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Shappi Khorsandi: ‘I’d tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs’
Culture

Shappi Khorsandi: ‘I’d tell my 16-year-old self, you have ADHD. That’s why you failed your GCSEs’

Why the world needs to embrace our Stop Mass Homelessness campaign
Opinion

Why the world needs to embrace our Stop Mass Homelessness campaign

‘The system is controlled by gatekeepers – Black creators are doing it their own way’
Culture

‘The system is controlled by gatekeepers – Black creators are doing it their own way’

‘Culture is who we are and what we do, not something for any sort of elite’
Culture

‘Culture is who we are and what we do, not something for any sort of elite’

Get your entries in for The Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition
Art

Get your entries in for The Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Nathan Filer’s podcast Why Do I Feel is a series of beautifully told stories
Culture

Nathan Filer’s podcast Why Do I Feel is a series of beautifully told stories

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right
TV

How Ridley Road joins the dots between a housing crisis and the rise of the far right

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection
Books

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki: A deeply profound novel about human connection

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new
Music

The Jazz is Dead label avoids being a vanity project to create something entirely new

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca
Books

Author Fiona Valpy discovers the real Casablanca

Meet the people selling street papers around the world
Life

Meet the people selling street papers around the world

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul’s
Activism

How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul’s

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover
Film

Venom: Let There Be Carnage is another missed opportunity for a superhero-horror crossover

It’s been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?
Activism

It’s been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?

Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism’
Music

Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing worse than giving in to your own cynicism’

The universal credit uplift and a rent arrears fund – that’s what levelling up really looks like
Opinion

The universal credit uplift and a rent arrears fund – that’s what levelling up really looks like

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Exclusive: David Lloyd’s unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask
Art

Exclusive: David Lloyd’s unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas
Books

Top 5 books for children, chosen by Matt Lucas

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: ‘Unlike anything you’ve read before’
Books

Checkout 19 by Claire-Louise Bennett: ‘Unlike anything you’ve read before’

Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: ‘A compulsive narrative drive’
Books

Dinner Party: A Tragedy by Sarah Gilmartin: ‘A compulsive narrative drive’