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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’

Since finding a following on TikTok, Myles Smith hasn't looked back. He tells Big Issue how he rose to stardom before even releasing an album
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'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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'

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'

Yungblud's Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized is making one London street sing again
The opening of Yungblud's store and community space on London's Denmark Street in Soho
Denmark Street

Yungblud's Beautifully Romanticised Accidentally Traumatized is making one London street sing again

Inside the Big Issue: Yungblud is disrupting every boundary
yungblud

Inside the Big Issue: Yungblud is disrupting every boundary

Yungblud on losing Ozzy Osbourne: 'He was like Batman to me'
Yungblud
Yungblud

Yungblud on losing Ozzy Osbourne: 'He was like Batman to me'

Rick Astley is glad he never gave up: 'Doing new music again, I’ve gone back into my childhood'
Letter To My Younger Self

Rick Astley is glad he never gave up: 'Doing new music again, I’ve gone back into my childhood'

Ballet and opera are still thriving, but Timothée Chalamet wasn't entirely wrong
Arts

Ballet and opera are still thriving, but Timothée Chalamet wasn't entirely wrong

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all 
people playing a synthesiser
Music

The UK’s first electronic music library is on a mission to make the synthesiser accessible to all 

Kneecap speak out: 'Against our will, we were sucked into this carnival'
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Kneecap speak out: 'Against our will, we were sucked into this carnival'

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux
Book review

After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan’s Memory Palace by Robert Polito book review: history in flux

Inside the Big Issue: Exclusive interview with Kneecap after the chaos. What happened next?
Cover of Kneecap's Big Issue exclusive, on sale Monday 23 March.
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Exclusive interview with Kneecap after the chaos. What happened next?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart's volatile classic
Music

50 years of Bongo Fury: Reliving Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart's volatile classic

Kneecap break silence on terror charges: ‘I can’t be completely responsible all the time’
Kneecap pictured in a photo shoot for Big Issue
Kneecap

Kneecap break silence on terror charges: ‘I can’t be completely responsible all the time’

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: 'Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die' 
Letter To My Younger Self

Former Sonic Youth bassist Kim Gordon: 'Trump? Hopefully he’ll just keel over and die' 

What has punk ever done for us?
Punk

What has punk ever done for us?