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How Africa is becoming a continent of young entrepreneurs, scientists, creatives and activists
Lagos is Nigeria's financial hub. Credit: Shutterstock
Life

How Africa is becoming a continent of young entrepreneurs, scientists, creatives and activists

Grand Designs people are not like the rest of us
Grand Designs: The Streets
TV

Grand Designs people are not like the rest of us

From sofa surfing to the stage: This artistic director wants to give people experiencing homelessness a new lease of life
Homelessness

From sofa surfing to the stage: This artistic director wants to give people experiencing homelessness a new lease of life

What particle physics can teach us about global co-operation and hope
Life

What particle physics can teach us about global co-operation and hope

Lea Thompson on directing Star Trek: Picard and her plan to make a Howard the Duck sequel
Howard the Duck
Film

Lea Thompson on directing Star Trek: Picard and her plan to make a Howard the Duck sequel

Stuart Murdoch on Belle and Sebastian's poppy antidote to the pervasive gloom
Stuart Murdoch
Culture

Stuart Murdoch on Belle and Sebastian's poppy antidote to the pervasive gloom

Joe Wicks: 'My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be'
Joe Wicks
Culture

Joe Wicks: 'My own childhood made me think about the kind of parent I wanted to be'

The Big Issue 2022 festival guide
Festival Guide cover
Festival Guide 22

The Big Issue 2022 festival guide

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless
Ncuti Gatwa with his cat, Pushkin
Ncuti Gatwa

Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa on the moment he realised he was homeless

'Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,' says TV presenter Angela Scanlon
angela scanlon
Letter to my younger self

'Mistakes are not a failure, they are part of the gig,' says TV presenter Angela Scanlon

Poverty is being normalised. We can’t keep depending on good people to fix it. The government must act
Paul McNamee

Poverty is being normalised. We can’t keep depending on good people to fix it. The government must act

Play it again: The remarkable revival of cassettes
Cassette tape
Music

Play it again: The remarkable revival of cassettes

River Clyde by Simone Buchholz review: A daring, original crime story
Book review

River Clyde by Simone Buchholz review: A daring, original crime story

The steps we can all take towards a deeper understanding
Paul McNamee

The steps we can all take towards a deeper understanding

The book tour that's taken me to heaven and Hull
The Humber Bridge
Culture

The book tour that's taken me to heaven and Hull

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell: 'Homelessness is like this collective blind spot'
Razorlight

Razorlight's Johnny Borrell: 'Homelessness is like this collective blind spot'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Muse star Matt Bellamy has been buying The Big Issue for 25 years
Muse

Muse star Matt Bellamy has been buying The Big Issue for 25 years

Muse's Matt Bellamy: 'The will of the people can be something to be frightened of'
Muse's Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard stand in darkness except for blue light reflected from their faces
Muse

Muse's Matt Bellamy: 'The will of the people can be something to be frightened of'

The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who
Doctor Who

The remarkable rise of Ncuti Gatwa: From sofa surfing and Sex Education to Doctor Who

Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she's written
Abi Morgan
Culture

Screenwriter Abi Morgan on the dramas in her own life that rival anything she's written