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Inside the Big Issue: Count Binface says relax!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Count Binface says relax!

Fashion icon Penelope Tree: 'Men really had the upper hand in the 1960s'
Penelope Tree with band Procul Harum by David Bailey
Books

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.
Letter To My Younger Self

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)
Mark Anthony

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
Books

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
Paul McNamee

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'
Film

Kinds of Kindness show it's not enough to accept alienation under capitalism – we must love it too

Keir Starmer on being as 'bold as Attlee' and why there'll be no return to austerity under his watch
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Keir Starmer on being as 'bold as Attlee' and why there'll be no return to austerity under his watch

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'
Walt Disco. Credit: Izzy Leach
Music

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'

Karen Gillan on what makes Douglas is Cancelled 'so relevant to so many professions'
Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan in Douglas Is Cancelled
TV

Karen Gillan on what makes Douglas is Cancelled 'so relevant to so many professions'

Deliver Me by Elle Nash review – transgressive thrills
Deliver Me by Elle Nash
Books

Deliver Me by Elle Nash review – transgressive thrills

Freakslaw by Jane Flett review – dark comedy set on the edge of the mainstream
Freakslaw cover
Books

Freakslaw by Jane Flett review – dark comedy set on the edge of the mainstream

How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats
REM in Chicago in 1983
Culture

How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats

The next government has to get serious about ending poverty. Here's how to do it
Sir William Beveridge.
John Bird

The next government has to get serious about ending poverty. Here's how to do it

Rishi Sunak on shoplifting, coffee with Keir Starmer and his biggest regret as prime minister
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Rishi Sunak on shoplifting, coffee with Keir Starmer and his biggest regret as prime minister

Queer asylum seekers 'not safe' in UK due to 'institutionalised homophobia' in Home Office, report finds
LGBTQ+ rights

Queer asylum seekers 'not safe' in UK due to 'institutionalised homophobia' in Home Office, report finds

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Superstar Arts: This charity gives people with learning disabilities the chance to create
Art

Superstar Arts: This charity gives people with learning disabilities the chance to create

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on fighting Tories and stress of benefits system for his disabled son
General Election 2024

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on fighting Tories and stress of benefits system for his disabled son

One of the biggest problems this election? Faith in politics and media is at rock bottom
Polling station iStock
Matteo Bergamini

One of the biggest problems this election? Faith in politics and media is at rock bottom

John Swinney on poverty, independence and wanting Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up
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John Swinney on poverty, independence and wanting Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up

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