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Dan Smith: 'Bastille's mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas'
Bastille's Dan Smith
Letter To My Younger Self

Dan Smith: 'Bastille's mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas'

From bar work to hosting Tears for Fears in his studio, Dan Smith looks back at his journey to success with Bastille
Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts
Music

Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg raising a fist in protest
Music

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg

Sidemen's Vikkstar: 'We have a responsibility to our audience to act as positive role models'
Music

Sidemen's Vikkstar: 'We have a responsibility to our audience to act as positive role models'

Letters: 'Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of'
Letters

Letters: 'Shirley Manson is right. Misogyny isn’t one issue – it’s the root that so many grow out of'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Becky Hill: 'Grassroots music venues desperately need our help'
Everywhere At Once Festival

Becky Hill: 'Grassroots music venues desperately need our help'

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: 'I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic'
Letter To My Younger Self

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: 'I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic'

How The Reytons are 'levelling the playing field' for working class kids
Interview

How The Reytons are 'levelling the playing field' for working class kids

Shirley Manson: 'If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society'
letter to my younger self

Shirley Manson: 'If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society'

The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera
Opera

The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera

Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon
Music

Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Arts

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine

Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026
Music

Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026

Myles Smith: ‘I don't subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’
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Myles Smith: ‘I don't subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’

What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: 'It's important to give hope'
Tinie Tempah
Music

What running with Tinie Tempah taught us about volunteering: 'It's important to give hope'

'Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome'
Music

'Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome'

Inside the Big Issue: Nice to meet Myles Smith
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nice to meet Myles Smith

Getdown Services: 'Rockstars used to sing about smashing 15 pints. Now people can’t afford that'
Music

Getdown Services: 'Rockstars used to sing about smashing 15 pints. Now people can’t afford that'

Super Furry Animals: 'We could sign on and get income support so we could eat. It's harder now'
Music

Super Furry Animals: 'We could sign on and get income support so we could eat. It's harder now'

Rita Wilson: 'I’m proud I started songwriting in my 50s. There is no clock on creativity'
Letter To My Younger Self

Rita Wilson: 'I’m proud I started songwriting in my 50s. There is no clock on creativity'

Bluey composer Joff Bush: 'We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music'
Music

Bluey composer Joff Bush: 'We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What is the big deal with math rock stars Angine de Poitrine? We try to find out
Music

What is the big deal with math rock stars Angine de Poitrine? We try to find out

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?
Film

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?

Ziggy Marley: 'I should have said something to my dad. But I was too young'
Letter To My Younger Self

Ziggy Marley: 'I should have said something to my dad. But I was too young'

Life lessons with Yungblud: 'Social media is gonna fry your head. Have dinner with your mum instead'
Yungblud
Interview

Life lessons with Yungblud: 'Social media is gonna fry your head. Have dinner with your mum instead'