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Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work

Inside the chocolate factory spreading sweet treats – and helping autistic people find work
Letters: In 2026 can we start making sure those without family aren’t left behind?

Letters: In 2026 can we start making sure those without family aren’t left behind?
Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!
How the CBeebies Christmas panto became like Oasis for six-year-olds

How the CBeebies Christmas panto became like Oasis for six-year-olds
Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Scotland will definitely be independent much sooner than it feels right now’

Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Scotland will definitely be independent much sooner than it feels right now’
Why I’m proud of myself for not buying a pair of corduroy trousers

Why I’m proud of myself for not buying a pair of corduroy trousers
Celebrity Traitors star Nick Mohammed on the moment that shocked Britain: ‘I have no regrets’

Celebrity Traitors star Nick Mohammed on the moment that shocked Britain: ‘I have no regrets’
Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner

Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner
‘We’ve never seen anything quite like this before’: Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus

‘We’ve never seen anything quite like this before’: Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus
My Christmas memories are good and bad – but Big Issue provided the most cheer

My Christmas memories are good and bad – but Big Issue provided the most cheer
From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025

From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children’s books of 2025
The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: ‘Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989’

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: ‘Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989’
Letters: I’m all for sorting immigration – but people’s evilness is beyond me

Letters: I’m all for sorting immigration – but people’s evilness is beyond me
We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There’s a good reason for that

We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There’s a good reason for that
Marie Kondo: ‘I didn’t think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying’
Marie Kondo: ‘I didn’t think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying’
Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 



