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Inside the Big Issue: Sir Ian McKellen on recovery, rights and finding fulfilment

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Ian McKellen on recovery, rights and finding fulfilment
I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I’m fighting to make life better for others like me

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I’m fighting to make life better for others like me
‘It’s OK to laugh about death’: And Mrs director Daniel Reisinger’s guide to facing grief with a smile

‘It’s OK to laugh about death’: And Mrs director Daniel Reisinger’s guide to facing grief with a smile
Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei’s ‘walk of shame’ from Game of Thrones

Letters: Water bosses should be made to do Cersei’s ‘walk of shame’ from Game of Thrones
Sir Ian McKellen: ‘They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again!’

Sir Ian McKellen: ‘They better be quick if they want me to play Gandalf again!’
Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we’re all way too online

Red Rooms director Pascal Plante on empathy, digital horror and why we’re all way too online
The Chase star Paul Sinha on his Parkinson’s battle: ‘I’ve got a life to live’

The Chase star Paul Sinha on his Parkinson’s battle: ‘I’ve got a life to live’
How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England

How letters from a 15th-century housewife unlock secrets of a forgotten England
Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices
Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it

Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it
Arnie said he’d be back… How The Terminator and other classics are taking over cinemas – again

Arnie said he’d be back… How The Terminator and other classics are taking over cinemas – again
Why we should rename artificial intelligence to ‘unnatural intelligence’

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to ‘unnatural intelligence’
The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged
How this year’s Paralympic Games definitely corrects the mistakes of old

How this year’s Paralympic Games definitely corrects the mistakes of old
‘We’re going to war’: Meet the wheelchair rugby stars ‘normalising disability’ at the Paralympics

‘We’re going to war’: Meet the wheelchair rugby stars ‘normalising disability’ at the Paralympics
The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating

The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating
Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest

Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest
When it comes to public transport, we’re still travelling in the wrong direction

When it comes to public transport, we’re still travelling in the wrong direction
Windermere was flooded with 8,787 hours of raw sewage last year. One man is fighting back
