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Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez
22nd June 1948: The ex-troopship 'Empire Windrush' arriving at Tilbury Docks from Jamaica, with 482 Jamaicans on board, emigrating to Britain. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Books

Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez

Exclusive: David Lloyd's unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask
Artist David Lloyd. stands in front of the V for Vendetta masks he originally designed which became an emblem for the Occupy movement.
Art

Exclusive: David Lloyd's unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas
Books

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'
Books

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: 'Unlike anything you've read before'

Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'
Books

Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: 'A compulsive narrative drive'

Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'
Books

Author Tash Aw: 'So many of us have multiple identities'

Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie
Queen drummer Roger Taylor. Image: Xavier Vila
Music

Roger Taylor on Elvis, Freddie Mercury's belief in Queen and his weekend with Bowie

Let's turn up the heat on global leaders to divest from fossil fuels
Eight in ten HSBC and Barclays customers didn't know the banks invested in fossil fuels
Molly Scott Cato

Let's turn up the heat on global leaders to divest from fossil fuels

What would a global switch to cryptocurrency mean for vulnerable people?
Blockchain: What would a global switch to cryptocurrency mean for vulnerable people?
Money

What would a global switch to cryptocurrency mean for vulnerable people?

You know that unmistakeable James Bond film look? Here's how it's created
James Bond (Daniel Craig) looks out on the water surrounding his Jamaican home in No Time To Die. Image: Nicola Dove / © 2021 Danjao, LLC and MGM
Film

You know that unmistakeable James Bond film look? Here's how it's created

The Big Issue exists because the public fell in love with our vendors
John Bird

The Big Issue exists because the public fell in love with our vendors

We're counting the cost of failing to prepare for a post-Brexit world
The Road Haulage Association (RHA) estimates there is a shortage of more than 100,000 HGV drivers. Image: Peter O'Connor / Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Paul McNamee

We're counting the cost of failing to prepare for a post-Brexit world

The real Q: James Bond special effects guru reveals the secrets to 007's stunts
Chris Corbould on the set of No Time To Die. Image: Jasin Boland © 2021 DANJAQ, LLC and MGM
Film

The real Q: James Bond special effects guru reveals the secrets to 007's stunts

Salvage Hunters' Drew Pritchard talks trade with a Big Issue seller
News

Salvage Hunters' Drew Pritchard talks trade with a Big Issue seller

Soggy sandwiches, cold tea and sooty trains - the nostalgia of the old railways
Robin Price

Soggy sandwiches, cold tea and sooty trains - the nostalgia of the old railways

Why we need a video game about homelessness
News

Why we need a video game about homelessness

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 dystopian novels, featuring Isaac Asimov and Iain M Banks
Books

Top 5 dystopian novels, featuring Isaac Asimov and Iain M Banks

Climate change: A Big Issue seller's plea for compassion towards animals and our planet
Plymouth vendor Jules Daniels wants us all to take action on climate change
Jules Daniels

Climate change: A Big Issue seller's plea for compassion towards animals and our planet

Selling The Big Issue has boosted my income and my wellbeing
Simone Gill

Selling The Big Issue has boosted my income and my wellbeing

James Bond's cocktail consultant explains why a vodka martini is better shaken than stirred
James Bond cocktail consultant Erik Lorincz. Photo by Ken McKay/Shutterstock
Food

James Bond's cocktail consultant explains why a vodka martini is better shaken than stirred