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In praise of the Apple TV hit The Morning Show
TV

In praise of the Apple TV hit The Morning Show

Dear Evan Hansen review: 'Hard to know what the filmmakers were aiming for'
Amy Adams as Cynthia Murphy and Danny Pino as Larry Mora in Dear Evan Hansen, directed by Stephen Chbosky. Image: Universal Pictures
Film

Dear Evan Hansen review: 'Hard to know what the filmmakers were aiming for'

The French Dispatch evokes the golden age of magazines - we're ushering in a new era
Bill Murray in the film The French Dispatch. Image: Searchlight Pictures
Paul McNamee

The French Dispatch evokes the golden age of magazines - we're ushering in a new era

Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'
Shappi Khorsandi performing comedy. Image: Mick Flynn / Alamy Stock Photo
Culture

Shappi Khorsandi: 'I'd tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs'

Why the world needs to embrace our Stop Mass Homelessness campaign
The Big Issue has launched a Stop Mass Homelessness campaign.
John Bird

Why the world needs to embrace our Stop Mass Homelessness campaign

'The system is controlled by gatekeepers - Black creators are doing it their own way'
Culture

'The system is controlled by gatekeepers - Black creators are doing it their own way'

‘Culture is who we are and what we do, not something for any sort of elite’
Culture

‘Culture is who we are and what we do, not something for any sort of elite’

Get your entries in for The Big Issue's Christmas Kids Cover Competition
Art

Get your entries in for The Big Issue's Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Nathan Filer's podcast Why Do I Feel is a series of beautifully told stories
Culture

Nathan Filer's podcast Why Do I Feel is a series of beautifully told stories

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right
Agnes O'Casey stars in Ridley Road. Photo: BBC / Ben Blackall
TV

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection
Books

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch
Books

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new
Music

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca
The Storyteller of Casablanca by Fiona Valpy is out now (Lake Union Publishing. Illustration: Joseph Joyce
Books

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca

Meet the people selling street papers around the world
David Jankovic sells Liceulice in Belgrade. Courtesy of Liceulice / INSP.ngo
Life

Meet the people selling street papers around the world

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul's
Jimmy McMahon on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, February 2012. Image: Paul Davey Photo: Paul Davey
Activism

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul's

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover
Venom: Let There Be Carnage lacks bite. Image: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Film

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover

It's been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?
Protesters wearing masks at the Occupy London protest outside St Paul s Cathedral in London Photo: David Pearson / Alamy Stock Photo
Activism

It's been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?

Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'
Billy Bragg. Image: Jill Furmanovsky
Music

Billy Bragg: 'There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism'

The universal credit uplift and a rent arrears fund - that's what levelling up really looks like
Boris Johnson stands at a podium with government warnings, with his head bowed
Paul McNamee

The universal credit uplift and a rent arrears fund - that's what levelling up really looks like