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It's Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him
Random Acts of Kindness

It's Random Acts of Kindness Day. For this Big Issue vendor, kindness is always around him

Inside the Big Issue: EastEnders at 40
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: EastEnders at 40

Letters: A landlord exodus? Sounds fabulous
Letters

Letters: A landlord exodus? Sounds fabulous

Jason Donovan on 'first love' Kylie Minogue: 'It's a very difficult relationship to escape'
Music

Jason Donovan on 'first love' Kylie Minogue: 'It's a very difficult relationship to escape'

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: 'I left France because I loved punk'
Letter To My Younger Self

First Dates star Fred Sirieix: 'I left France because I loved punk'

Why I'm worrying about everything
Sam Delaney

Why I'm worrying about everything

White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on why we love watching the 1% be 'miserable as hell'
TV

White Lotus star Jason Isaacs on why we love watching the 1% be 'miserable as hell'

Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo – and job vacancies unfilled
Employment

Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo – and job vacancies unfilled

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard
Books

Top 5 historical adventures for kids, chosen by bestselling writer MG Leonard

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

Can Skills England plug the UK's skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?
Work

Can Skills England plug the UK's skills gap to give Labour the growth it craves?

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars
Film

This bizarre tale of a snail-obsessed misfit might be the unlikely hit of the Oscars

How do you kiss a Tory? Here's what your political beliefs mean for your sex life
Relationships

How do you kiss a Tory? Here's what your political beliefs mean for your sex life

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the 'pain and hope' of women in prison
Art

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the 'pain and hope' of women in prison

Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio thinks his Karate Kid kick belongs in the Smithsonian: 'It's cinema magic'
TV

Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio thinks his Karate Kid kick belongs in the Smithsonian: 'It's cinema magic'

Why did Trump win the election? Because successive presidents weakened America
John Bird

Why did Trump win the election? Because successive presidents weakened America

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'It's devastating': UK's biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests
Workplace inclusion

'It's devastating': UK's biggest companies locking autistic people out of jobs with personality tests

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea's trauma and terror
Books

We Do Not Part by Han Kang review – scarred with South Korea's trauma and terror

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin's Russia
Books

The Sound of Utopia by Michel Krielaars review – the perils of making music in Stalin's Russia

Letters: We're all 'economically active' whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Letters

Letters: We're all 'economically active' whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

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