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Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom
Film

Finding Emily review: a shot in the arm for the romcom

Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change
Democracy

Legislative Theatre is bringing policymakers and homeless people together to create change

I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started
Advice

I’m an artist who used to be homeless. Here are five things I wish I’d known before I started

Poverty is a growth industry. Starmer has not seemed to grasp this nettle
John Bird

Poverty is a growth industry. Starmer has not seemed to grasp this nettle

Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’
Interview

Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’

Andy Burnham: ‘Making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society’
Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham: ‘Making space for people to create is how we build a healthier, more hopeful society’

Inside the Big Issue: Extract the juice with David Shrigley
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Extract the juice with David Shrigley

The men who invented the concept of race
Books

The men who invented the concept of race

‘I heard a young man talk about Holocaust denial on a train. I couldn’t sit by and not challenge it’
Robin Ince

‘I heard a young man talk about Holocaust denial on a train. I couldn’t sit by and not challenge it’

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’
Film

The Christophers director Steven Soderbergh: ‘The fear of every creative person is becoming irrelevant’

Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’
Exclusive

Myles Smith: ‘I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles. My mum was the breadwinner growing up’

‘We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place’
Theatre

‘We look after food banks. If big banks did the same the world would be a much better place’

I’m in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it
John Bird

I’m in the pulpit delivering a sermon on poverty. If only the government were here to hear it

‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’
Music

‘Anything that helps to promote the very existence of these grassroots music venues is welcome’

Meet Rene Robbins, the 100-year-old artist who survived homelessness: ‘I’d cry myself to sleep’
Art

Meet Rene Robbins, the 100-year-old artist who survived homelessness: ‘I’d cry myself to sleep’

‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’
Letters

‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’

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Inside the Big Issue: Nice to meet Myles Smith
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nice to meet Myles Smith

Sadiq Khan: ‘Maybe Trump fancies me, I don’t know. I’m happily married! I’m not interested’
Letter To My Younger Self

Sadiq Khan: ‘Maybe Trump fancies me, I don’t know. I’m happily married! I’m not interested’

Books have had a good run for 500 years. What does the future hold?
Books

Books have had a good run for 500 years. What does the future hold?

Sara Bareilles: ‘Everything in my life has changed because of Waitress’
Theatre

Sara Bareilles: ‘Everything in my life has changed because of Waitress’