Film

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: 'A world so sharply divided is going to be angry'
Andrew Garfield’s Ploughman leads the way in The Uprising
Film

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: 'A world so sharply divided is going to be angry'

Andrew Garfield stars in a tale from British history about the vast inequalities between wealthy oligarchs and ordinary people. Sounds familiar?
Kelly Macdonald: 'We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs'
Kelly Macdonald
Letter To My Younger Self

Kelly Macdonald: 'We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs'

The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’
Himesh Patel
Poverty

The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’
Arts

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’

Ruth Madeley: 'I was written off before I was born – I'm so happy that it all worked out'
Letter To My Younger Self

Ruth Madeley: 'I was written off before I was born – I'm so happy that it all worked out'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Frank Cottrell-Boyce: 'Being the children's laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing'
Letter To My Younger Self

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: 'Being the children's laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing'

Mel Brooks at 100 - the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy
Comedy

Mel Brooks at 100 - the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral
Nelson Mandela in Glasgow's George Square, 1993
Rachel Palma Randle

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 
Trap Jaw from the film Masters Of The Universe
Film

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
Photography

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: 'AI has to be at the service of humankind'
Film

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: 'AI has to be at the service of humankind'

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Film

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’
Film

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’

There can be only one Highlander – at least until the reboot comes out
Film

There can be only one Highlander – at least until the reboot comes out

Rita Wilson: 'I’m proud I started songwriting in my 50s. There is no clock on creativity'
Letter To My Younger Self

Rita Wilson: 'I’m proud I started songwriting in my 50s. There is no clock on creativity'

Is working in fashion really like The Devil Wears Prada?
Workers' rights

Is working in fashion really like The Devil Wears Prada?

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?
Film

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?

Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age
Reissue

Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’
Documentary

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’

Splitsville: The romcom chucking a grenade into domestic bliss
Review

Splitsville: The romcom chucking a grenade into domestic bliss

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: 'You absorb what’s happening'
Film

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: 'You absorb what’s happening'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Forty years of Flare, London's LGBTQIA+ film festival: 'We’ve become a really important safe space'
Film

Forty years of Flare, London's LGBTQIA+ film festival: 'We’ve become a really important safe space'

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer
Review

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer

Hamnet composer Max Richter reveals his music's secret ingredient
Music

Hamnet composer Max Richter reveals his music's secret ingredient

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power