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‘Small is beautiful’: How independent bookshops plan to survive – and thrive – in ‘volatile’ times
Books

‘Small is beautiful’: How independent bookshops plan to survive – and thrive – in ‘volatile’ times

5 books to read about women confronting racism, selected by author and comedian Njambi McGrath
Books

5 books to read about women confronting racism, selected by author and comedian Njambi McGrath

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’
Books

War Horse author Michael Morpurgo warns cost of living crisis is denying kids the ‘right to read’

Henry Winkler on Happy Days, dyslexia and why he’ll always love The Fonz: ‘I’m grateful’
Letter to my younger self

Henry Winkler on Happy Days, dyslexia and why he’ll always love The Fonz: ‘I’m grateful’

An ultimate guide to the best books of 2023 – as chosen by esteemed Big Issue critics
Books

An ultimate guide to the best books of 2023 – as chosen by esteemed Big Issue critics

Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday
Poetry

Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday

Why we should all get to know a sheep 
Farming

Why we should all get to know a sheep 

Illustrator Oliver Jeffers shares advice for Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition: ‘We’re all artists’
Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Illustrator Oliver Jeffers shares advice for Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition: ‘We’re all artists’

How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future
Music

How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future

How Lonely Planet sparked a travel revolution: ‘It’s a good thing to go places’
The Future of Travel

How Lonely Planet sparked a travel revolution: ‘It’s a good thing to go places’

Pulp star Nick Banks explains how Jarvis Cocker incident with Michael Jackson changed everything
Interview

Pulp star Nick Banks explains how Jarvis Cocker incident with Michael Jackson changed everything

How climate catastrophe is affecting geese should be a grave warning for us all
Climate change

How climate catastrophe is affecting geese should be a grave warning for us all

Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers
Interview

Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers

Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other
Susanna Hoffs

Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other

After a lifetime of dogs, my father’s final one was no more
ROBIN INCE

After a lifetime of dogs, my father’s final one was no more

How to separate who you are from what you do
Simone Stolzoff

How to separate who you are from what you do

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Kieran Yates: ‘I lived in 20 different houses by the age of 25. All I wanted was a home’
Housing crisis

Kieran Yates: ‘I lived in 20 different houses by the age of 25. All I wanted was a home’

Eddie Piller’s electrifying trip back to Mod’s second wave
Memoir

Eddie Piller’s electrifying trip back to Mod’s second wave

How the Harry Potter TV series can fix the wizarding world
preview

How the Harry Potter TV series can fix the wizarding world

Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation’
Letter To My Younger Self

Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation’