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I'm in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here's why
Millie Manders

I'm in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here's why

'Alcohol felt like home to us': A mother and daughter's story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it
Alcoholism

'Alcohol felt like home to us': A mother and daughter's story of alcoholism – and how they overcame it

'Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas': Celebrating 40 years of Wham!'s festive classic
Music

'Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas': Celebrating 40 years of Wham!'s festive classic

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
Band Aid recorded Do They Know It's Christmas? in 1984
TV

The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos

Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember
Christmas toy appeals

Meet the tireless volunteers making sure children in poverty have a Christmas to remember

Nightbitch director Marielle Heller: 'I'm trying to normalise the messy side of menstruation'
Film

Nightbitch director Marielle Heller: 'I'm trying to normalise the messy side of menstruation'

BBC 6 Music's Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
Music

BBC 6 Music's Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024

'I don't know if I can get away with this': Inside the making of feel-good queer comedy Smoggie Queens
TV

'I don't know if I can get away with this': Inside the making of feel-good queer comedy Smoggie Queens

Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse
Books

Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse

New Martha Stewart documentary shows fragility beneath the Darth Vader persona
TV

New Martha Stewart documentary shows fragility beneath the Darth Vader persona

Letters: Our US 'special relationship' could be dangerous if there's a world war
Letters

Letters: Our US 'special relationship' could be dangerous if there's a world war

If Bob Dylan tells us it's time for joy, we'd better pay attention
Paul McNamee

If Bob Dylan tells us it's time for joy, we'd better pay attention

Wham!'s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: 'There's a sadness now to Christmas'
Music

Wham!'s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: 'There's a sadness now to Christmas'

Inside this issue: Wham!'s Last Christmas turns 40
Inside the Big Issue

Inside this issue: Wham!'s Last Christmas turns 40

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: 'To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy'
Letter to my Younger Self

Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless: 'To have Lisa Simpson say your name is crazy'

The truth is we're all sinners – it's how we survive as human beings
Neuroscience

The truth is we're all sinners – it's how we survive as human beings

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 books with a hero, chosen by teacher and author Jack Jackman
Books

Top 5 books with a hero, chosen by teacher and author Jack Jackman

Trump harnessed the power of angry young men – thanks to a brotherhood of online 'gurus'
Sam Delaney

Trump harnessed the power of angry young men – thanks to a brotherhood of online 'gurus'

These children are going blind – so their parents gave them memories to last a lifetime
kids
Film

These children are going blind – so their parents gave them memories to last a lifetime

Malala Yousafzai on taking on the Taliban and why 'storytelling is the soul of activism'
Malala Yousafzai
Activism

Malala Yousafzai on taking on the Taliban and why 'storytelling is the soul of activism'

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