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The British seaside spirit lives on – but it is where political tides can turn
Steven MacKenzie

The British seaside spirit lives on – but it is where political tides can turn

Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon
Music

Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Arts

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine

Dear England star Joseph Fiennes: ‘Gareth Southgate is a quiet revolutionary’
TV

Dear England star Joseph Fiennes: ‘Gareth Southgate is a quiet revolutionary’

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’
Film

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’

Artist David Shrigley: ‘If Nigel Farage had become a sand sculptor we would all have been better off’
Q&A

Artist David Shrigley: ‘If Nigel Farage had become a sand sculptor we would all have been better off’

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Film

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom

I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started
Advice

I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started

Poverty is a growth industry. Starmer has not seemed to grasp this nettle
John Bird

Poverty is a growth industry. Starmer has not seemed to grasp this nettle

Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’
Interview

Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’

Andy Burnham: ‘Making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society’
Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: ‘Making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society’

Inside the Big Issue: Extract the juice with David Shrigley
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Extract the juice with David Shrigley

The men who invented the concept of race
Books

The men who invented the concept of race

Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026
Music

Ignore the charts, Connect with fans, be weird on the internet: How to be a pop star in 2026

‘I heard a young man talk about Holocaust denial on a train. I couldn’t sit by and not challenge it’
Robin Ince

‘I heard a young man talk about Holocaust denial on a train. I couldn’t sit by and not challenge it’

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Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’
Exclusive

Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’

‘We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place’
Theatre

‘We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place’

I’m in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it
John Bird

I’m in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it

‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’
Music

‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’