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Ralph Nader on shaping history, broken American politics and the enduring appeal of Donald Trump
Ralph Nader. Illustration
Politics

Ralph Nader on shaping history, broken American politics and the enduring appeal of Donald Trump

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world
Books

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world

5 books to read about women confronting racism, selected by author and comedian Njambi McGrath
Books

5 books to read about women confronting racism, selected by author and comedian Njambi McGrath

Peter Capaldi on why his new cop drama Criminal Record is going to be your next TV obsession
Peter Capaldi
TV

Peter Capaldi on why his new cop drama Criminal Record is going to be your next TV obsession

Gender pain gap: Why women's pain must be taken as seriously as men's
Dr Amanda Williams

Gender pain gap: Why women's pain must be taken as seriously as men's

Cold snaps and broken resolutions – welcome to the UK in January
Image for Sam Delaney on road rage
Sam Delaney

Cold snaps and broken resolutions – welcome to the UK in January

Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture
Books

Namesake by NS Nuseibeh review – personal insight informed by Islamic myth and culture

How many times is it acceptable for a one-year-old to be hospitalised due to a mould-ridden home?
cold and damp
Paul McNamee

How many times is it acceptable for a one-year-old to be hospitalised due to a mould-ridden home?

Women feel 'violated and traumatised' by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them
Portrait of Katharyne Tylko, aged 68, of Bath, who is co-founder of the Campaign Against Painful Hysteroscopy
Special report

Women feel 'violated and traumatised' by painful hysteroscopies – and say the NHS misinformed them

Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety
Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar cover
Books

Ava Anna Ada by Ali Millar review – the apocalyptic age of anxiety

The Tories vowed to end rough sleeping by 2024. They failed. So where are we now?
Rough sleeping in the Strand, London
Paula Barker

The Tories vowed to end rough sleeping by 2024. They failed. So where are we now?

Forget Dry January – young Brits are giving up on booze altogether. Here’s the sobering reason why
Health

Forget Dry January – young Brits are giving up on booze altogether. Here’s the sobering reason why

The Post Office scandal proves why workers' needs must be put ahead of AI and technology
Post Office Horizon Scandal
Post Office scandal

The Post Office scandal proves why workers' needs must be put ahead of AI and technology

Inside the Big Issue: Peter Capaldi on dirty cop drama Criminal Record and his new grandson
Inside the magazine

Inside the Big Issue: Peter Capaldi on dirty cop drama Criminal Record and his new grandson

Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood
Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth cover
Books

Normal Women by Ainslie Hogarth – a dark take on suburban motherhood

What Keir Starmer can learn from Britain's first Labour government – 100 years ago
Labour government, 1924
Politics

What Keir Starmer can learn from Britain's first Labour government – 100 years ago

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Henry Winkler on Happy Days, dyslexia and why he'll always love The Fonz: 'I'm grateful'
Henry Winkler
Letter to my younger self

Henry Winkler on Happy Days, dyslexia and why he'll always love The Fonz: 'I'm grateful'

The Holdovers review – a film of well-turned wit and emotional warmth
(l-r) Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully, Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham and Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb in The Holdovers
Film

The Holdovers review – a film of well-turned wit and emotional warmth

Reading Robert Smith's diary made me fall in love with The Cure
Robert Smith of The Cure
Simon Price

Reading Robert Smith's diary made me fall in love with The Cure

I say 'hello' when I walk into shops and smile at strangers. Yes, I know, I'm a monster
Robin Ince

I say 'hello' when I walk into shops and smile at strangers. Yes, I know, I'm a monster

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