Culture
Comedian Ahir Shah: ‘We spend more on debt interest than we do on education’
Comedian Ahir Shah: ‘We spend more on debt interest than we do on education’
National debt, buttering up AI and agriculture would be on the agenda for Ahir Shah if he became prime minister for an afternoon
I am a big fan of eulogies. Here’s why they are far more revealing than obituaries
I am a big fan of eulogies. Here’s why they are far more revealing than obituaries
Eulogies tell us who people really were, rather than a CV-like list of their achievements
Sir Patrick Stewart: ‘Take on Trump? Make it so’
Sir Patrick Stewart: ‘Take on Trump? Make it so’
Speaking to Big Issue back in 2017, the late Sir Patrick Stewart discusses his role in Logan, Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump
Mr Skelly artist Christian Watson: ‘I had a pretty rough childhood. I felt wronged by the world’
Mr Skelly artist Christian Watson: ‘I had a pretty rough childhood. I felt wronged by the world’
‘We are locking up too many women’: Why the RSC’s Julius Caesar is back behind bars
‘We are locking up too many women’: Why the RSC’s Julius Caesar is back behind bars
This City Is Ours star James Nelson-Joyce: ‘Just to be linked with James Bond is great’
This City Is Ours star James Nelson-Joyce: ‘Just to be linked with James Bond is great’
Chase & Status: ‘We were vinyl-collecting kids obsessed with smashing up a rave’
Chase & Status: ‘We were vinyl-collecting kids obsessed with smashing up a rave’
Why we made controversial Channel 4 documentary The Experiment
Why we made controversial Channel 4 documentary The Experiment
Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: ‘To save the world, we need to love it more’
Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: ‘To save the world, we need to love it more’
Lenny Rush: ‘I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can’t be happening’
Lenny Rush: ‘I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can’t be happening’
Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’
Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’
Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: ‘I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared’
Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: ‘I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared’
Blue Lights star Andi Osho: ‘Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications’
Blue Lights star Andi Osho: ‘Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications’
The Lost Children of Tuam: How one woman’s fight for justice led to a national reckoning for Ireland
The Lost Children of Tuam: How one woman’s fight for justice led to a national reckoning for Ireland
Hairy Biker Si King: ‘We were both into motorcycles and food. We got on like a house on fire’
Hairy Biker Si King: ‘We were both into motorcycles and food. We got on like a house on fire’
Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’
Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’
The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: ‘A world so sharply divided is going to be angry’
The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: ‘A world so sharply divided is going to be angry’
KSI: ‘People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have’
KSI: ‘People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have’
Screenwriter Andrew Davies: ‘I didn’t mind people saying I sexed up Pride & Prejudice’
Screenwriter Andrew Davies: ‘I didn’t mind people saying I sexed up Pride & Prejudice’
Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard: ‘I realised I could work on behalf of marginalised people’
Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard: ‘I realised I could work on behalf of marginalised people’
Lisa Maffia: ‘To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t’
Lisa Maffia: ‘To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t’
The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’
The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’
See the protest art hitting London’s streets to mark Big Issue’s 35th birthday
See the protest art hitting London’s streets to mark Big Issue’s 35th birthday
Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’
