Review
The ultimate guide to the best books of 2024 – as chosen by Big Issue critics
The ultimate guide to the best books of 2024 – as chosen by Big Issue critics
Our regular books reviewers’ literary picks of the year
Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?
Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?
Malcolm Jack heads out into the blizzard of this season’s festive music, in search of a song to believe in
Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game
Grand Theft Hamlet: Why these unemployed actors staged a Shakespeare play inside a video game
Could you stage a Shakespeare within an online gaming space? These unemployed actors found out
Rumours review – an absurdist satire of the G7 summit that should make us all a bit afraid
Rumours review – an absurdist satire of the G7 summit that should make us all a bit afraid
Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality
Ripcord by Nate Lippens review – acid-tongued meditations on middle-aged homosexuality
Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone
Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse review – language pared back almost to the bone
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse
Juice by Tim Winton review – asking big questions after the apocalypse
New Martha Stewart documentary shows fragility beneath the Darth Vader persona
New Martha Stewart documentary shows fragility beneath the Darth Vader persona
Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?
Seven Samurai is the daddy of all action films. So why have I never watched it until now?
I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling
Gliff by Ali Smith review – ingenious and warm anti-establishment storytelling
Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley review – creepy tales from the valley
Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley review – creepy tales from the valley
Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order
Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele review – horror writing of the first order
What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National
What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National
If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair
If Only by Vigdis Hjorth review – a purging of a volatile affair
A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia
A Spring of Love by Celia Dale review – disturbances in suburbia
This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
This jazz festival born in the wake of the pandemic captures the heart of the Big Easy
Anora review – even Russian mercenaries have a sensitive side
Anora review – even Russian mercenaries have a sensitive side
The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family
The Most by Jessica Anthony review – cracks just beneath the surface of an all-American family
The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus
The Room Next Door review – Pedro Almodóvar puts friendship and assisted dying in laser-focus
That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack review – a moving testament to the power of music
Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we’re in
Playground by Richard Powers review – a crafty and deep examination of the state we’re in
Introducing Mustache Funk: The underground sounds that flourished in Soviet-controlled Ukraine
