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This grassroots venue brings ‘astonishing’ music and mental wellbeing to rural Wales
Venue Watch

This grassroots venue brings ‘astonishing’ music and mental wellbeing to rural Wales

Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain
TV

Breathtaking and The Way: These are the next Mr Bates-style TV dramas poised to shake-up Britain

Paloma Faith: ‘How many left-wing people like me get to be a national treasure? None’
Music

Paloma Faith: ‘How many left-wing people like me get to be a national treasure? None’

Meet the proud blind man who overcame homelessness to live his dream as a renowned artist
Art

Meet the proud blind man who overcame homelessness to live his dream as a renowned artist

Photographer Dennis Morris on capturing legend Bob Marley – and how the reggae icon changed his life
Photography

Photographer Dennis Morris on capturing legend Bob Marley – and how the reggae icon changed his life

From Silence of the Lambs to Sonic the Hedgehog: 6 films you didn’t realise are actually romantic
Film

From Silence of the Lambs to Sonic the Hedgehog: 6 films you didn’t realise are actually romantic

The Smiley Charity Film Awards present — a powerful minute against immigration misconceptions
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The Smiley Charity Film Awards present — a powerful minute against immigration misconceptions

Angela Griffin: ‘For my first year in Coronation Street I kept my job in Burger King’
Letter to my younger self

Angela Griffin: ‘For my first year in Coronation Street I kept my job in Burger King’

Top 5 books about getting lost, chosen by travel writer Tom Chesshyre
Books

Top 5 books about getting lost, chosen by travel writer Tom Chesshyre

Michael Winterbottom on new film Shoshana, Israel’s war and how violence makes people ‘take sides’
Film

Michael Winterbottom on new film Shoshana, Israel’s war and how violence makes people ‘take sides’

Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
Venue Watch

Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK’s biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help

‘We can 100% end homelessness’: Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son filmmaker’s rousing call to action
Film

‘We can 100% end homelessness’: Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son filmmaker’s rousing call to action

Former Big Issue vendor-turned film star Earl Charlton describes a day in his life
Our vendors

Former Big Issue vendor-turned film star Earl Charlton describes a day in his life

Lorna Tucker’s powerful Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son is not just a film ­– it’s a movement
Film

Lorna Tucker’s powerful Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son is not just a film ­– it’s a movement

Dogs might just be nicer than any human could hope to be
Books

Dogs might just be nicer than any human could hope to be

Architect and TV presenter George Clarke: ‘I decided to make the absolute most out of life’
Letter To My Younger Self

Architect and TV presenter George Clarke: ‘I decided to make the absolute most out of life’

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The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made
Music

The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made

5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell
Books

5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell

Intersex people are treated like ‘freaks of nature’ and a ‘problem’ to be solved. That needs to change
LGBTQ+ rights

Intersex people are treated like ‘freaks of nature’ and a ‘problem’ to be solved. That needs to change

Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’
Venue Watch

Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’