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Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord
Film

Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

Is Heathcliff the dashing, brooding hero we sometimes want him to be?

The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime
Film

The President’s Cake review: a surprisingly sweet depiction of life under an uncaring regime

The first Iraqi film to make the Oscars shortlist follows a small girl on a perilous mission for cake

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: ‘There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through’
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BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: ‘There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through’

Posy Sterling has been nominated for the EE Bafta Rising Star Award for her performance in Lollipop. She chats to the Big Issue about the hopes she has that the film will ignite genuine change for women

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography
Review

John Candy: A Life in Comedy by Paul Myers review: a workmanlike yet touchingly sincere biography

Inside the Big Issue: Trainspotting turns 30
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trainspotting turns 30

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Whistle star Dafne Keen: ‘I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that’s all very fun to me’
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Whistle star Dafne Keen: ‘I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that’s all very fun to me’

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: ‘I’ve spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted’
Letter To My Younger Self

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: ‘I’ve spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted’

Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater’s witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard
Film

Nouvelle Vague review – Richard Linklater’s witty, whimsical love letter to Jean-Luc Godard

Saipan star Steve Coogan: ‘The bust-up between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy became a lightning rod’ 
Film

Saipan star Steve Coogan: ‘The bust-up between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy became a lightning rod’ 

H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’
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H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: ‘I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights’
Film

Steve Coogan shares his big issue: ‘I am worried about how Reform UK are anti-human rights’

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer

Rental Family review – satisfaction guaranteed with Brendan Fraser
Film

Rental Family review – satisfaction guaranteed with Brendan Fraser

The Man with the Plan is an urgent film for our desperate times
John Bird

The Man with the Plan is an urgent film for our desperate times

Toys, Ghostface and lots and lots of superheroes: These are the films to get excited about in 2026
Film

Toys, Ghostface and lots and lots of superheroes: These are the films to get excited about in 2026

Lisa Nandy, Zack Polanski and Nitro from Gladiators share their favourite cultural moments of 2025 
Best of the year

Lisa Nandy, Zack Polanski and Nitro from Gladiators share their favourite cultural moments of 2025 

Tim Key: ‘Christmas will be drinks next to the wheelie bins opposite Costcutter’
My Big Year

Tim Key: ‘Christmas will be drinks next to the wheelie bins opposite Costcutter’

Tinsel Town review – Kiefer Sutherland in a panto? Oh no, he isn’t, oh yes he is
Review

Tinsel Town review – Kiefer Sutherland in a panto? Oh no, he isn’t, oh yes he is

Choose joy this Christmas
Paul McNamee

Choose joy this Christmas

A dementia diagnosis is not a final curtain. It can even be an opening act
Film

A dementia diagnosis is not a final curtain. It can even be an opening act

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: ‘It’s as voluntary as getting a cold’
Diabetes

Most people with diabetes have faced shame and judgement: ‘It’s as voluntary as getting a cold’

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Train Dreams star Joel Edgerton: ‘What is the meaning of this life that we have?’
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Train Dreams star Joel Edgerton: ‘What is the meaning of this life that we have?’

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: ‘Any time Brian Cox wants to talk… I’m easy to find’
Film

Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out fighting: ‘Any time Brian Cox wants to talk… I’m easy to find’

The brass band bringing the cracking tunes of Wallace & Gromit to life
Music

The brass band bringing the cracking tunes of Wallace & Gromit to life

Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood
Film

Die, My Love review – an extremely fraught, emotionally intense tale of motherhood