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Fiction

Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward

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Music

10 years on from David Bowie’s death, my cosmic link to him remains

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Film

Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is ‘a magnifying glass on masculinity’

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Lucy Sweet

Winter Olympics show anything is possible if you put your neck on the line – and risk breaking it

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Art

Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He’s back to tell the story 30 years on

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John Bird

Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes

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Review

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

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Review

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate

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Changemakers 2026

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Politics and Activism

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Changemakers 2026

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

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Letters

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn’t a permanent home be better?

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Inside the Big Issue

From the magazine

Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward

10 years on from David Bowie’s death, my cosmic link to him remains

Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is ‘a magnifying glass on masculinity’

Winter Olympics show anything is possible if you put your neck on the line – and risk breaking it

Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He’s back to tell the story 30 years on

Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate

Big Issue’s 100 Changemakers of 2026: Politics and Activism

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn’t a permanent home be better?

Inside the Big Issue: Meet our 2026 Changemakers

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