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‘I was in a dark place with addiction and sofa surfing. Now I show people Manchester’s hidden side’
Travel

‘I was in a dark place with addiction and sofa surfing. Now I show people Manchester’s hidden side’

Stephen Mulhern: ‘I genuinely believe that anything is possible’
Recommended reads

Stephen Mulhern: ‘I genuinely believe that anything is possible’

‘Extreme heat is not just a climate issue. It is a housing crisis too’
Housing

‘Extreme heat is not just a climate issue. It is a housing crisis too’

The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness
Sport

The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness

Dan Smith: ‘Bastille’s mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas’
Letter To My Younger Self

Dan Smith: ‘Bastille’s mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas’

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’
In conversation

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’

Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet
Big Issue Invest

Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet

‘The UK’s national debt is total insanity. We need an expert to get us out of this mess’
Letters

‘The UK’s national debt is total insanity. We need an expert to get us out of this mess’

The long, hot summer of 1976 changed Britain. What can we learn from it 50 years later?
Books

The long, hot summer of 1976 changed Britain. What can we learn from it 50 years later?

YouTuber JimmyTheGiant: ‘Forget right or left, it’s people who own things and people who don’t’
Politics

YouTuber JimmyTheGiant: ‘Forget right or left, it’s people who own things and people who don’t’

Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: ‘We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed’
TV

Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: ‘We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed’

Inside the Big Issue: Skin in the game
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Skin in the game

Revealed: Homeless people face ‘postcode lottery’ of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves
Investigation

Revealed: Homeless people face ‘postcode lottery’ of support leaving them at risk in heatwaves

Heatwaves can be a unifying call to fight climate change but they are only widening UK inequality
Liam Geraghty

Heatwaves can be a unifying call to fight climate change but they are only widening UK inequality

‘Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’
Dr Louisa Munch

‘Politics is the youth centre that keeps its doors open’

Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts
Music

Hyphen: Why I sing punk songs about the wealth tax and economics in tiny shorts

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How conspiracy theories around JFK fueled the paranoia of US politics today
Books

How conspiracy theories around JFK fueled the paranoia of US politics today

Barry’s Economics: The ex-homeless comedian explaining wealth inequality on YouTube
Comedy

Barry’s Economics: The ex-homeless comedian explaining wealth inequality on YouTube

‘I speak with millionaires on a daily basis, and they tell me that they want a wealth tax’
Rebecca Gowland

‘I speak with millionaires on a daily basis, and they tell me that they want a wealth tax’

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg
Environment

Why I wrote an opera about Greta Thunberg