Interview
Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Actor and activist Rob Delaney on giving money to the poor, giving Starmer a chance and Deadpool
Deadpool & Wolverine star Rob Delaney was thrilled to talk to Big Issue about elections, blockbuster movie sets, saving the NHS, and the serious business of being a piece of handsome furniture
Meet Jennie – Lib Dem MP Steve Darling’s guide dog who’s changing the face of politics![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Meet Jennie – Lib Dem MP Steve Darling’s guide dog who’s changing the face of politics
Steve Darling, the Liberal Democrat MP for Torbay, is registered blind and has Jennie the guide dog to support him in parliament. The Big Issue sits down for breakfast with Darling and Jennie to chat about the importance of representation
Rob Delaney: ‘Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Rob Delaney: ‘Money is great. It should be handed out Robin Hood-style to poor people all day long’
The Boston-born actor has spoken about how the death of his son has given him a different perspective on politics and wealth exclusively for this week’s Big Issue
Rory Stewart: ‘I assumed I’d die a heroic death in my early 30s’
Rory Stewart: ‘I assumed I’d die a heroic death in my early 30s’
How chicken factory musical Chuck Chuck Baby became a love letter to working-class women
How chicken factory musical Chuck Chuck Baby became a love letter to working-class women
Jenna Coleman on policing the town that MeToo forgot in The Jetty![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Jenna Coleman on policing the town that MeToo forgot in The Jetty
Children’s author Malorie Blackman: ‘As a teenager I had never read any books by Black authors’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Children’s author Malorie Blackman: ‘As a teenager I had never read any books by Black authors’
Scotland’s national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Scotland’s national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
Spent star Michelle de Swarte: ‘Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Spent star Michelle de Swarte: ‘Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial’
Inside the Big Issue: Kwajo Tweneboa’s home truths for new government![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Inside the Big Issue: Kwajo Tweneboa’s home truths for new government
Karen Gillan: ‘It’s better to tell the story of Douglas is Cancelled than not tell the story’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Karen Gillan: ‘It’s better to tell the story of Douglas is Cancelled than not tell the story’
Line of Duty’s Martin Compston: ‘I was a wee bit of wide-o. But I don’t think there was any malice’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Line of Duty’s Martin Compston: ‘I was a wee bit of wide-o. But I don’t think there was any malice’
Karen Gillan on what makes Douglas is Cancelled ‘so relevant to so many professions’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Karen Gillan on what makes Douglas is Cancelled ‘so relevant to so many professions’
Rishi Sunak on shoplifting, coffee with Keir Starmer and his biggest regret as prime minister![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Rishi Sunak on shoplifting, coffee with Keir Starmer and his biggest regret as prime minister
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on fighting Tories and stress of benefits system for his disabled son![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey on fighting Tories and stress of benefits system for his disabled son
John Swinney on poverty, independence and wanting Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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John Swinney on poverty, independence and wanting Scotland to be the best place in the world to grow up
Inside the Big Issue: Starmer, Sunak, Davey and Swinney take our vendors’ questions![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Inside the Big Issue: Starmer, Sunak, Davey and Swinney take our vendors’ questions
Jeff Nichols on The Bikeriders, punk rock and what makes Austin Butler a ‘stone cold movie star’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Jeff Nichols on The Bikeriders, punk rock and what makes Austin Butler a ‘stone cold movie star’
‘Music is an important creative outlet’: IDLES answer questions from superfan with Angelman syndrome![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘Music is an important creative outlet’: IDLES answer questions from superfan with Angelman syndrome
Line of Duty’s Martin Compston: ‘I’ve been dreaming of going to the Euros since I was 14’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Line of Duty’s Martin Compston: ‘I’ve been dreaming of going to the Euros since I was 14’
John Cale on The Velvet Underground, teaching Bowie the viola and why drugs aren’t the creative stimulant![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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John Cale on The Velvet Underground, teaching Bowie the viola and why drugs aren’t the creative stimulant
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke: ‘Surviving brain injuries gave me a fire to keep going’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke: ‘Surviving brain injuries gave me a fire to keep going’
Inside the Big Issue: Game of Throne’s star Emilia Clarke and her fight back from brain injuries![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Inside the Big Issue: Game of Throne’s star Emilia Clarke and her fight back from brain injuries
Bradley Riches on Heartstopper, new musical Babies and how coming out helped him embrace his autism![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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