Self Esteem is not holding back

Two British icons sat down with Big Issue over a cup of tea to put the world to rights. Pop sensation Self Esteem is a close friend of actor and activist Julie Hesmondhalgh – who even lends her voice to one of the songs on Self Esteem’s new album, A Complicated Woman, out later this month. The pair got political, covering everything from arts funding to Brexit, as well as sharing the sweet story of how they first met, back in 2015.

Also inside

• Would you live on top of a railway line? It’s just one of the innovative solutions to the housing crisis that’s been shortlisted for this year’s Davidson Prize
• Celebrating 100 years of F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece, The Great Gatsby
• Find out what happened when proud Brummie Joe Lycett visited all the Birminghams in America
• British long-distance running champ Paula Radcliffe tells us why this year’s London Marathon is extra special
• The CIA book clubs that helped end the Cold War
• Writer Janice Okoh tackles childhood abandonment in her new TV drama, Just Act Normal
• Flight of the Conchords‘ Rhys Darby answers all the Big Questions
• And London vendor Kelvin looks ahead to all the summer festivals

Plus much more!

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