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Monster of Jazz Festival founder Wojtek Mazolewski: 'Jazz is freedom. That’s how I see and feel it'
Music

Monster of Jazz Festival founder Wojtek Mazolewski: 'Jazz is freedom. That’s how I see and feel it'

A new Polish jazz festival will be a bold celebration of freedom and artistry. Not long ago, it would have been illegal
Inside the Big Issue: Summer of Music special
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Summer of Music special

At Laugharne, I'm reminded there's no room for complacency when love is our goal
Robin Ince

At Laugharne, I'm reminded there's no room for complacency when love is our goal

This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
Music

This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy

Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz
Books

Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Yungblud on 'ignorant' politicians, his own affordable festival and how music can change the world
Music

Yungblud on 'ignorant' politicians, his own affordable festival and how music can change the world

How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners
Miles Davis playing onstage
Music

How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners

'It was time to change the narrative': How I created the Black British Book Festival
Selina Brown illustration
Books

'It was time to change the narrative': How I created the Black British Book Festival

Reflections on the Black Sea: A film festival from a rich and perilous region 
Two women press faces together
Film festival

Reflections on the Black Sea: A film festival from a rich and perilous region