Film

Sir Patrick Stewart: ‘Take on Trump? Make it so’
Film

Sir Patrick Stewart: ‘Take on Trump? Make it so’

Speaking to Big Issue back in 2017, the late Sir Patrick Stewart discusses his role in Logan, Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump

Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’ 
Film

Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’ 

The Hollywood star on telling Tenzing’s story, connecting with nature and the ‘power grabs’ of capitalism

The Lost Children of Tuam: How one woman’s fight for justice led to a national reckoning for Ireland
Review

The Lost Children of Tuam: How one woman’s fight for justice led to a national reckoning for Ireland

Amateur historian Catherine Corless has been described as “Ireland’s Erin Brockovich”. The dramatisation of her long and painstaking fight to shine light on a buried horror makes for a strangely life-affirming watch

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: ‘A world so sharply divided is going to be angry’
Film

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: ‘A world so sharply divided is going to be angry’

Kelly Macdonald: ‘We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs’
Letter To My Younger Self

Kelly Macdonald: ‘We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs’

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The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’
Poverty

The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable in a country such as ours’

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’
Arts

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’

Ruth Madeley: ‘I was written off before I was born – I’m so happy that it all worked out’
Letter To My Younger Self

Ruth Madeley: ‘I was written off before I was born – I’m so happy that it all worked out’

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
Letter To My Younger Self

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’

Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy
Comedy

Mel Brooks at 100 – the trailblazer who never forgets the importance of love in comedy

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral
Rachel Palma Randle

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 
Film

How Masters Of The Universe star Sam C Wilson went from Big Issue to Castle Grayskull 

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
Photography

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Film

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’
Film

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’

There can be only one Highlander – at least until the reboot comes out
Film

There can be only one Highlander – at least until the reboot comes out

Rita Wilson: ‘I’m proud I started songwriting in my 50s. There is no clock on creativity’
Letter To My Younger Self

Rita Wilson: ‘I’m proud I started songwriting in my 50s. There is no clock on creativity’

Is working in fashion really like The Devil Wears Prada?
Workers' rights

Is working in fashion really like The Devil Wears Prada?

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?
Film

Can the notorious Michael Jackson film continue the Hollywood biopic boom?

Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age
Reissue

Forty years on, Stand By Me is back in cinemas. The coming-of-age story comes of age

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’
Documentary

Orwell 2+2=5 director Raoul Peck: ‘There will be another world after Trump’

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How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’
Film

How Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man takes on the rise of fascism: ‘You absorb what’s happening’

Forty years of Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival: ‘We’ve become a really important safe space’
Film

Forty years of Flare, London’s LGBTQIA+ film festival: ‘We’ve become a really important safe space’

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer
Review

One Last Deal review: a magnification of everything we love about Danny Dyer

Hamnet composer Max Richter reveals his music’s secret ingredient
Music

Hamnet composer Max Richter reveals his music’s secret ingredient