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TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: ‘Money won’t make you happy – but it gives you choices’
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TikTok entrepreneur Simon Squibb: ‘Money won’t make you happy – but it gives you choices’

TikTok sensation Simon Squibb gave 14-year-old Raees Ahmad from Bolton a few pointers on becoming a success in business

Influencer Nikki Lilly: ‘Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies’
Disability

Influencer Nikki Lilly: ‘Disabled people are at the bottom of the barrel – we need more allies’

Nikki Lilly is a content creator with millions of followers, a BAFTA-winning TV presenter, an author and campaigner. She also has a rare condition arteriovenous malformation. She speaks to the Big Issue about appearing in a new art exhibition celebrating facial difference and why this representation is so important

Black Country, New Road on ‘playing the game’ and why you won’t see them eating lunch on TikTok
Music

Black Country, New Road on ‘playing the game’ and why you won’t see them eating lunch on TikTok

Art-rockers Black Country, New Road return with a slimmed-down line-up and a gentler sound, but they’re as uncompromising as ever

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Disability activism

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’

Is TikTok’s ‘Sleepmaxxing’ trend yet another wellness fad – or is it glorifying SAD?
Health

Is TikTok’s ‘Sleepmaxxing’ trend yet another wellness fad – or is it glorifying SAD?

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Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here’s how to stop the social media brain rot
Social media

Are you doomscrolling on TikTok for hours on end? Here’s how to stop the social media brain rot

Pop star Henry Moodie: ‘I find Donald Trump’s racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting’
My Big Year

Pop star Henry Moodie: ‘I find Donald Trump’s racist, homophobic rhetoric deeply upsetting’

TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’
Child poverty

TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’

Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’
Music

Rising music star Henry Moodie: ‘Andrew Tate shows how dangerous social media can be’

How TikTok and ‘knit-fluencers’ are making knitting and crochet ‘trendy and cool again’
Fashion

How TikTok and ‘knit-fluencers’ are making knitting and crochet ‘trendy and cool again’

How TikTok’s BookTok craze is ‘making reading cool again’
Books

How TikTok’s BookTok craze is ‘making reading cool again’

Sparky Deathcap on September, Los Campesinos! and becoming an overnight TikTok phenomenon
Music

Sparky Deathcap on September, Los Campesinos! and becoming an overnight TikTok phenomenon

What next for Carly Burd, the woman whose allotment sabotage became a story of hope?
Crowdfunding

What next for Carly Burd, the woman whose allotment sabotage became a story of hope?

De-influencing: How the anti-capitalist TikTok trend is eating itself alive
Overconsumption

De-influencing: How the anti-capitalist TikTok trend is eating itself alive

‘The UK will win Eurovision’ and more predictions for music in 2023
the year ahead

‘The UK will win Eurovision’ and more predictions for music in 2023

Can you live off £1 a day? We asked experts about the TikTok trend
Cost of living crisis

Can you live off £1 a day? We asked experts about the TikTok trend

Calling all cash-stuffers: It’s time to use up those £20 notes
cost of living crisis

Calling all cash-stuffers: It’s time to use up those £20 notes

Gen Z are turning to ‘cash stuffing’ to prevent overspending 
Personal finance

Gen Z are turning to ‘cash stuffing’ to prevent overspending 

Boris Johnson has joined TikTok – and it is not going very well
Social media

Boris Johnson has joined TikTok – and it is not going very well

Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt
Greenwashing

Climate activist hijacks smoothie brand Innocent’s Trafalgar Square PR stunt

Musicians record fundraiser protest song in support of Ukraine
Ukraine

Musicians record fundraiser protest song in support of Ukraine

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Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert uses TikTok to make sure we never forget
Culture

Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert uses TikTok to make sure we never forget