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Going through cancer treatment with a learning disability is tough. Here’s how doctors can help
Learning Disability Week 2024

Going through cancer treatment with a learning disability is tough. Here’s how doctors can help

Letters: The UK does not care for anyone unless you are rich
Letters

Letters: The UK does not care for anyone unless you are rich

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn’t look disabled enough
Learning Disability Week 2024

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn’t look disabled enough

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back
Ben Tinkler

How outdated misconceptions about people with learning disabilities are holding society back

Big Issue and Mencap break new ground with magazine compiled entirely by people with a learning disability
Press Release

Big Issue and Mencap break new ground with magazine compiled entirely by people with a learning disability

Inside the Big Issue: Learning Disability Week special edition
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Learning Disability Week special edition

Big Issue partners with Mencap for special edition put together by people with learning disabilities
Learning disability week 2024

Big Issue partners with Mencap for special edition put together by people with learning disabilities

John Cale on The Velvet Underground, teaching Bowie the viola and why drugs aren’t the creative stimulant
Letter to my younger self

John Cale on The Velvet Underground, teaching Bowie the viola and why drugs aren’t the creative stimulant

‘People in prison need art, music and reading’: Inside the prison libraries that break down walls
Prisons

‘People in prison need art, music and reading’: Inside the prison libraries that break down walls

Why I’m silenced by the fear of being called a bigot
Robin Ince

Why I’m silenced by the fear of being called a bigot

Top 5 children’s books for summer
Books

Top 5 children’s books for summer

‘Your world changes in a moment’: Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph
Health

‘Your world changes in a moment’: Brain injury survivors share remarkable stories of strength and triumph

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke: ‘Surviving brain injuries gave me a fire to keep going’
Exclusive

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke: ‘Surviving brain injuries gave me a fire to keep going’

‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?
Books

‘Future is as shaky as its ever been’: Will Baillie Gifford funding row kill our book festivals?

How books can help children understand the crushing challenges of poverty
Books

How books can help children understand the crushing challenges of poverty

Scotland’s promise to care experienced children shows how politics can give us hope
Susan Loughlin

Scotland’s promise to care experienced children shows how politics can give us hope

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There’s no debate – the fate of the UK will not be decided by big mouth over small mouth
John Bird

There’s no debate – the fate of the UK will not be decided by big mouth over small mouth

Dear Sunak and Starmer: Workplace mental health is too serious to be used as a political football
Poppy Jaman

Dear Sunak and Starmer: Workplace mental health is too serious to be used as a political football

After the pandemic years, audience are more appreciative of intimate musical experiences than ever
Music

After the pandemic years, audience are more appreciative of intimate musical experiences than ever

Inside the Big Issue: Game of Throne’s star Emilia Clarke and her fight back from brain injuries
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Game of Throne’s star Emilia Clarke and her fight back from brain injuries