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Without The Body Shop, there’d have been no Big Issue
John Bird

Without The Body Shop, there’d have been no Big Issue

Paloma Faith: ‘How many left-wing people like me get to be a national treasure? None’
Music

Paloma Faith: ‘How many left-wing people like me get to be a national treasure? None’

Happy Valentine’s Day! Now, allow me to ruin it for you…
David Baker

Happy Valentine’s Day! Now, allow me to ruin it for you…

9 LGBTQ+ trailblazers who defined and redefined modern Britain 
LGBTQ+ rights

9 LGBTQ+ trailblazers who defined and redefined modern Britain 

From Silence of the Lambs to Sonic the Hedgehog: 6 films you didn’t realise are actually romantic
Film

From Silence of the Lambs to Sonic the Hedgehog: 6 films you didn’t realise are actually romantic

Photographer Dennis Morris on capturing legend Bob Marley – and how the reggae icon changed his life
Photography

Photographer Dennis Morris on capturing legend Bob Marley – and how the reggae icon changed his life

The government’s short-term thinking around poverty is a costly mistake
John Bird

The government’s short-term thinking around poverty is a costly mistake

Inside the Big Issue: Bob Marley and me
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Bob Marley and me

Celebrating the career of Yoko Ono – a resilient artist who’s so much more than John Lennon’s wife
Art

Celebrating the career of Yoko Ono – a resilient artist who’s so much more than John Lennon’s wife

I felt thoroughly British as a teen – until I put on a hijab and became visibly Muslim
Nadeine Asbali

I felt thoroughly British as a teen – until I put on a hijab and became visibly Muslim

Top 5 books about getting lost, chosen by travel writer Tom Chesshyre
Books

Top 5 books about getting lost, chosen by travel writer Tom Chesshyre

Michael Winterbottom on new film Shoshana, Israel’s war and how violence makes people ‘take sides’
Film

Michael Winterbottom on new film Shoshana, Israel’s war and how violence makes people ‘take sides’

Keir Starmer is canny enough to know that fear is the Tories’ best friend
Sam Delaney

Keir Starmer is canny enough to know that fear is the Tories’ best friend

To understand economics, pass on the PopCon and read PJ O’Rourke instead
Paul McNamee

To understand economics, pass on the PopCon and read PJ O’Rourke instead

Letters: Let’s oust Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Latin minister for the 18th century
Letters

Letters: Let’s oust Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Latin minister for the 18th century

‘We can 100% end homelessness’: Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son filmmaker’s rousing call to action
Film

‘We can 100% end homelessness’: Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son filmmaker’s rousing call to action

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Rishi Sunak’s cheap trans joke in front of Brianna Ghey’s mum is worse than he could ever realise
Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir

Rishi Sunak’s cheap trans joke in front of Brianna Ghey’s mum is worse than he could ever realise

UK government must do more to help people back into jobs. But what’s the best way forward?
Katy Wright

UK government must do more to help people back into jobs. But what’s the best way forward?

Disabled people are again missing out on extra cost of living support – it’s cruel and embarrassing
Rachel Charlton-Dailey 

Disabled people are again missing out on extra cost of living support – it’s cruel and embarrassing

From music to esports: We must protect, preserve and champion creative education now more than ever
Nathan Loughran

From music to esports: We must protect, preserve and champion creative education now more than ever