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Boiling Point director Philip Barantini on Stephen Graham, stress and 'making a bit of dinner'
Carly in Boiling Point
TV

Boiling Point director Philip Barantini on Stephen Graham, stress and 'making a bit of dinner'

TV historian David Olusoga: 'My family were driven from our home by the National Front'
David Olusoga
Letter to my younger self

TV historian David Olusoga: 'My family were driven from our home by the National Front'

To bank on a better future, start with moving your money somewhere ethical and green
A piggy bank with a flower painted on it
Banking

To bank on a better future, start with moving your money somewhere ethical and green

Battle to save Britain's libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain
Four people in a library
Libraries Week

Battle to save Britain's libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative
Everybody knows book cover
Review

Everybody Knows by Jordan Harper review – if only all fiction was this evocative

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family
Blake Morrison close up to the camera
Letter to my Younger Self

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

Rishi Sunak says he’s thinking long term. But he’s clearly eyeing an early election
Rishi Sunak at a lectern
Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak says he’s thinking long term. But he’s clearly eyeing an early election

Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes
Marble statue of Artemis in black and white
Mythology

Top 5 books about goddesses, selected by best-selling author Natalie Haynes

I never used to believe in ghosts. Until I visited a haunted house
A haunted house in a graveyard with a full moon
Sam Delaney

I never used to believe in ghosts. Until I visited a haunted house

Mick Jagger might give away his fortune. Imagine what a windfall tax on oil states could do instead
Paul McNamee

Mick Jagger might give away his fortune. Imagine what a windfall tax on oil states could do instead

How young people in prison are getting a fresh start by giving free haircuts to homeless people
A man is getting his hair cut with clippers
Rehabilitation

How young people in prison are getting a fresh start by giving free haircuts to homeless people

Rishi Sunak's net zero U-turn is a 'big miscalculation' that will ultimately backfire. Here's how
net zero
Climate crisis

Rishi Sunak's net zero U-turn is a 'big miscalculation' that will ultimately backfire. Here's how

All the ways Big Issue Invest is working to eradicate poverty and help people gain a better hold on life
A man making coffee
John Bird

All the ways Big Issue Invest is working to eradicate poverty and help people gain a better hold on life

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel
Illustration of a steam train
Rail journeys

Why we all need to fall back in love with rail travel

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK's biggest issues
David Olusoga at the derelict former Ravenscraig steelworks site in Motherwell
Social mobility

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK's biggest issues

Reflections on the Black Sea: A film festival from a rich and perilous region 
Two women press faces together
Film festival

Reflections on the Black Sea: A film festival from a rich and perilous region 

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How climate catastrophe is affecting geese should be a grave warning for us all
Pink footed geese on marshland
Climate change

How climate catastrophe is affecting geese should be a grave warning for us all

'This is a city of homeless people': Finding hope in the horror with hidden heroes of Ukraine
Father Vitaliy Novak on the ground in Ukraine
Documentary

'This is a city of homeless people': Finding hope in the horror with hidden heroes of Ukraine

Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?
Striking junior doctors holding banners
Paul McNamee

Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?

Homeless charity transforms Ford Transit van to help rough sleepers with food, hygiene and shelter
A blue transit van
Rough sleeping

Homeless charity transforms Ford Transit van to help rough sleepers with food, hygiene and shelter