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Former Big Issue vendor on inspiring Sam Fender: ‘It was just me and Sam. It was a teary moment’

In 2025, the former Big Issue vendor inspired a song on Sam Fender’s Mercury Prize winning album and entered the world of academia

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Music

Sam Fender: ‘A lot of people don’t like the idea they might be privileged’

Sam Fender is on a mission. He’s using his platform to speak out against the poverty and social inequality that’s surrounded him his whole life. Because if the government won’t act, then someone has to.

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Culture wars

Sam Fender: Culture wars undermine working class support for Labour

Battles for LGBTQ+ rights, and race and gender equality must be fought, Sam Fender said, but the left should not forget about the impact of class on people’s lives.

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