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This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: ‘It’s a festival of giving’
Homelessness

This UK music festival is building homes and tackling homelessness: ‘It’s a festival of giving’

Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them
Sybil Bell

Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family
Theatre

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport

Hard Truths director Mike Leigh: ‘I make films for audiences to see, not for awards’
Film

Hard Truths director Mike Leigh: ‘I make films for audiences to see, not for awards’

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: ‘The benefits are clear’
Music

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: ‘The benefits are clear’

The Story Hive: London’s new storytelling night is a chance for people to dream, imagine and enjoy
John Bird

The Story Hive: London’s new storytelling night is a chance for people to dream, imagine and enjoy

How ‘winter madness’ made The Traitors the defining cultural event of the year
Lucy Sweet

How ‘winter madness’ made The Traitors the defining cultural event of the year

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold on why Bob Dylan is proof you should always meet your heroes
Film

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold on why Bob Dylan is proof you should always meet your heroes

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

Inside the Big Issue: No secrets to conceal
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: No secrets to conceal

William Tell director Nick Hamm on why the apple scene is so relevant today: ‘It cuts to the core’
Film

William Tell director Nick Hamm on why the apple scene is so relevant today: ‘It cuts to the core’

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me
Streetwise Opera

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me

I couldn’t find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own
Books

I couldn’t find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Education

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Comedian James Acaster: ‘I am not an alpha male’
Comedy

Comedian James Acaster: ‘I am not an alpha male’

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From The Traitors to White Lotus: Here’s 6 dystopian TV predictions that could come true in 2025
Lucy Sweet

From The Traitors to White Lotus: Here’s 6 dystopian TV predictions that could come true in 2025

‘Tragedy is a cruel teacher’: Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer
Culture

‘Tragedy is a cruel teacher’: Harlan Coben on how death of his parents made him a better writer

Glastonbury, Doctor Who and the rise of Chappell Roan: These are the best cultural moments of 2024
2024

Glastonbury, Doctor Who and the rise of Chappell Roan: These are the best cultural moments of 2024

I’m in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here’s why
Millie Manders

I’m in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here’s why