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Inside the Big Issue: Paste Present Future: The art of protest
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Paste Present Future: The art of protest

Creative studio Grow Up is helping us celebrate our 35th birthday with a major new exhibition exploring the big issues facing modern society
See the protest art hitting London's streets to mark Big Issue's 35th birthday
Paste Present Future asked notable protest artists: what is your big issue?
Art

See the protest art hitting London's streets to mark Big Issue's 35th birthday

'I was diagnosed with a rare dementia that affects my vision. I turned it into an art project'
Steve and his wife Aly
Dementia

'I was diagnosed with a rare dementia that affects my vision. I turned it into an art project'

Meet the people with Alzheimer's and their families coming together in a dementia run club
Dementia

Meet the people with Alzheimer's and their families coming together in a dementia run club

Researchers are doing incredible work to find a cure for dementia – but more funding is vital
Dementia

Researchers are doing incredible work to find a cure for dementia – but more funding is vital

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Tony Christie
Music

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’

'If I were PM I'd make dementia research a priority'
Julie Hayden
Dementia

'If I were PM I'd make dementia research a priority'

David Baddiel: 'My worst moment was telling my dad my mum died. I had to tell him again and again'
Dementia

David Baddiel: 'My worst moment was telling my dad my mum died. I had to tell him again and again'

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: 'One hit could kill them'
Alix Popham tackles Argentina’s Juan Martin at an international in Cardiff, 2007. Image: Matt Dunham / AP Photo / Alamy
Contact sports

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: 'One hit could kill them'

‘I was diagnosed with dementia almost a decade ago but life is for the living. You can’t hold back’ 
Olive Munro and her husband Ronnie. Image: Alzheimer's Research UK
Dementia

‘I was diagnosed with dementia almost a decade ago but life is for the living. You can’t hold back’ 

'I’ve been axe throwing and tractor riding since being diagnosed with Alzheimer's’ 
Ronnie Dean and her son Will
Alzheimer's

'I’ve been axe throwing and tractor riding since being diagnosed with Alzheimer's’ 

Meet the people raising awareness of dementia in the South Asian community
The Dementia Community Champions
Dementia

Meet the people raising awareness of dementia in the South Asian community

I took a walk where I grew up in London. I saw how gentrification has damaged the community
The shops in Fulham in the 1970s have been replaced by a plethora of estate agents
John Bird

I took a walk where I grew up in London. I saw how gentrification has damaged the community

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently
Carole Greig tries the CrossSense glasses, which uses audio and text to help wearers with dementia
Technology

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society
Letters

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society

It’s time we stopped having to face up to a SLAPP
Nik Williams on SLAPP
Nik Williams

It’s time we stopped having to face up to a SLAPP

Want to help the families of people with dementia? Here’s what to do
Alzheimer's patient Caroline and husband and carer John
Dementia

Want to help the families of people with dementia? Here’s what to do

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world'
Paul Heaton
Music

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world'

Bonnie Oddie: 'There's no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying'
Theatre

Bonnie Oddie: 'There's no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying'

Inside the Big Issue: I am Still Me
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: I am Still Me

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’

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Kevin Rowland: 'The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy'
Kevin Rowland
Music

Kevin Rowland: 'The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy'

Darren McGarvey: 'If I were prime minister I'd be pranking Tommy Robinson on the phone'
Darren McGarvey
PM for the PM

Darren McGarvey: 'If I were prime minister I'd be pranking Tommy Robinson on the phone'

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

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

Natalie Imbruglia: 'Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel'
Natalie Imbruglia
Letter To My Younger Self

Natalie Imbruglia: 'Becoming a star is not going to feel the way you think it’s going to feel'