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Big Issue’s festive Christmas Kids Cover Competition is back for 2023
Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Big Issue’s festive Christmas Kids Cover Competition is back for 2023

Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B: ‘As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there’
Letter to my younger self

Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B: ‘As a kid, I was always in Finsbury Park. Now I’ve got a statue there’

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy’s Deborah Alma
poetry

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy’s Deborah Alma

What Scorsese epic Killers of the Flower Moon means to an Indigenous street paper vendor
Vendors

What Scorsese epic Killers of the Flower Moon means to an Indigenous street paper vendor

Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár
Classical music

Why renowned conductor John Eliot Gardiner has drawn comparisons with Lydia Tár

Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show
Music

Stop Making Sense review – a once in a lifetime Talking Heads show

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building
Architecture

RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: Retirement day centre named UK’s best new building

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – a rich detective noir
Review

Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – a rich detective noir

‘Love is the fing’: IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what’s at the heart of new album TANGK
Joe Talbot

‘Love is the fing’: IDLES frontman Joe Talbot on what’s at the heart of new album TANGK

My visit to Labour Party Conference brought home the underlying impact of poverty
John Bird

My visit to Labour Party Conference brought home the underlying impact of poverty

Steve Lamacq: ‘This music venue changed my life… it’s now a carpark’
Venue Watch

Steve Lamacq: ‘This music venue changed my life… it’s now a carpark’

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here’s an idea that gives them a fighting chance  
Care leavers

Care leavers often struggle to find a home. Here’s an idea that gives them a fighting chance  

Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B: ‘By 16, I had already been stopped by the police 10 times’
Race

Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B: ‘By 16, I had already been stopped by the police 10 times’

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 
The Future of Housing

Community land trusts are the next social housing revolution: ‘It’s about empowering people’ 

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how
Housing

Housing developments are worsening the healthcare crisis. Here’s how

Adrian Edmondson on family, fatherhood and break-up with late comedy legend Rik Mayall
Letter to my younger self

Adrian Edmondson on family, fatherhood and break-up with late comedy legend Rik Mayall

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If you want to understand mysterious world of teenagers, try listening to them
Rachel Burden

If you want to understand mysterious world of teenagers, try listening to them

From Queer as Folk to Doctor Who: How Russell T Davies gave voice to a generation of queer people
TV

From Queer as Folk to Doctor Who: How Russell T Davies gave voice to a generation of queer people

Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis
Housing

Adults forced to move back in with parents amid soaring rents and crippling cost of living crisis

Bex Burch: Jazz musician compares building her own xylophone with Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm
Jazz

Bex Burch: Jazz musician compares building her own xylophone with Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm