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‘War is madness’: Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz
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‘War is madness’: Steve McQueen and Saoirse Ronan on Britishness, trauma and new drama Blitz

We spoke to Blitz director Steve McQueen and its star Saoirse Ronan about music, class, storytelling, and how the truth about our history might not match up to what we think we know

Inside the Big Issue: How we can fix the housing crisis
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: How we can fix the housing crisis

Keir Starmer has hardly had a chance to make 10 Downing Street his home. But can his government reckon with the housing crisis?

The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’

The Lightning Seeds main man on a lifetime in music and sharing the stage with his son

Comedian Munya Chawawa: ‘There’s a dictatorship brewing with Trump’
TV

Comedian Munya Chawawa: ‘There’s a dictatorship brewing with Trump’

Inside the Big Issue: The street deaths crisis no one wants to see
Inside Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: The street deaths crisis no one wants to see

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Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
Letter To My Younger Self

Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’
Music

Ex-Black Midi star Geordie Greep: ‘You don’t have to get every bit of toothpaste out of the tube’

TV legend Carol Vorderman on death, social media and why she’s still voice of the opposition
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TV legend Carol Vorderman on death, social media and why she’s still voice of the opposition

Inside the Big Issue: Carol Vorderman is still the voice of the opposition
Inside Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Carol Vorderman is still the voice of the opposition

This Country’s Charlie Cooper: ‘We don’t have much pride in being English’
TV

This Country’s Charlie Cooper: ‘We don’t have much pride in being English’

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’
Letter To My Younger Self

Singer and TV star Daniel O’Donnell: ‘I don’t want yesterday back – I love today’

First minister John Swinney: ‘Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland’
Politics

First minister John Swinney: ‘Eradicating child poverty is the best thing I can do for Scotland’

Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: ‘We need a f**king leader’
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Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: ‘We need a f**king leader’

Inside the Big Issue: Danny Dyer has issues – big ones
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Danny Dyer has issues – big ones

Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan: ‘Care experienced people have superpowers – we’re brilliant!’
TV

Alma’s Not Normal star Sophie Willan: ‘Care experienced people have superpowers – we’re brilliant!’

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’
Letter To My Younger Self

Author Matt Haig: ‘I was a teenage shoplifter. In my foolish brain I was a kind of Robin Hood’

Joan star Sophie Turner: ‘People always root for the rebels’
TV

Joan star Sophie Turner: ‘People always root for the rebels’

TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be ‘humbling’ and how we can all restore hope
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TV star AJ Odudu on why life can be ‘humbling’ and how we can all restore hope

Over 100 celebrities pen letters to their younger selves in new Big Issue bookazine
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Over 100 celebrities pen letters to their younger selves in new Big Issue bookazine

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: ‘The North East is on the verge of 90s Manchester’
Theatre

Olivier-winning theatre maker Jamie Eastlake: ‘The North East is on the verge of 90s Manchester’

Waterloo Road star James Baxter to join the Big Issue’s Big Debate in Newcastle
Big Debate

Waterloo Road star James Baxter to join the Big Issue’s Big Debate in Newcastle

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Inside the Big Issue: AJ Odudu is watching you
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: AJ Odudu is watching you

AJ Odudu: ‘I knew we were working class. I shared the top bunk with my younger sister for years’
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AJ Odudu: ‘I knew we were working class. I shared the top bunk with my younger sister for years’

Actor Adam Pearson: ‘I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on’
Letter To My Younger Self

Actor Adam Pearson: ‘I wake up every morning, let the universe kick my arse and then carry on’

Nadhim Zahawi: ‘The line between being on the street and being chancellor is very, very slim’
Letter to my Younger Self

Nadhim Zahawi: ‘The line between being on the street and being chancellor is very, very slim’