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Handcuffed: We just want to see two flabby-bottomed strangers take a really awkward shower together
TV

Handcuffed: We just want to see two flabby-bottomed strangers take a really awkward shower together

Depending on your appetite for people screaming at each other in close quarters, you will be either entertained or repulsed by Channel 4's latest offering
I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let's rebuild parliament from the foundations
Green Party MP Hannah Spencer
John Bird

I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let's rebuild parliament from the foundations

BrewDog: How the beer brand lost its head
Business

BrewDog: How the beer brand lost its head

Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination
Review

Crux by Gabriel Tallent book review: feats of wild imagination

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale
Review

Nowhere Burning by Catriona Ward book review: slow-burn thriller with a nerve-shredding finale

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Letters: The bill to fix the Houses of Parliament is too high. Let's use a disused office block instead
Letters

Letters: The bill to fix the Houses of Parliament is too high. Let's use a disused office block instead

This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it's nothing to be ashamed of
Money

This Debt Awareness Week, we want people to know it's nothing to be ashamed of

Central Station is Glasgow's beating heart. It's chilling to think we nearly lost it
Paul McNamee

Central Station is Glasgow's beating heart. It's chilling to think we nearly lost it

Inside the Big Issue: Peaky Blinders and the rise of the working-class superhero
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Peaky Blinders and the rise of the working-class superhero

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend
Books

My plan for the future is to die on a weekend

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: 'Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die' 
Letter To My Younger Self

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: 'Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die' 

Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan
Top 5

Top 5 romantasy reads, chosen by author Clíodhna O’Sullivan

What has punk ever done for us?
Punk

What has punk ever done for us?

Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside
Punk

Rebellion Festival: a festival for punks who like to be beside the seaside

Remembering a friend with The Fall, sequins, and a poem
Robin Ince

Remembering a friend with The Fall, sequins, and a poem

The Roundhouse's 'critically important' role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026
The Roundhouse CEO and artistic director Marcus Davey
Changemakers 2026

The Roundhouse's 'critically important' role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026

The Molotovs: 'We kind of created a scene from nothing'
Interview

The Molotovs: 'We kind of created a scene from nothing'

Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 
An illustration of the band Asthma Kids
Music

Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 

Punk isn't dead. Here's where you can find it in 2026
Taylor Swift
Punk

Punk isn't dead. Here's where you can find it in 2026

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

Meet the man on a mission to revolutionise Camden's historic high street: 'It's a force for change'
Art

Meet the man on a mission to revolutionise Camden's historic high street: 'It's a force for change'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Sex has fallen off the menu, the pints cost £9: this lost generation needs regeneration
John Bird

Sex has fallen off the menu, the pints cost £9: this lost generation needs regeneration

In pictures: Celebrating the punk photography of Spike Waltzer
Exhibition

In pictures: Celebrating the punk photography of Spike Waltzer

May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past
Fiction

May We Feed The King by Rebecca Perry book review: communing with the past

Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage
Fiction

Glyph by Ali Smith book review: radical energy, resistance and courage

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