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There's no debate – the fate of the UK will not be decided by big mouth over small mouth
Sunak and Starmer debate
John Bird

There's no debate – the fate of the UK will not be decided by big mouth over small mouth

Dear Sunak and Starmer: Workplace mental health is too serious to be used as a political football
Poppy Jaman

Dear Sunak and Starmer: Workplace mental health is too serious to be used as a political football

After the pandemic years, audience are more appreciative of intimate musical experiences than ever
Aurora Orchestra
Music

After the pandemic years, audience are more appreciative of intimate musical experiences than ever

Inside the Big Issue: Game of Throne's star Emilia Clarke and her fight back from brain injuries
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Game of Throne's star Emilia Clarke and her fight back from brain injuries

Emilia Clarke’s charity SameYou partners with Big Issue to help brain injury survivors return to work
Press Release

Emilia Clarke’s charity SameYou partners with Big Issue to help brain injury survivors return to work

What a row over Tayto crisps tells us about general election and the politics of distraction
Paul McNamee

What a row over Tayto crisps tells us about general election and the politics of distraction

Letters: Labour aren't perfect – but they're not the Tories
Sunak and Starmer debate
Letters

Letters: Labour aren't perfect – but they're not the Tories

Emilia Clarke feared being fired from Game of Thrones after brain injury
emilia clarke
Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke feared being fired from Game of Thrones after brain injury

Furiosa star Tom Burke: 'It stung when someone said I didn't have a face for TV'
Tom Burke.
Letter to my younger self

Furiosa star Tom Burke: 'It stung when someone said I didn't have a face for TV'

I wondered why Western media called the Yemen conflict an 'invisible war'. Then I saw it for myself
A child joins his father at a tribal meeting in Hasaba, where pro-Houthi tribes gather to show their allegiance
Photography

I wondered why Western media called the Yemen conflict an 'invisible war'. Then I saw it for myself

Top 5 empowering teen novels, chosen by YA author Rebecca Westcott
Empowered teen
Books

Top 5 empowering teen novels, chosen by YA author Rebecca Westcott

Netflix's Hit Man is what we used to call 'a good time at the movies' – but times have changed
Glen Powell in Hit Man
Film

Netflix's Hit Man is what we used to call 'a good time at the movies' – but times have changed

'This country is run by idiots and fools': Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything
Paul Weller and Johnny Harris
Music

'This country is run by idiots and fools': Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything

This is what happens to a local economy when Taylor Swift comes to town
Music

This is what happens to a local economy when Taylor Swift comes to town

How the UK's jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool
Ezra Collective after winning the 2023 Mercury Prize.
Music

How the UK's jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool

All Fours by Miranda July review – a shockingly original voice and a story for our times
All Fours by Miranda July
Books

All Fours by Miranda July review – a shockingly original voice and a story for our times

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
There's no debate – Britain's disabled people are in the grip of a social care emergency
Men in England's poorest areas can expect to live to 73, 10 years fewer than in richer areas.
Mikey Erhardt

There's no debate – Britain's disabled people are in the grip of a social care emergency

The Horse by Willy Vlautin review – funny, shocking and heartfelt contender for book of the year
The Horse by Willy Vlautin
Books

The Horse by Willy Vlautin review – funny, shocking and heartfelt contender for book of the year

This election, we must demand social security be rocket-fuelled so it becomes social opportunity
We need a change banner
John Bird

This election, we must demand social security be rocket-fuelled so it becomes social opportunity

Letters: Sunak is one of Britain's richest men – how can he relate to people on benefits?
A meter
Letters

Letters: Sunak is one of Britain's richest men – how can he relate to people on benefits?

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