novels, chosen by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot's Middlemarch
John Bird

What our world leaders could learn from George Eliot's Middlemarch

TV historian Alice Roberts: 'I wanted to be a horse when I grew up'
Big Questions

TV historian Alice Roberts: 'I wanted to be a horse when I grew up'

Bowie Odyssey 75 by Simon Goddard review – utterly riveting and beautifully written
Books

Bowie Odyssey 75 by Simon Goddard review – utterly riveting and beautifully written

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate
Books

Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin Ince review – wise, witty and compassionate

Top 5 books about video games by trailblazing author Jeanne Thornton
Books

Top 5 books about video games by trailblazing author Jeanne Thornton

Grief made me angry with music – I had to learn how to love it again
Music

Grief made me angry with music – I had to learn how to love it again

'I'm so lucky': How one man went from drinking himself to death to rescuing thousands of stray dogs
Dogs

'I'm so lucky': How one man went from drinking himself to death to rescuing thousands of stray dogs

Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse
Books

Some Body Like Me by Lucy Lapinska review – when robots replace your dead spouse

Banning books is not only wrong – it's absolutely pointless. Here's why
Free speech

Banning books is not only wrong – it's absolutely pointless. Here's why

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline
Ukraine war

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline

Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson
Books

Top 5 true crime stories, chosen by true crime expert Ceri Dawn Jackson

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder
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The Swim author explains important reason why she gave her main character an eating disorder

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn
Robin Ince

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn

Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world
Dutch author Rutger Bregman
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Author Rutger Bregman on his million-euro giveaway and how ordinary people can change the world

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery
Books

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters review – deliciously filthy genderfuckery

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