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Count Binface: 'Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior'
Politics

Count Binface: 'Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior'

A 5,900-year-old intergalactic space warrior from the planet Sigma IX is Nigel Farage's biggest threat in the Clacton by-election. But what does Count Binface really stand for?
Inside the Big Issue: Trash talking with Count Binface
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trash talking with Count Binface

Artist Philip Colbert: 'There’s a fascism of seriousness'
Thirty giant, surrealist lobsters interact with the Roman ruins at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii
Art

Artist Philip Colbert: 'There’s a fascism of seriousness'

'I shed many tears, with no one to talk to, about my financial worries. It's no life'
Experian

'I shed many tears, with no one to talk to, about my financial worries. It's no life'

Mr MoneyJar on the pros and cons of using AI as your financial adviser
Experian

Mr MoneyJar on the pros and cons of using AI as your financial adviser

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Bradley Foxwell: the homeless artist showing off his work on the side of canal boats
Canal Boat Contemporary uses London's network of waterways to bring the art to the people
Art

Bradley Foxwell: the homeless artist showing off his work on the side of canal boats

'I had an injury at work which meant I had to leave my job and claim benefits. Then debt piled up'
Experian

'I had an injury at work which meant I had to leave my job and claim benefits. Then debt piled up'

Beth Orton: 'Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world'
Beth Orton
Letter To My Younger Self

Beth Orton: 'Women are reinventing what it means to exist in the world'

The growing movement preventing homeless people from having to choose between their pet and a home
Newcastle's drop-in hub The Joseph Cowen Health Centre has a pet-friendly policy
Pets

The growing movement preventing homeless people from having to choose between their pet and a home

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'
wires connecting to a monitor
Letters

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'

As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism
a data centre
Steven MacKenzie

As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'
The old speedway ground in Thurrock being eyed up by Google carries both sporting and ecological significance
Technology

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'

Inside the Big Issue: Lobster Love with Philip Colbert
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Lobster Love with Philip Colbert

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up'
Children's Laureate Patrice Lawrence
Books

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up'

'I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here's what I learned'
Invisible Cities' Johnny delivers a tour in Cardiff
Invisible Cities

'I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here's what I learned'

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

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

Sir Chris Hoy: 'If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug'
Sir Chris Hoy
Sport

Sir Chris Hoy: 'If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug'

As Britain's health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?
New prime minister Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street
Mark Heffernan

As Britain's health gaps widen, can Burnham replicate his Greater Manchester success around the UK?

'A wealth tax can only go so far – how about preventing people amassing riches in the first place?'
Letters

'A wealth tax can only go so far – how about preventing people amassing riches in the first place?'

The horrific state of our social housing is a stain on the nation. There's only one way to fix it
Social housing
Social housing

The horrific state of our social housing is a stain on the nation. There's only one way to fix it

Healthier lives were Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. 2026's games must raise that bar
The Commonwealth Games
Steven Mackenzie

Healthier lives were Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. 2026's games must raise that bar

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside the Big Issue: Sir Chris Hoy
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Chris Hoy

How social media is changing politics: 'I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up'
Andy Burnham, Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer
Politics

How social media is changing politics: 'I slid into his DMs and told him not to balls this up'

A homeless tour of Liverpool: 'We need to talk about people, real and raw. Everyone's got a story'
Invisible Cities' tour guide Danielle in Liverpool
Invisible Cities

A homeless tour of Liverpool: 'We need to talk about people, real and raw. Everyone's got a story'

'I’ve had to weep with those who lost everything': Inside Venezuela's devastating earthquakes
Venezeula humanitarian worker Claudia Gonzalez Pacheco
Claudia Gonzalez Pacheco

'I’ve had to weep with those who lost everything': Inside Venezuela's devastating earthquakes