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The prison piano project striking a chord: 'Music expresses how much we all have in common'
Music

The prison piano project striking a chord: 'Music expresses how much we all have in common'

Award-winning pianist Clare Hammond and composer Michael Betteridge are giving prisoners the opportunity to compose piano pieces that reflect their experiences
How the late, great Ozzy Osbourne supported Big Issue with blockbuster farewell gig
Ozzy Osbourne on stage at Back to the Beginning, Villa Park
Ozzy Osbourne

How the late, great Ozzy Osbourne supported Big Issue with blockbuster farewell gig

Eric Idle: 'George Harrison mortgaged his house so Monty Python could make Life of Brian'
Letter To My Younger Self

Eric Idle: 'George Harrison mortgaged his house so Monty Python could make Life of Brian'

This new opera influenced by homeless children shines light on UK's housing crisis
Opera

This new opera influenced by homeless children shines light on UK's housing crisis

Notes on Stereophonics, nostalgia and why you can't keep a good banger down
Music

Notes on Stereophonics, nostalgia and why you can't keep a good banger down

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Bruce Springsteen's Tracks II is 83 songs long – and proves sometimes less is more
Bruce Springsteen
Music

Bruce Springsteen's Tracks II is 83 songs long – and proves sometimes less is more

Frenetic, angry and urgent: Kneecap show they've no intention of shutting up during Glasgow show
Kneecap

Frenetic, angry and urgent: Kneecap show they've no intention of shutting up during Glasgow show

Lana Del Rey's stadium show is strange, beguiling and brilliant
Music

Lana Del Rey's stadium show is strange, beguiling and brilliant

Before Oasis, Radio 1 were as likely to play a guitar band as they were a badger being strangled
Oasis

Before Oasis, Radio 1 were as likely to play a guitar band as they were a badger being strangled

Cigarettes, alcohol and sunsheeeeeine: How the UK has changed since Oasis first hit the big time
Oasis

Cigarettes, alcohol and sunsheeeeeine: How the UK has changed since Oasis first hit the big time

Meet the man who captured Oasis as they went supersonic: 'It went beyond my wildest dreams'
Oasis

Meet the man who captured Oasis as they went supersonic: 'It went beyond my wildest dreams'

The history of Oasis, through five iconic Big Issue interviews: 'Liam's an idiot… But he's my idiot'
Oasis

The history of Oasis, through five iconic Big Issue interviews: 'Liam's an idiot… But he's my idiot'

'Oasis was like being on Concorde for six years'
Oasis

'Oasis was like being on Concorde for six years'

Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson's 100th birthday is a chance to reinstate his legacy
Jazz

Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson's 100th birthday is a chance to reinstate his legacy

Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil by Harry Freedman review – other Dylan books are available
Books

Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil by Harry Freedman review – other Dylan books are available

Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector's edition
Big Issue's Oasis collectors edition covers. Photography by Kevin Cummins
Inside the Big Issue

Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector's edition

James Arthur: 'It's too scary to even think about where I'd be if I didn't do music'
Onside Takeover

James Arthur: 'It's too scary to even think about where I'd be if I didn't do music'

School in its traditional form didn't work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself
Chloe Jones

School in its traditional form didn't work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself

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'

Ben and Imo: Restoring the legacy of Imogen Holst
Classical music

Ben and Imo: Restoring the legacy of Imogen Holst

Kneecap fans fly to UK to back band in court – as experts say terror case is 'pivotal' for free speech
Kneecap

Kneecap fans fly to UK to back band in court – as experts say terror case is 'pivotal' for free speech

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
From Pavements to Searching for Sugar Man: The most enchanting music docs to watch right now
Music

From Pavements to Searching for Sugar Man: The most enchanting music docs to watch right now

From the utterly profane to the thoroughly sacred: How football chants became the folk music of today
Football

From the utterly profane to the thoroughly sacred: How football chants became the folk music of today

Cynthia Erivo: 'The moment I came out as queer, that's when everything made sense'
Letter To My Younger Self

Cynthia Erivo: 'The moment I came out as queer, that's when everything made sense'

'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

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