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Rising pop star Jessica Winter: ‘It can be tough doing music with a disability’
Music

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: ‘It can be tough doing music with a disability’

Inside the Big Issue: Summer of Music special
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Summer of Music special

Covent Garden’s iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future
Melvyn Altwarg and Peter Kolofsky

Covent Garden’s iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti
Graffiti

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti

‘A bright and bold mosaic of creatures’: Meet the winner of Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition 2025
Kids Cover Competition

‘A bright and bold mosaic of creatures’: Meet the winner of Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition 2025

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK
James Baldwin

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK

‘If I didn’t do graffiti I’d be doing way worse crimes’: Banksy interviews Tox, London’s most prolific vandal
10Foot Takeover

‘If I didn’t do graffiti I’d be doing way worse crimes’: Banksy interviews Tox, London’s most prolific vandal

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and ‘king of the tube’ Bas DDS
10Foot Takeover

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and ‘king of the tube’ Bas DDS

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his ‘disgustingly deep love of London’
10Foot Takeover

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his ‘disgustingly deep love of London’

‘Making your mark on your landscape is ancient practice’: How tagging became modern folklore
10Foot Takeover

‘Making your mark on your landscape is ancient practice’: How tagging became modern folklore

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Probation service

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry

Banksy explains why he uses tag of ‘UK’s most imprisoned graffiti writer’ Tox in his work
10foot takeover

Banksy explains why he uses tag of ‘UK’s most imprisoned graffiti writer’ Tox in his work

Graffiti writer 10Foot assembles Banksy, Kneecap and more for radical Big Issue takeover
10FOOT TAKEOVER

Graffiti writer 10Foot assembles Banksy, Kneecap and more for radical Big Issue takeover

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison
Art

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Letters

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

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

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

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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