From the magazine
Karen Gillan: 'It's better to tell the story of Douglas is Cancelled than not tell the story'
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Karen Gillan: 'It's better to tell the story of Douglas is Cancelled than not tell the story'
Don't believe the headlines: Here's 22 facts that prove migration benefits all of us
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Don't believe the headlines: Here's 22 facts that prove migration benefits all of us
A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements – rollicking tales of the Hundred Years' War
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A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements – rollicking tales of the Hundred Years' War
Elmo, Binface and a fish finger: A colourful history of novelty political candidates taking on the elite
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Elmo, Binface and a fish finger: A colourful history of novelty political candidates taking on the elite
No, it isn't middle-class to vote for third-party or independent candidates in the general election
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No, it isn't middle-class to vote for third-party or independent candidates in the general election
Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day
![A polling station sign hangs on a wire fence outside a building](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/4583631650_a7b60a9a38_o.jpg?w=768)
Opinion polls are an important cog in our democracy – but the only poll that counts is election day
Politics needs saving. And it's going to have to be us who do it
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Politics needs saving. And it's going to have to be us who do it
The inside story of how Tony Blair's New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping
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The inside story of how Tony Blair's New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping
Count Binface: 'The British people will be watching you, Keir Starmer'
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Count Binface: 'The British people will be watching you, Keir Starmer'
Who is composer Fanny Mendelssohn? The musical sister finally being given her due
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Who is composer Fanny Mendelssohn? The musical sister finally being given her due
Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin review – Parisian feminism through the ages
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Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin review – Parisian feminism through the ages
Glastonbury 2024 is over, but its magic will take longer to fade
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Glastonbury 2024 is over, but its magic will take longer to fade
Letters: DWP benefit reforms are fuelled by decades of disability hate
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Letters: DWP benefit reforms are fuelled by decades of disability hate
Fashion icon Penelope Tree: 'Men really had the upper hand in the 1960s'
![Penelope Tree with band Procul Harum by David Bailey](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1621_Books_1967-Penelope-Tree-with-band-Procul-Harum_David-Bailey.jpg?w=768)
Fashion icon Penelope Tree: 'Men really had the upper hand in the 1960s'
Line of Duty's Martin Compston: 'I was a wee bit of wide-o. But I don't think there was any malice'
![Martin Compston at the Waterfront Cinema in Greenock ahead of the preview of his new series, Martin Compston's Scottish Fling. Picture date: Monday September 5, 2022.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1621_YS_2JWF9PY.jpg?w=768)
Line of Duty's Martin Compston: 'I was a wee bit of wide-o. But I don't think there was any malice'
Why RuPaul is not the be-all and end-all when it comes to drag
![RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 8)](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/drag-race-all-stars-8.jpg?w=768)
Why RuPaul is not the be-all and end-all when it comes to drag
Top 5 books on Black British history, chosen by children's author Atinuke
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Top 5 books on Black British history, chosen by children's author Atinuke
There are more food banks in UK than McDonald's. It's why the work doesn't stop after polling day
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There are more food banks in UK than McDonald's. It's why the work doesn't stop after polling day
Kinds of Kindness show it's not enough to accept alienation under capitalism – we must love it too
![Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe in Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Kinds of Kindness'](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/1620_Film_kok_20221108-00528_large_a259905f.jpg?w=768)