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Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand
Music

Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
Letter To My Younger Self

Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’

Democracy has left us all with Democratic Fatigue Syndrome. Here’s how to cure it
Politics

Democracy has left us all with Democratic Fatigue Syndrome. Here’s how to cure it

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin
Books

Top 5 books about the workplace, chosen by award-winning novelist Ross Raisin

What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National
Lucy Sweet

What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National

‘I’ve always been a grafter’: Strictly Come Dancing’s Sam Quek shares lessons from the dance floor
TV

‘I’ve always been a grafter’: Strictly Come Dancing’s Sam Quek shares lessons from the dance floor

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?
Film

Will Gladiator II be a useful cautionary tale about putting self-serving man-babies in charge?

Ben Whishaw on the ‘quiet political message’ running through Paddington: ‘I love it’
Film

Ben Whishaw on the ‘quiet political message’ running through Paddington: ‘I love it’

Paddington is a British icon. So why are we all not a bit more like Paddington?
Film

Paddington is a British icon. So why are we all not a bit more like Paddington?

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue
Christmas Wrapping paper

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue

‘I’m furious’: UK’s ‘rushed’ rollout of digital eVisas risks creating another Windrush scandal
Immigration

‘I’m furious’: UK’s ‘rushed’ rollout of digital eVisas risks creating another Windrush scandal

Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’
Culture

Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?
John Bird

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair
Review

If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia
Books

A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Paddington
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Paddington

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Letters: Starmer went after the Daily Mail vote – and looks intent on keeping it
Letters

Letters: Starmer went after the Daily Mail vote – and looks intent on keeping it

I was walking my cockapoo when I saw a man taking a s**t in our street. This is what it taught me
Sam Delaney

I was walking my cockapoo when I saw a man taking a s**t in our street. This is what it taught me

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’
Letter to my Younger Self

The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’

Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt
Books

Top 5 revolutionary books, chosen by historian and author Alice Hunt