From the magazine
Roger McGough: ‘Poetry is within all of us’
Roger McGough: ‘Poetry is within all of us’
One of the nation’s most beloved poets, Roger McGough is now fronting a project taking a mobile poetry library to coastal towns across the UK
A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK’s coasts
A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK’s coasts
Poetry can help give a place identity and pride, say poets involved in the Southbank Centre’s new project
Dr Ranj Singh: ‘I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort’
Dr Ranj Singh: ‘I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort’
The TV doctor was a shy and strait-laced kid with a secret inner life. When the chance came for a creative outlet he didn’t look back
How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world
How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world
Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
The British seaside spirit lives on – but it is where political tides can turn
The British seaside spirit lives on – but it is where political tides can turn
Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon
Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon
Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Dear England star Joseph Fiennes: ‘Gareth Southgate is a quiet revolutionary’
Dear England star Joseph Fiennes: ‘Gareth Southgate is a quiet revolutionary’
History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’
History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’
Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change
Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change
I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started
I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started
Poverty is a growth industry. Starmer has not seemed to grasp this nettle
Poverty is a growth industry. Starmer has not seemed to grasp this nettle
Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’
Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’
Andy Burnham: ‘Making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society’
Andy Burnham: ‘Making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society’
Inside the Big Issue: Extract the juice with David Shrigley
Inside the Big Issue: Extract the juice with David Shrigley
‘I heard a young man talk about Holocaust denial on a train. I couldn’t sit by and not challenge it’
‘I heard a young man talk about Holocaust denial on a train. I couldn’t sit by and not challenge it’
The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’
The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’
Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’
Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’
‘We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place’
