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Paul O'Grady: 'I could milk a cow by the time I was seven'
Paul O'Grady spoke to The Big Issue about his love of dogs and mixed feelings on Lily Savage Photo: Kirsty Mattsson
Letter to my Younger Self

Paul O'Grady: 'I could milk a cow by the time I was seven'

I'm in north Wales, on the fantasy beach holiday of my childhood
Harlech Castle, Gwynned
Sam Delaney

I'm in north Wales, on the fantasy beach holiday of my childhood

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee's 'upturned fairytale'
A refugee boat
Book reviews

What Strange Paradise review: A nine-year-old refugee's 'upturned fairytale'

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants
Natasha Agarwal as Neera and Jamal Andreas as Jai in WNO’s Migrations
Music

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants

Think you could lead a country? Here's a guide to creating your own micronation
Seasteading floating homes are a possibility for a micronation
Books

Think you could lead a country? Here's a guide to creating your own micronation

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams
Illustration of Peru
Books

Iain Sinclair on The Gold Machine: Drunken priests and fever dreams

Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac
spy camera
Top 5 books

Top 5 books on secret statecraft, chosen by Rory Cormac

Sinead Gleeson interview: 'Music has often been regarded as men's work'
illustration of female musicians
Music

Sinead Gleeson interview: 'Music has often been regarded as men's work'

We can't afford for Truss to be conservative in her outlook
House of Commons
John Bird

We can't afford for Truss to be conservative in her outlook

If you're worried about money, here's a way to make some
Joe Lycett
Paul McNamee

If you're worried about money, here's a way to make some

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher
Three silhouettes on stage
Book reviews

Acting Class by Nick Drnaso review: Misfit drama students and one increasingly erratic teacher

Don't Worry Darling: A dystopian take on the American Dream
florence Pugh and Harry Styles in Don't Worry Darling
Film review

Don't Worry Darling: A dystopian take on the American Dream

Top 5 books if you're into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen
Books

Top 5 books if you're into Gothic tales, chosen by Lauren Owen

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place
Mexican border
Book reviews

Solito by Javier Zamora review: A beguiling memoir, effortlessly evocative of time and place

Street Soccer Nations Cup: The football tournament that changes lives
Street Soccer Nations Cup
FOOTBALL

Street Soccer Nations Cup: The football tournament that changes lives

Crimes of the future: Surgery is the new sex in Cronenberg's latest ick-flick
Crimes of the future
film

Crimes of the future: Surgery is the new sex in Cronenberg's latest ick-flick

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we're more connected than ever
Woman on a balcony
book reviews

An Exciting and Vivid Inner Life review: Exploring loneliness when we're more connected than ever

Top 5 books about Greek mythology, chosen by Jennifer Saint
Statue of Poseidon
Books

Top 5 books about Greek mythology, chosen by Jennifer Saint

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live
illlustration of Ken Robinson
Books

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live

Prime minister, here’s how much it will cost to save the country this winter
Prime minister Liz Truss
Richard Murphy

Prime minister, here’s how much it will cost to save the country this winter