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Shakin’ Stevens shares his Christmas message for Big Issue: ‘A time to reflect and to think of others’
Music

Shakin’ Stevens shares his Christmas message for Big Issue: ‘A time to reflect and to think of others’

Can Bob the Builder fix Broken Britain?
Housing

Can Bob the Builder fix Broken Britain?

Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue
Music

Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue

Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor celebrate Bohemian Rhapsody: ‘It really is Freddie’s master work’
Music

Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor celebrate Bohemian Rhapsody: ‘It really is Freddie’s master work’

Karen Carney: ‘I never thought I’d be on Strictly. I don’t want the year to end’
My Big Year

Karen Carney: ‘I never thought I’d be on Strictly. I don’t want the year to end’

How Wham! killed the Christmas number one
Music

How Wham! killed the Christmas number one

Jordan North and William Hanson on why you should always take your Big Issue: ‘It’s a bloody good read’
Big Issue

Jordan North and William Hanson on why you should always take your Big Issue: ‘It’s a bloody good read’

The ultimate guide to the best books of 2025 – as chosen by Big Issue critics
Books

The ultimate guide to the best books of 2025 – as chosen by Big Issue critics

Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons Roberts named Big Issue’s book of the year for 2025
Book of the Year 2025

Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons Roberts named Big Issue’s book of the year for 2025

How the CBeebies Christmas panto became like Oasis for six-year-olds
TV

How the CBeebies Christmas panto became like Oasis for six-year-olds

Celebrity Traitors star Nick Mohammed on the moment that shocked Britain: ‘I have no regrets’
TV

Celebrity Traitors star Nick Mohammed on the moment that shocked Britain: ‘I have no regrets’

How The Celebrity Traitors united Britain
TV

How The Celebrity Traitors united Britain

Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner
Opera

Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner

‘We’ve never seen anything quite like this before’: Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus
Christmas

‘We’ve never seen anything quite like this before’: Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
Austerity

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it

From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025
Children's books of the year

From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025

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Marie Kondo: ‘I didn’t think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying’
Letter To My Younger Self

Marie Kondo: ‘I didn’t think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying’

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 
Top 5

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 

EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison: ‘People think you’ve got loads of money when you’re on TV’
TV

EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison: ‘People think you’ve got loads of money when you’re on TV’

In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna’s latest exhibition Shin Shin
Photography

In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna’s latest exhibition Shin Shin