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How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight
John Bird

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: 'Black women's tears are exploited'
Film

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: 'Black women's tears are exploited'

DWP's bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025
dwp/ spying
Susannah Copson

DWP's bank account spying plan is an attack on the poor. It must be scrapped in 2025

The age of surveillance: Are we already living in a Big Brother dystopia?
Two people walking in a public space, their faces blurred with localised squares over their faces, facial recognition systems
Lou Gilmond

The age of surveillance: Are we already living in a Big Brother dystopia?

Wales' first minister Eluned Morgan: 'We all have to be the change we want to see in the world'
My Big Year

Wales' first minister Eluned Morgan: 'We all have to be the change we want to see in the world'

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'
My Big Year

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'

Keane star Tom Chaplin: 'Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis'
My Big Year

Keane star Tom Chaplin: 'Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis'

Boybands, Mr Bates and an 80s bonkbuster: The ultimate guide to the best TV shows of 2024
TV

Boybands, Mr Bates and an 80s bonkbuster: The ultimate guide to the best TV shows of 2024

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: 'People pay too much attention to the noise around them'
My Big Year

Ezra Collective star Ife Ogunjobi: 'People pay too much attention to the noise around them'

It's easy to be gloomy as 2024 comes to an end – so here's some positive new year tidings
Paul McNamee

It's easy to be gloomy as 2024 comes to an end – so here's some positive new year tidings

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns

Philomena Cunk: 'Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself'
My Big Year

Philomena Cunk: 'Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself'

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce: 'We're in a happiness recession – we need to address it'
My Big Year

Children's laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce: 'We're in a happiness recession – we need to address it'

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025
food bank/ universal credit
Helen Barnard

Food banks are a lifeline – but not the solution. There are better ways to tackle poverty in 2025

Gavin & Stacey stars Ruth Jones and James Corden on creating a beloved British classic
Gavin & Stacey stars ahead of the final episode
Interview

Gavin & Stacey stars Ruth Jones and James Corden on creating a beloved British classic

'Feathers crashed the party': Behind the scenes of Wallace & Gromit's epic Christmas return
Wallace and Gromit in Vengeance Most Fowl.
TV

'Feathers crashed the party': Behind the scenes of Wallace & Gromit's epic Christmas return

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
John Swinney: 'I wish my mum had still been alive to see me become first minister'
My Big Year

John Swinney: 'I wish my mum had still been alive to see me become first minister'

Tom Grennan: 'The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer'
My big Year

Tom Grennan: 'The cultural highlight of 2024 is Brat summer'

Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: 'If the world had succeeded this year, Trump would be in jail'
My Big Year

Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart: 'If the world had succeeded this year, Trump would be in jail'

Poet Lemn Sissay: 'I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success'
My Big Year

Poet Lemn Sissay: 'I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success'