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From megalomaniac rabbits to lessons for young men: These are the best children’s books of 2024
Children's books

From megalomaniac rabbits to lessons for young men: These are the best children’s books of 2024

News has been reduced to sensationalist clickbait in 2024 – there has to be a better way
Rob Orchard

News has been reduced to sensationalist clickbait in 2024 – there has to be a better way

How can Netflix top sexy snowman caper Hot Frosty?
Film

How can Netflix top sexy snowman caper Hot Frosty?

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we’ve moved with them
John Bird

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we’ve moved with them

Let us all feast on left-wing milk and woke sandwiches
Paul McNamee

Let us all feast on left-wing milk and woke sandwiches

Ruth Jones and James Corden: ‘Gavin & Stacey finale might not be what you’re expecting…’
Exclusive

Ruth Jones and James Corden: ‘Gavin & Stacey finale might not be what you’re expecting…’

Inside the Big Issue: Gavin & Stacey’s James Corden and Ruth Jones – one final time
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Gavin & Stacey’s James Corden and Ruth Jones – one final time

Letters: The UK government is assisting the dying every day of innocent Palestinians in Gaza
Letters

Letters: The UK government is assisting the dying every day of innocent Palestinians in Gaza

The Bank of Mum and Dad has too much influence on homeownership in Britain – that needs to change
Housing

The Bank of Mum and Dad has too much influence on homeownership in Britain – that needs to change

Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo: ‘I didn’t know where Steven ended and Dynamo began’
Letter To My Younger Self

Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo: ‘I didn’t know where Steven ended and Dynamo began’

Top 5 weird fiction books, chosen by short story writer Lena Valencia
Books

Top 5 weird fiction books, chosen by short story writer Lena Valencia

Rom-com master Richard Curtis on Christmas, Love Actually and criticism: ‘You change with the times’
Christmas

Rom-com master Richard Curtis on Christmas, Love Actually and criticism: ‘You change with the times’

Dogs are much happier than humans. Here’s why
Mark Rowlands

Dogs are much happier than humans. Here’s why

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Adam Barnett

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers

James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’
Music

James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home
Dogs of Big Issue

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home

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How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today
Dogs

How consumerism and colonialism helped make dogs the pets we know and love today

‘A library is a safe and happy place’: The unparalleled joy of a mobile library
Robin Ince

‘A library is a safe and happy place’: The unparalleled joy of a mobile library

‘We didn’t know where to go’: What’s it’s like being pregnant, a refugee and homeless at Christmas
Refugee homelessness

‘We didn’t know where to go’: What’s it’s like being pregnant, a refugee and homeless at Christmas

I thought being a man meant being tough and strong. But real strength comes from asking for help
Dan Guiness

I thought being a man meant being tough and strong. But real strength comes from asking for help