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Fontaines DC, TikTok crazes and trouser chains: The unsettling return of nu metal, explained
Fontaines D.C.
Music

Fontaines DC, TikTok crazes and trouser chains: The unsettling return of nu metal, explained

This is what life with the DWP's two-child benefit cap looks like through a child's eyes
Two-child benefit cap

This is what life with the DWP's two-child benefit cap looks like through a child's eyes

Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg
Books

Top 5 books about obsession, selected by author and academic Marieke Bigg

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them
Conservation

Why I love sea turtles – and why we have to save them

Only The River Flows review – a Chinese crime thriller awash with mystery 
Film

Only The River Flows review – a Chinese crime thriller awash with mystery 

Don't underestimate the power of the Paralympics
The Olympics and Paralympics symbols at the Bastille square in Paris.
Paul McNamee

Don't underestimate the power of the Paralympics

Vicky McClure: 'Everybody’s lives are important. No matter where you come from'
TV

Vicky McClure: 'Everybody’s lives are important. No matter where you come from'

When I'm in Paris with Emily, nothing can go wrong. If only I could be more like her
Lucy Sweet

When I'm in Paris with Emily, nothing can go wrong. If only I could be more like her

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that's deeply personal for me – it's heartbreaking
Homelessness

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that's deeply personal for me – it's heartbreaking

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – a poised look at the state we're in
Books

Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst review – a poised look at the state we're in

Vulfpeck at Montreux Jazz Festival: 'It's probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen'
Montreux Jazz Festival

Vulfpeck at Montreux Jazz Festival: 'It's probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen'

Inside the Big Issue: After the riots
Inside Big Issue
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: After the riots

Letters: I'm not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected
Letters

Letters: I'm not a Labour voter – but Keir Starmer is worse than I expected

I played the yellow Power Ranger on TV. I was floored by how much the show means to people
TV

I played the yellow Power Ranger on TV. I was floored by how much the show means to people

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed
Our vendors

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed

Original Willy Wonka actor on viral AI disaster, fame and value of pure imagination
Julie Dawn Cole (in red) as Veruca Salt in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Theatre

Original Willy Wonka actor on viral AI disaster, fame and value of pure imagination

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 
Music

From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 

Top 5 revelatory children's books selected by Ukrainian children's author Oksana Lushchevska
Books

Top 5 revelatory children's books selected by Ukrainian children's author Oksana Lushchevska

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here's the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots
UK riots

How big-hearted communities came together to clean-up after senseless UK riots