Working class

The problem with UK’s film industry? It’s easier to win an Oscar if you went to private school
Film

The problem with UK’s film industry? It’s easier to win an Oscar if you went to private school

Filmmakers from working-class backgrounds explain to The Big Issue why it’s so difficult to make it big in the film industry – even as the Academy and BAFTAs celebrates diversity

It’s self interest that keeps our class system exactly where it is 
John Bird

It’s self interest that keeps our class system exactly where it is 

Class is one of the last bastions of power over the daily running of our lives… and it continues to be a hot potato

John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings
John Bird

John Bird: Birthday reflections conjure hopeful feelings

At 45, John Bird started The Big Issue. As he turns 78 he celebrates our ongoing work

Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better
Film

Tish Murtha was a brilliant photographer who fought Thatcher with her camera. She deserved better

TV historian David Olusoga: ‘My family were driven from our home by the National Front’
Letter to my younger self

TV historian David Olusoga: ‘My family were driven from our home by the National Front’

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Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and ‘living in quite terrible times’
Art

Artist Sarah Lucas on tits, making something out of nothing and ‘living in quite terrible times’

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues
Social mobility

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues

Robert Carlyle interview: ‘The Full Monty is highly political’
Miniseries

Robert Carlyle interview: ‘The Full Monty is highly political’

Dougray Scott: ‘Working-class anger comes in waves’
interview

Dougray Scott: ‘Working-class anger comes in waves’

Stopgap politics won’t cut it. We need proper forward planning
John Bird

Stopgap politics won’t cut it. We need proper forward planning

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: ‘We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze’
interview

Cash Carraway on Rain Dogs: ‘We always see working-class stories through a middle-class gaze’

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it
Opinion

I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven’t solved it

Bullseye was more than just speedboats – it was a record of the working-class being left behind
James McMahon

Bullseye was more than just speedboats – it was a record of the working-class being left behind