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Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

Femi Kuti on Afrobeat, protest and his legendary father: 'The trumpet felt like an Uzi'
Music

Femi Kuti on Afrobeat, protest and his legendary father: 'The trumpet felt like an Uzi'

The truth was just as hard to find in the old days as it is now
John Bird

The truth was just as hard to find in the old days as it is now

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'
Legal aid crisis

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'

From smoking and nerve gas to poor quality air: How the act of breathing became political
Health

From smoking and nerve gas to poor quality air: How the act of breathing became political

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Books

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd

Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon
Books

Separate Rooms by Pier Vittorio Tondelli review – a welcome return to the queer canon

Our water is filthy. It's time to float the idea of renationalisation
Paul McNamee

Our water is filthy. It's time to float the idea of renationalisation

Inside the Big Issue: Who saves Who?
Inside the Big issue

Inside the Big Issue: Who saves Who?

The family-unifying effect of University Challenge
Lucy Sweet

The family-unifying effect of University Challenge

Paula Radcliffe: 'I thought I'd never get over the Olympics – but it's just sport'
Letter To My Younger Self

Paula Radcliffe: 'I thought I'd never get over the Olympics – but it's just sport'

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War's most important weapons
Books

How the CIA book club became one of the Cold War's most important weapons

Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen
Books

Top 5 board books for children, chosen by New York Times bestselling author Jon Klassen

Odyssey Ensemble soundtracks journeys of asylum seekers and refugees
Classical music

Odyssey Ensemble soundtracks journeys of asylum seekers and refugees

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – heist sequel has blood, sweat and De Beers
Film

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – heist sequel has blood, sweat and De Beers

Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times
Exclusive

Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Joe Lycett: 'Let's fix things in our backyard before we try and fix the world'
TV

Joe Lycett: 'Let's fix things in our backyard before we try and fix the world'

Five things we learned from Pope Francis' candid and historic Big Issue interview
Pope Francis

Five things we learned from Pope Francis' candid and historic Big Issue interview

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how
Polly Stepan

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how

Poverty policy needs a rethink. One day, we will replace the fish with fishing rods
John Bird

Poverty policy needs a rethink. One day, we will replace the fish with fishing rods