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A Woman of Substance star Jessica Reynolds: 'You can't be an actor and not be political'
Interview

A Woman of Substance star Jessica Reynolds: 'You can't be an actor and not be political'

A Woman of Substance was a huge hit when it first aired in 1985. Now it's back
Birmingham bin workers' strike shows essential workers deserve support – and a decent wage
John Bird

Birmingham bin workers' strike shows essential workers deserve support – and a decent wage

Retrofit or regret: Why the fastest way to reach net zero is to fix what we already have
Eugene Clark

Retrofit or regret: Why the fastest way to reach net zero is to fix what we already have

How would you spend £428 billion? Welcome to the impact economy
B Corp Month

How would you spend £428 billion? Welcome to the impact economy

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
Book review

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll
Book review

Young Once: A Life Less Heavy by Nigel Planer review: highly entertaining and endearingly droll

Joining the B Corp movement made Big Issue stronger
Rhys Corley-Morgan

Joining the B Corp movement made Big Issue stronger

After 19 years I'm stepping down as editor of Big Issue. Doing this job has felt like home
Big Issue editor Paul McNamee with Armando Iannucci
Paul McNamee

After 19 years I'm stepping down as editor of Big Issue. Doing this job has felt like home

Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me 
Letters

Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me 

Inside the Big Issue: Exclusive interview with Kneecap after the chaos. What happened next?
Cover of Kneecap's Big Issue exclusive, on sale Monday 23 March.
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Exclusive interview with Kneecap after the chaos. What happened next?

Jews and Muslims' connected history goes beyond Gaza. It's a story that needs to be told right now
Books

Jews and Muslims' connected history goes beyond Gaza. It's a story that needs to be told right now

B Corp Month: Food tastes better when it’s served with a conscience
B Corp Month

B Corp Month: Food tastes better when it’s served with a conscience

Nick Mohammed: 'Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy'
TV

Nick Mohammed: 'Doing the school drop-off during Celebrity Traitors was crazy'

Big John: Bingo's Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism
Food

Big John: Bingo's Boshfather encapsulates a modern Britain with tolerance and patriotism

50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart's volatile classic
Music

50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart's volatile classic

Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  
Top 5

Top 5 books about returning home, selected by Susannah Dickey  

Formula E is in pole position as sport's first-ever B Corp
B Corp Month

Formula E is in pole position as sport's first-ever B Corp

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'

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'

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

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