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Robin Ince: Independent bookshop people are the best people
![Bookshop](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/phil-hearing-EphlvubK7co-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
Robin Ince: Independent bookshop people are the best people
Count Binface's guide to 2022: A year of political bin fires
![Count Binface](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CB-Uxbridge-Nixon.jpeg?w=768)
Count Binface's guide to 2022: A year of political bin fires
The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
![Oil rigs](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1543_JB_2G8E487-2.jpg?w=768)
The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability
![David Aguilar](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1542-Books_GettyImages-1235144662.jpg?w=768)
David Aguilar: Forget pity, I needed to change perceptions of disability
I've spent Christmas in prison and on the street - finding recovery saved my life
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I've spent Christmas in prison and on the street - finding recovery saved my life
Our Daily Bread: Father Alex Frost says it's not just prayer we need to tackle poverty
![Our Daily Bread: From Argos to the Altar – A Priest’s Story by Father Alex Frost](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1541-Books-cr-Edward-Tuckwell-CMYK.jpg?w=768)
Our Daily Bread: Father Alex Frost says it's not just prayer we need to tackle poverty
Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'
![Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth by Stuart Braithwaite is out now](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1540-Books-cr-Jimmy-Turrell.jpg?w=768)
Mogwai guitarist Stuart Braithwaite: 'Music can make dreams come true'
Robin Ince on tour: Wine-tasting woes with Professor Brian Cox
![Professor Brian Cox](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1540_Robin-Ince_2J9B2BX-1.jpg?w=768)
Robin Ince on tour: Wine-tasting woes with Professor Brian Cox
How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film
![The Dark Room illustration](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1539-Books-cr-ChrisBentham.jpg?w=768)
How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film
Here's what people in Dover really think about UK immigration
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Here's what people in Dover really think about UK immigration
Alcoholism gave me two heart attacks and liver disease - but since finding recovery I’m fitter than ever
![A silhouetted man runs on cobblestones alongside a river in winter](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/26715949745_6cc92e2be6_o.jpg?w=768)
Alcoholism gave me two heart attacks and liver disease - but since finding recovery I’m fitter than ever
'Enough is enough': Why workers and campaigners are protesting around the country
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'Enough is enough': Why workers and campaigners are protesting around the country
Diary of a food bank manager: 'Now more regularly we hear about whole days without food'
![Food bank volunteers](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/P1190328-scaled.jpg?w=768)
Diary of a food bank manager: 'Now more regularly we hear about whole days without food'
Martin Compston on Arctic Monkeys: 'There are no egos'
![Alex Turner and Martin Compston](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1528_AM_DSCF1494.jpg?w=768)
Martin Compston on Arctic Monkeys: 'There are no egos'
Diary of a food bank manager: 'This year, there has been no lull. Just a steady increase'
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Diary of a food bank manager: 'This year, there has been no lull. Just a steady increase'
Robin Ince on the road: Salt Lake city is so friendly it's like a horror movie
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Robin Ince on the road: Salt Lake city is so friendly it's like a horror movie
Comedian Chloe Petts: 'Wake up! Cancel culture doesn't exist'
![Chloe Petts](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1524_Comedy_Matt_Crockett.jpg?w=768)
Comedian Chloe Petts: 'Wake up! Cancel culture doesn't exist'
Diary of a food bank manager: Summer usually provides some respite. Not this year
![Volunteers at Earlsfield Foodbank sort food in crates in the middle of a church](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_9396.jpg?w=768)
Diary of a food bank manager: Summer usually provides some respite. Not this year
Ricardo P Lloyd: 'I want to see the industry celebrate Black talent instead of pushing actors out'
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