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

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch
Books

Bewilderment by Richard Powers: Packs a hell of a punch

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

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

Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez
Books

Top 5 books about the Windrush Generation, chosen by author Paul Mendez

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’

Author Tash Aw: ‘So many of us have multiple identities’
Books

Author Tash Aw: ‘So many of us have multiple identities’

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Let’s turn up the heat on global leaders to divest from fossil fuels
Opinion

Let’s turn up the heat on global leaders to divest from fossil fuels

What would a global switch to cryptocurrency mean for vulnerable people?
Money

What would a global switch to cryptocurrency mean for vulnerable people?

You know that unmistakeable James Bond film look? Here’s how it’s created
Film

You know that unmistakeable James Bond film look? Here’s how it’s created

The Big Issue exists because the public fell in love with our vendors
Opinion

The Big Issue exists because the public fell in love with our vendors