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The Middle East has been betrayed – but despite everything, there is always hope
The Middle East

The Middle East has been betrayed – but despite everything, there is always hope

Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison
An inmate at HMP Erlestoke holding the book The Lost Boyz at Penned Up 2025
Literature

Ten years of Penned Up: The inside story of a literary festival for people in prison

Fox by Joyce Carol Oates review – giving voices to victims
Books

Fox by Joyce Carol Oates review – giving voices to victims

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review – exploring trauma through cooking
Books

I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review – exploring trauma through cooking

Eight simple steps to transform the way you listen
Mental health

Eight simple steps to transform the way you listen

Top 5 crime novels set in Glasgow, chosen by Novak and Mitchell author Andrew Raymond
Top 5

Top 5 crime novels set in Glasgow, chosen by Novak and Mitchell author Andrew Raymond

Our approach to mental health isn't working – here's what needs to change
Mental health

Our approach to mental health isn't working – here's what needs to change

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

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

No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – making the case for never giving up hope
Books

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

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
Books

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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