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TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: 'Money won't make you happy – but it gives you choices'
OnSide Takeover

TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: 'Money won't make you happy – but it gives you choices'

TikTok sensation Simon Squibb gave 14-year-old Raees Ahmad from Bolton a few pointers on becoming a success in business
Cricket legend James Anderson: 'It doesn't get better than winning the Ashes in Australia'
Letter To My Younger Self

Cricket legend James Anderson: 'It doesn't get better than winning the Ashes in Australia'

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: 'I struggled with fame'
Onside Takeover

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: 'I struggled with fame'

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: 'I want my children to have a safe life'
Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: 'I want my children to have a safe life'

Rosie Jones: 'My disability benefits have been cut – but I'm one of the lucky ones'
TV

Rosie Jones: 'My disability benefits have been cut – but I'm one of the lucky ones'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Activist Munroe Bergdorf: 'We need to bring the transgender conversation back to a human level'
Trans rights

Activist Munroe Bergdorf: 'We need to bring the transgender conversation back to a human level'

Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Does Rosie Jones make you laugh?

St Denis Medical star Wendi McLendon-Covey: 'Lounging seats in movie theatres is a big mistake'
TV

St Denis Medical star Wendi McLendon-Covey: 'Lounging seats in movie theatres is a big mistake'

Influencer Nikki Lilly: 'Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies'
Kelvin Okafor's portrait of Nikki Lilly.
Disability

Influencer Nikki Lilly: 'Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies'

The Gold star Charlotte Spencer: 'Maybe we need to root for the heroes again'
Charlotte Spencer photographed by Matt Smith
TV

The Gold star Charlotte Spencer: 'Maybe we need to root for the heroes again'

Ex-England star Alex Scott: 'I went from playing football on my council estate to World Cups'
Letter to my younger self

Ex-England star Alex Scott: 'I went from playing football on my council estate to World Cups'

'There's no magic bullet': The battle to keep Cardiff's vital music scene from dying out
Grassroots music venues

'There's no magic bullet': The battle to keep Cardiff's vital music scene from dying out

Pulp's Jarvis Cocker: 'We only have a finite amount of time to do the things we do'
Exclusive

Pulp's Jarvis Cocker: 'We only have a finite amount of time to do the things we do'

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: 'My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco'
Letter To My Younger Self

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: 'My first political meeting was being dragged to a Tory disco'

Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit
Film

Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs and The Salt Path author Raynor Winn on homelessness and human spirit

Rematch star Christian Cooke on AI, Robert Carlyle and how he relates to chess champ Garry Kasparov
TV

Rematch star Christian Cooke on AI, Robert Carlyle and how he relates to chess champ Garry Kasparov

Inside the Big Issue: The Salt Path to redemption
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The Salt Path to redemption

End of the Road founder on the secret to a good festival and the act you can't afford to miss in 2025
Music festivals

End of the Road founder on the secret to a good festival and the act you can't afford to miss in 2025

People are sharing their childhood dreams after TV's Alice Roberts said she wanted to be a horse
Childhood dreams

People are sharing their childhood dreams after TV's Alice Roberts said she wanted to be a horse

Rose Ayling-Ellis on raising deaf voices and new thriller Code of Silence: 'I'm underestimated a lot'
TV

Rose Ayling-Ellis on raising deaf voices and new thriller Code of Silence: 'I'm underestimated a lot'

Billy Nomates on her MS diagnosis, nearly quitting music and why online trolls only make her stronger
Music

Billy Nomates on her MS diagnosis, nearly quitting music and why online trolls only make her stronger

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Johnny Vaughan: 'There's not many who get out of jail and go on to become the highest-paid man on TV'
Letter to my younger self

Johnny Vaughan: 'There's not many who get out of jail and go on to become the highest-paid man on TV'

Eurovision and Måneskin star Damiano David: 'I'm still waiting to feel like I've hit the big time'
Big Questions

Eurovision and Måneskin star Damiano David: 'I'm still waiting to feel like I've hit the big time'

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you've probably never heard of
Tim Rarus, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Greg Hlibok and Jerry Covell as part of the Deaf President Now protest.
Film

Deaf President Now! and the greatest civil rights movement you've probably never heard of

Anora director Sean Baker on sweeping the Oscars and what his film has in common with Kes
Film

Anora director Sean Baker on sweeping the Oscars and what his film has in common with Kes

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