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'I came here for safety and I've come into danger': The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women
Asylum seekers

'I came here for safety and I've come into danger': The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they're burned out and yearning for joy
Work

Get ready for the next Great Resignation as workers say they're burned out and yearning for joy

Top 5 philosophical books, chosen by novelist Diana Janney
Books

Top 5 philosophical books, chosen by novelist Diana Janney

Is a genuinely uranium-powered future feasible? What unpicking the atomic mindset can do for us
Books

Is a genuinely uranium-powered future feasible? What unpicking the atomic mindset can do for us

Focus on Vogue-model-cum-war-correspondent in Kate Winslet passion project years in the making
Film

Focus on Vogue-model-cum-war-correspondent in Kate Winslet passion project years in the making

This is what happened when comedian Dom Joly took a flat Earther to the edge of the world
Dom Joly
Conspiracy theories

This is what happened when comedian Dom Joly took a flat Earther to the edge of the world

Why laughter is not a perfect way of measuring the success of a comedian
Robin Ince

Why laughter is not a perfect way of measuring the success of a comedian

Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy
Music

Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy

Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine
Furniture poverty

Gail Porter on going from TV star to homeless and the power of having your own washing machine

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror
Books

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez review – bleak, often brutal, horror

Keir Starmer promised us a rose garden – but instead we just got déjà vu
John Bird

Keir Starmer promised us a rose garden – but instead we just got déjà vu

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley
Books

The Empusium by Olga Tokarczuk review – terror in the valley

Letters: There's hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots
Letters

Letters: There's hope in the wonderful way people came together after the riots

For many homeless people their relationship with their dog is lifesaving. Here's why
Harriet Page

For many homeless people their relationship with their dog is lifesaving. Here's why

Libraries are a boundless resource. We mustn't let their lights go out
Paul McNamee

Libraries are a boundless resource. We mustn't let their lights go out

From the archive – Noel Gallagher on Oasis, Blair and the death of rock 'n' roll
Music

From the archive – Noel Gallagher on Oasis, Blair and the death of rock 'n' roll

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside the Big Issue: Oasis, Big Issue and me – by Rupa Huq
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Oasis, Big Issue and me – by Rupa Huq

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'
Gary Lightbody Receiving an award in 2019 for Chasing Cars being the most played song of the 21st century on UK radio
Letter To My Younger Self

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'

Sherwood creator James Graham on class, Gareth Southgate and Britain's 'f**kload of problems'
David Morrissey on set as Ian St Clair in Sherwood
TV

Sherwood creator James Graham on class, Gareth Southgate and Britain's 'f**kload of problems'

Countdown star Susie Dent: Why 'willanthropy' is my new favourite word
Willanthropy
Susie Dent

Countdown star Susie Dent: Why 'willanthropy' is my new favourite word