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Inside Public Record, a joyful celebration of the sound of Sunderland: 'We're all in it together'
Ross Millard of The Futureheads and Peter and David Brewis of Field Music in rehearsals for Public Record in Sunderland. Image: Mark Savage
Sunderland

Inside Public Record, a joyful celebration of the sound of Sunderland: 'We're all in it together'

Public Record is an all-singing, all-dancing celebration of the Sound of Sunderland, made in collaboration with the National Theatre, writes Futureheads star Ross Millard
UK's landmark Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old. But justice is still out of reach for many survivors
human trafficking and modern slavery protesters
Cat Linton

UK's landmark Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old. But justice is still out of reach for many survivors

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how
Polly Stepan

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here's how

Poverty policy needs a rethink. One day, we will replace the fish with fishing rods
John Bird

Poverty policy needs a rethink. One day, we will replace the fish with fishing rods

Why everyone should have a favourite tree
Paul McNamee

Why everyone should have a favourite tree

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers
An NHS ambulance
Mathew Hulbert

My mum died after an 11-hour ambulance wait – the system is failing patients and health workers

Asteroids are cool… but far from our biggest problem up in space
Dr Craig Henry Jones

Asteroids are cool… but far from our biggest problem up in space

Labour wants to use 'Minority Report' AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences
Hands typing on a keyboard/ Caption: Could AI predict murder?
Jake Hurfurt

Labour wants to use 'Minority Report' AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences

My dad was beaten up for being trans. Trust me when I say the Supreme Court ruling will hurt people
LGBTQ+ rights protest
Cello Dutton-David

My dad was beaten up for being trans. Trust me when I say the Supreme Court ruling will hurt people

Just Act Normal creator Janice Okoh on class, comedy and the one joke white people won't get
Poster for Just Act Normal on BBC3
TV

Just Act Normal creator Janice Okoh on class, comedy and the one joke white people won't get

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better
A man holding a child
James Watson-O'Neill

Disabled children are bearing the brunt of a broken social care system – they deserve better

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don't show it
Young people are at high risk of homelessness and exploitation.
Melissa Gilpin

Young LGBTQ+ people are made homeless because of who they are – but official stats don't show it

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'
The Great Gatsby

Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'

I'm an aid worker in Myanmar. The sight of bodies being pulled from rubble will stay with me forever
Haider Yaqub

I'm an aid worker in Myanmar. The sight of bodies being pulled from rubble will stay with me forever

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?
Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper in Adolescence
Matteo Bergamini

Adolescence forced the country to sit up and take notice. But what's next?

Starmer's deportation of thousands of migrants isn't leadership – it's surrender to hate
Prime minister Keir Starmer on the phone
Munya Radzi

Starmer's deportation of thousands of migrants isn't leadership – it's surrender to hate

How Myanmar's devastating earthquake turned the spotlight on a man-made disaster
Steven Mackenzie

How Myanmar's devastating earthquake turned the spotlight on a man-made disaster

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government
Rosemarie/ the Voice of Domestic Workers
Rosemarie

I'm a survivor of modern slavery – this is the shocking way I was treated by the UK government

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here's how to get them back in class

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 
John Bird

Social opportunity should take the place of social security 

People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn't have to be this way
Hannah Paylor

People in poverty feel disconnected from democracy. But it doesn't have to be this way

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind
chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of the Spring Statement
Laurie Lee

How building a healthier society will get Rachel Reeves out of a bind

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others
Timothy Samples, pictured with wife Michelle, suffered seizures, a brain injury and a brain tumour
Timothy Samples

Being diagnosed with a brain tumour was the best day of my life. Here’s how it let me help others

Adolescence shows how toxic online cultures radicalise. But the propaganda is difficult to spot
A still from the Netflix series Adolescence
Dr Sophie James & James Cronin

Adolescence shows how toxic online cultures radicalise. But the propaganda is difficult to spot

We must allow ourselves to feel joy wherever we can. Just ask Rod Stewart
Paul McNamee

We must allow ourselves to feel joy wherever we can. Just ask Rod Stewart

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