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Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we've moved with them
John Bird

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we've moved with them

Let us all feast on left-wing milk and woke sandwiches
Nigel Farage giving a speech
Paul McNamee

Let us all feast on left-wing milk and woke sandwiches

Ruth Jones and James Corden: 'Gavin & Stacey finale might not be what you're expecting...'
Gavin & Stacey stars ahead of the final episode
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Ruth Jones and James Corden: 'Gavin & Stacey finale might not be what you're expecting...'

Inside the Big Issue: Gavin & Stacey's James Corden and Ruth Jones – one final time
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Gavin & Stacey's James Corden and Ruth Jones – one final time

Letters: The UK government is assisting the dying every day of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Letters

Letters: The UK government is assisting the dying every day of innocent Palestinians in Gaza

Getting to the great outdoors by public transport is easier and more enjoyable than you think
Travel

Getting to the great outdoors by public transport is easier and more enjoyable than you think

The Bank of Mum and Dad has too much influence on homeownership in Britain – that needs to change
Housing

The Bank of Mum and Dad has too much influence on homeownership in Britain – that needs to change

Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo: 'I didn't know where Steven ended and Dynamo began'
Letter To My Younger Self

Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo: 'I didn't know where Steven ended and Dynamo began'

Top 5 weird fiction books, chosen by short story writer Lena Valencia
Books

Top 5 weird fiction books, chosen by short story writer Lena Valencia

Rom-com master Richard Curtis on Christmas, Love Actually and criticism: 'You change with the times'
Christmas

Rom-com master Richard Curtis on Christmas, Love Actually and criticism: 'You change with the times'

Dogs are much happier than humans. Here's why
Mark Rowlands

Dogs are much happier than humans. Here's why

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Adam Barnett

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers

James Blunt: 'Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years'
Music

James Blunt: 'Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years'

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian 'kill shelter' to find a loving home
Dogs of Big Issue

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian 'kill shelter' to find a loving home

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game
Film

Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game

How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today
Dogs

How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'A library is a safe and happy place': The unparalleled joy of a mobile library
Robin Ince

'A library is a safe and happy place': The unparalleled joy of a mobile library

'We didn't know where to go': What's it's like being pregnant, a refugee and homeless at Christmas
Refugee homelessness

'We didn't know where to go': What's it's like being pregnant, a refugee and homeless at Christmas

I thought being a man meant being tough and strong. But real strength comes from asking for help
Dan Guiness

I thought being a man meant being tough and strong. But real strength comes from asking for help

Tower block tenants trapped in 'living nightmare' by bed bug infestations: 'I'm riddled with them'
bed bugs
Housing

Tower block tenants trapped in 'living nightmare' by bed bug infestations: 'I'm riddled with them'

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