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Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK's biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help
Band Hardillica have been performing at JOM for 2 years. Drummer Malachi has been performing as a solo drummer at JOM since 2019. His cousin Saffiyah is on vocals. Photo by Rod Main
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Grassroots venue Off the Cuff is home to UK's biggest youth open mic – and it needs your help

'We can 100% end homelessness': Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son filmmaker's rousing call to action
Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son
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'We can 100% end homelessness': Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son filmmaker's rousing call to action

Former Big Issue vendor-turned film star Earl Charlton describes a day in his life
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Former Big Issue vendor-turned film star Earl Charlton describes a day in his life

Lorna Tucker's powerful Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son is not just a film ­– it's a movement
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Lorna Tucker's powerful Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son is not just a film ­– it's a movement

Dogs might just be nicer than any human could hope to be
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Dogs might just be nicer than any human could hope to be

Architect and TV presenter George Clarke: 'I decided to make the absolute most out of life'
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Architect and TV presenter George Clarke: 'I decided to make the absolute most out of life'

Alice & Jack star Andrea Riseborough: 'Love is the best thing we have. Love belongs to all of us'
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Alice & Jack star Andrea Riseborough: 'Love is the best thing we have. Love belongs to all of us'

The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made
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The Smile just made the best Radiohead album Radiohead never made

5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell
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5 books to make kids care about the climate, selected by comedian and author James Campbell

Intersex people are treated like 'freaks of nature' and a 'problem' to be solved. That needs to change
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Intersex people are treated like 'freaks of nature' and a 'problem' to be solved. That needs to change

Big Issue's Venue Watch helps save Woking's only grassroots music venue: 'It's a big win'
Live band on stage at the rescued grassroots music venue Phoenix Cultural Centre
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Big Issue's Venue Watch helps save Woking's only grassroots music venue: 'It's a big win'

English Teacher on the power of diversity and how grassroots venues keep music from becoming boring
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English Teacher on the power of diversity and how grassroots venues keep music from becoming boring

'When you have nothing you have everything': The fascinating story of two men who live outside
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'When you have nothing you have everything': The fascinating story of two men who live outside

Independent Venue Week 2024: Without grassroots music venues, there'd be no Madonna
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Independent Venue Week 2024: Without grassroots music venues, there'd be no Madonna

How British composer Karl Jenkins brought the world together
Karl Jenkins
Music

How British composer Karl Jenkins brought the world together

The sure-fire way to getting your book published, according to one of UK's top literary agents
How to make this the year you finally get publishedHow to make this the year you finally get published.
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The sure-fire way to getting your book published, according to one of UK's top literary agents

George Clarke: 'My absolute driver for the rest of my days will be the f**king housing crisis'
George Clarke
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George Clarke: 'My absolute driver for the rest of my days will be the f**king housing crisis'

Top 5 books with a sense of place and community, chosen by writer and journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom
Books

Top 5 books with a sense of place and community, chosen by writer and journalist Aniefiok Ekpoudom

Domino Day star Siena Kelly: 'The society we live in turns powerful women into monsters'
Siena Kelly in Domino Day
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Domino Day star Siena Kelly: 'The society we live in turns powerful women into monsters'

'No mean feat': How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years
A young man crowdsurfing at The Wardrobe Leeds
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'No mean feat': How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years