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Break Clause: Why living with an ex because of the housing crisis is more common than you think
Break Clause

Break Clause: Why living with an ex because of the housing crisis is more common than you think

Break Clause star Lara Ricote found catharsis in filming a comedy about a separation. She told Big Issue all about the new show

The Apprentice’s Tim Campbell: ‘I’d make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure’
PM For The PM

The Apprentice’s Tim Campbell: ‘I’d make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure’

The first winner of The Apprentice is hired at No 10 for an afternoon and he’s got big plans

Screenwriter Andrew Davies: ‘I didn’t mind people saying I sexed up Pride & Prejudice’
Letter To My Younger Self

Screenwriter Andrew Davies: ‘I didn’t mind people saying I sexed up Pride & Prejudice’

Andrew Davies survived script rejections, acting failures and being friendzoned in his youth. Now, as he turns 90, his late-blossoming writing career is a source of pride

I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape ‘labourism’
Theatre

I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape ‘labourism’

Kelly Macdonald: ‘We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs’
Letter To My Younger Self

Kelly Macdonald: ‘We went to militant demonstrations. I still know all my anti-poll tax songs’

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Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’
Arts

Actor Shonagh Marie: ‘Coming into care as a teenager was a whole different kind of trauma’

Maya Jama: ‘Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know’
Employment

Maya Jama: ‘Breaking into the creative industries shouldn’t come down to who you know’

Remembering Jimmy Cricket, and the song he wrote for Big Issue
Steven MacKenzie

Remembering Jimmy Cricket, and the song he wrote for Big Issue

Ruth Madeley: ‘I was written off before I was born – I’m so happy that it all worked out’
Letter To My Younger Self

Ruth Madeley: ‘I was written off before I was born – I’m so happy that it all worked out’

Stephen Mulhern: ‘I genuinely believe that anything is possible’
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Stephen Mulhern: ‘I genuinely believe that anything is possible’

Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: ‘We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed’
TV

Oobah Butler tackles the housing crisis: ‘We’ve become used to the fact that we are screwed’

YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson: ‘If we don’t tax wealth we’ll return to the feudal age’
Gary Stevenson

YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson: ‘If we don’t tax wealth we’ll return to the feudal age’

Sidemen’s Vikkstar: ‘We have a responsibility to our audience to act as positive role models’
Music

Sidemen’s Vikkstar: ‘We have a responsibility to our audience to act as positive role models’

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’
Letter To My Younger Self

Frank Cottrell-Boyce: ‘Being the children’s laureate can be very uplifting and very depressing’

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso
Interview

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’
Letter To My Younger Self

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’

‘As a woman who’s been living with HIV, I’d love to see more stories about women like me’
Letters

‘As a woman who’s been living with HIV, I’d love to see more stories about women like me’

Tanya Reynolds: ‘Women can never relax’
Theatre

Tanya Reynolds: ‘Women can never relax’

Why HIV as it’s shown in Tip Toe should be your view of HIV today
Fraser Wilson

Why HIV as it’s shown in Tip Toe should be your view of HIV today

Michael Palin: ‘There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going’
Books

Michael Palin: ‘There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going’

Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’
TV

Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’

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Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’
Interview

Keeley Hawes: ‘We can’t all relate to being a nun. But love is the most relatable thing of all’

Who can afford to work in television?
Professor Beth Johnson

Who can afford to work in television?

Cush Jumbo: ‘I didn’t come from a place where we could afford to pay for anything’
Letter To My Younger Self

Cush Jumbo: ‘I didn’t come from a place where we could afford to pay for anything’

David Attenborough by Chris Packham: ‘I don’t think he has an earthly equal’ 
Centenary

David Attenborough by Chris Packham: ‘I don’t think he has an earthly equal’