Christmas
From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025
From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025
Here is our pick of 2025’s books for kids, by age group. Your Christmas list sorted
Inside the Big Issue: O Come All Ye Faithful
Inside the Big Issue: O Come All Ye Faithful
We dive into how Celebrity Traitors brought a fractured nation together in a year of anger and flux. Plus, faithful Nick Mohammed tells all
How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
How the housing crisis led to these dogs spending this Christmas homeless
Housing issues are not just for humans. They also drive dogs into homelessness. Dogs Trust has stepped in to provide shelter for these four pooches. Here’s why they’re homeless this Christmas
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
How to donate toys and charity Christmas gifts to children
How to donate toys and charity Christmas gifts to children
Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens’ epic novel
David Copperfield review – an intimate and utterly joyful take on Charles Dickens’ epic novel
Loneliness is a growing problem. It’s time we started talking to each other
Loneliness is a growing problem. It’s time we started talking to each other
12 huge artists have come together to support Big Issue. These are stories behind their art
12 huge artists have come together to support Big Issue. These are stories behind their art
Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals
Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals
Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas
Deck your walls with limited edition prints by leading artists to support Big Issue at Christmas
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Here’s when people will get their benefits from the DWP over Christmas in 2025
Acid attack survivor Katie Piper: ‘We live in divisive times – our empathy is being lost’
Acid attack survivor Katie Piper: ‘We live in divisive times – our empathy is being lost’
January is one of the hardest months for debt – but it’s never too late to seek help
January is one of the hardest months for debt – but it’s never too late to seek help
Wales’ first minister Eluned Morgan: ‘We all have to be the change we want to see in the world’
Wales’ first minister Eluned Morgan: ‘We all have to be the change we want to see in the world’
Keane star Tom Chaplin: ‘Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis’
Keane star Tom Chaplin: ‘Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis’
It’s easy to be gloomy as 2024 comes to an end – so here’s some positive new year tidings
It’s easy to be gloomy as 2024 comes to an end – so here’s some positive new year tidings
Pop star Henry Moodie: ‘I find Donald Trump’s racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting’
Pop star Henry Moodie: ‘I find Donald Trump’s racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting’
Philomena Cunk: ‘Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself’
Philomena Cunk: ‘Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself’
John Swinney: ‘I wish my mum had still been alive to see me become first minister’
John Swinney: ‘I wish my mum had still been alive to see me become first minister’
As I celebrate Christmas in London, my neighbourhood in Gaza is being flattened
As I celebrate Christmas in London, my neighbourhood in Gaza is being flattened
This is what Christmas is like for thousands of asylum seekers in hotels: ‘It’s more like a prison’
This is what Christmas is like for thousands of asylum seekers in hotels: ‘It’s more like a prison’
Christmas is a punishing time if you work in the NHS. It’s pushing staff to the edge