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A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping
John Bird

A message to you, Andy: the nation needs you to keep your word on rough sleeping

In my pork pie hat and shades I drew comments about my appearance – something Andy Burnham is also familiar with

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’
Music

The taskforce making music accessible for people with dementia: ‘It’s not all Vera Lynn’

A new taskforce is getting “under the hood of what people with dementia want and need from interacting with music”

‘Andy Burnham must not repeat the mistakes of the past on homelessness’
Letters

‘Andy Burnham must not repeat the mistakes of the past on homelessness’

A Big Issue reader remembers the causes of homelessness taking hold in the UK

Inside the Big Issue: Paste Present Future: The art of protest
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Paste Present Future: The art of protest

See the protest art hitting London’s streets to mark Big Issue’s 35th birthday
Art

See the protest art hitting London’s streets to mark Big Issue’s 35th birthday

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‘I was diagnosed with a rare dementia that affects my vision. I turned it into an art project’
Dementia

‘I was diagnosed with a rare dementia that affects my vision. I turned it into an art project’

Meet the people with Alzheimer’s and their families coming together in a dementia run club
Dementia

Meet the people with Alzheimer’s and their families coming together in a dementia run club

Researchers are doing incredible work to find a cure for dementia – but more funding is vital
Dementia

Researchers are doing incredible work to find a cure for dementia – but more funding is vital

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’
Music

Tony Christie: ‘I need an autocue now, but show me an artist my age that doesn’t!’

‘If I were PM I’d make dementia research a priority’
Dementia

‘If I were PM I’d make dementia research a priority’

David Baddiel: ‘My worst moment was telling my dad my mum died. I had to tell him again and again’
Dementia

David Baddiel: ‘My worst moment was telling my dad my mum died. I had to tell him again and again’

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: ‘One hit could kill them’
Contact sports

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: ‘One hit could kill them’

‘I was diagnosed with dementia almost a decade ago but life is for the living. You can’t hold back’ 
Dementia

‘I was diagnosed with dementia almost a decade ago but life is for the living. You can’t hold back’ 

Meet the people raising awareness of dementia in the South Asian community
Dementia

Meet the people raising awareness of dementia in the South Asian community

I took a walk where I grew up in London. I saw how gentrification has damaged the community
John Bird

I took a walk where I grew up in London. I saw how gentrification has damaged the community

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently
Technology

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society
Letters

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society

It’s time we stopped having to face up to a SLAPP
Nik Williams

It’s time we stopped having to face up to a SLAPP

Want to help the families of people with dementia? Here’s what to do
Dementia

Want to help the families of people with dementia? Here’s what to do

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world’
Music

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world’

Bonnie Oddie: ‘There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying’
Theatre

Bonnie Oddie: ‘There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to assisted dying’

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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’

Kevin Rowland: ‘The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy’
Music

Kevin Rowland: ‘The way Irish people were portrayed in England was just crazy’

Darren McGarvey: ‘If I were prime minister I’d be pranking Tommy Robinson on the phone’
PM for the PM

Darren McGarvey: ‘If I were prime minister I’d be pranking Tommy Robinson on the phone’

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’