Guest Columnist, Author at Big Issue

Guest Columnist

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Books

Top 5 weird fiction books, chosen by short story writer Lena Valencia

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Mark Rowlands

Dogs are much happier than humans. Here’s why

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Adam Barnett

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers

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Music

James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’

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Dogs of Big Issue

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home

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Ruth Patrick

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It’s now time for Labour to act

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Dogs

How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today

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Big Issue Invest

Investing in the North East: A closer look at social impact financing

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Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

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Dan Guiness

I thought being a man meant being tough and strong. But real strength comes from asking for help

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Housing

Tower block tenants trapped in ‘living nightmare’ by bed bug infestations: ‘I’m riddled with them’

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Film