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Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
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Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’

‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition
Our Vendors

‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
Grassroots music venues

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’

From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed
Art

From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Robin Ince

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out

I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature
Greta Chambers-McMillan

I’m a disabled artist and activist. I create art where everyone is valued – including nature

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight
John Bird

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue
Christmas Wrapping paper

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue

‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
Art

‘Love is the most powerful emotion there is’: Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas

AI is a tool like the paintbrush – it can be used for good things and terrible things
Phillip Toledano

AI is a tool like the paintbrush – it can be used for good things and terrible things

Fin DAC: ‘As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them’
Fin DAC

Fin DAC: ‘As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them’

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage
John Higgs

William Blake gave voice to the nation. The least we can do is save his cottage

Art the hard way: The role of art in liberation and the transforming power of creation
John Bird

Art the hard way: The role of art in liberation and the transforming power of creation

‘It’s art for people’: This one-man kayak project shows the beauty of slowing down
Art

‘It’s art for people’: This one-man kayak project shows the beauty of slowing down

‘I cried my eyes out making this’: Meet the artists in homeless exhibition backed by Prince William
Art

‘I cried my eyes out making this’: Meet the artists in homeless exhibition backed by Prince William

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Prince William insists it’s possible to end homelessness as Homewards project turns one
Homelessness

Prince William insists it’s possible to end homelessness as Homewards project turns one

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, ‘right-wing a**holes’ and why we all should be kinder to one another
Social justice

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, ‘right-wing a**holes’ and why we all should be kinder to one another

Why RuPaul is not the be-all and end-all when it comes to drag
Mark Anthony

Why RuPaul is not the be-all and end-all when it comes to drag

Superstar Arts: This charity gives people with learning disabilities the chance to create
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Superstar Arts: This charity gives people with learning disabilities the chance to create