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School pupils running social enterprises spotlighted by Big Issue
Press Release

School pupils running social enterprises spotlighted by Big Issue

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage
Blake's Cottage
John Higgs

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage

Carol Vorderman on voting Tory in 2010 – and regretting it: 'I hadn't got a clue what was coming'
Politics

Carol Vorderman on voting Tory in 2010 – and regretting it: 'I hadn't got a clue what was coming'

Letters: The tradies I know are out-earning uni graduates three times over
Letters

Letters: The tradies I know are out-earning uni graduates three times over

When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own
Books

When theatres emptied during the pandemic, I had to make my own

This Country's Charlie Cooper: 'We don't have much pride in being English'
Charlie Cooper
TV

This Country's Charlie Cooper: 'We don't have much pride in being English'

Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'
Daniel O'Donnell
Letter To My Younger Self

Singer and TV star Daniel O'Donnell: 'I don't want yesterday back – I love today'

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 
Books

Top 5 books to read for the American election, chosen by prize-winning poet Kelly Michels 

Yes, live music can change your life
Sam Delaney

Yes, live music can change your life

First minister John Swinney: 'Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland'
Politics

First minister John Swinney: 'Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland'

Starmer's first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Starmer at the Labour party conference
Adam Barnett

Starmer's first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?

Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: 'We need a f**king leader'
Exclusive

Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: 'We need a f**king leader'

Husband and wife Big Issue vendors: 'Just treat people how you want to be treated'
Our vendors

Husband and wife Big Issue vendors: 'Just treat people how you want to be treated'

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked
benefits dwp/ piggy bank
Julie Bentley

Mental health impact of debt and cost of living must stop being overlooked

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all
Alice Lowe in Timestalker
Film

Timestalker review – digging deep into how love makes fools of us all

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets
Books

Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout review – small-town secrets

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all
Film

Why the problems of this remote Kenyan community are the problems that face us all

The story of my life – in 62 pubs
John Bird

The story of my life – in 62 pubs

DWP plans to spy on claimants' bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people
Pound coins on a piece of paper with disability living allowancve
Mikey Erhardt

DWP plans to spy on claimants' bank accounts will pile misery onto disabled people

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation
Review

Recognising the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative review – a clear-eyed meditation