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Wind farms and 35 Glastonburys: How else could you spend BP’s £2.4 billion quarterly profit?
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Wind farms and 35 Glastonburys: How else could you spend BP’s £2.4 billion quarterly profit?

BP’s profits more than doubled in the first quarter of 2026. Here are some other ways you could spend that money

The Iran crisis was decades in the making. You reap what you sow
John Bird

The Iran crisis was decades in the making. You reap what you sow

History always trips up the future and causes future wars to happen, writes Big Issue founder John Bird

Iranians in Britain call on UK government to stand with the people of Iran against brutal repression
Dr Ela Zabihi

Iranians in Britain call on UK government to stand with the people of Iran against brutal repression

Dr Ela Zabihi, a lecturer at City St George’s, University of London and a committee member of Women for a Free Iran, writes about what the UK government must do to stand with Iranian people

My family fled Iran to escape death. This year’s Christmas in Britain will be unlike any other
Refugees at Christmas

My family fled Iran to escape death. This year’s Christmas in Britain will be unlike any other

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard writes for Big Issue: ‘Ours is a story about people’
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard writes for Big Issue: ‘Ours is a story about people’

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for

Our leaders’ self-interest has brought us to the brink of world war
John Bird

Our leaders’ self-interest has brought us to the brink of world war

‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
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‘I exist as two people’: Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

Leila Farzad: I didn’t see people that looked like me on TV growing up
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Leila Farzad: I didn’t see people that looked like me on TV growing up

Iranian ‘gangster’ regime must change, says refugee pop star Shab
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Iranian ‘gangster’ regime must change, says refugee pop star Shab

Jamal Khashoggi and the new film humanising the man behind the headlines
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Jamal Khashoggi and the new film humanising the man behind the headlines