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BE MORE GUS: Catch The Big Issue’s new cartoon series only in the magazine

BE MORE GUS: Catch The Big Issue’s new cartoon series only in the magazine
Animal Kwackers and the affirming power of great TV

Animal Kwackers and the affirming power of great TV
Big Issue vendor Bex, her dog Rainbow, and an extraordinary act of kindness

Big Issue vendor Bex, her dog Rainbow, and an extraordinary act of kindness
Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’

Fifteen-Love’s Ella Lily Hyland: ‘I’m interested to tell the stories of working-class Ireland’
‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
The story of the world’s first drag ABBA tribute band

The story of the world’s first drag ABBA tribute band
No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police

No more good cop, bad cop: Revisiting Serpico and Training Day in the wake of global calls to abolish the police
Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne

Top 5 seaside stories for kids, chosen by Anthony Browne
Hotel Sacher is changing lives one slice of cake at a time

Hotel Sacher is changing lives one slice of cake at a time
Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness

Meet the Drummond Street Artists – the new art collective with histories of homelessness
Cycling gives a fleeting glimpse of a brighter future

Cycling gives a fleeting glimpse of a brighter future
Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’

Joan Jett: ‘How dare you tell me what I can and can’t do?’
Paapa Essiedu: ‘It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do’

Paapa Essiedu: ‘It’s hard for me not to be political in the work that I do’
William Friedkin on ‘rip-off’ Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G

William Friedkin on ‘rip-off’ Exorcist sequels, Scorsese selling out and dressing as Ali G
Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton’s Edinburgh Fringe

Dodging death, downpours and Oxbridge dilettantes: Paul Merton’s Edinburgh Fringe
Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’

Fara Williams: ‘I was living in hostels for seven years – football saved me’
Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen

Top 5 gothic tales for kids, selected by Jon Klassen
Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers
