Sir Ian McKellen

National treasure Sir Ian McKellen speaks to Big Issue about recovering from a fall from stage, rights and riots, his new film The Critic – and teases the return of Gandalf…

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• The voting is open as we want your nominations for our collection of Changemakers 2025
• Sherwood creator and writer James Graham talks about the show’s parallels with our current ‘wobbly’ times
• Susie Dent writes about her new favourite word: ‘willanthropy’
• Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody says he’s learnt to live in the moment, in a Letter To My Younger Self
• We bring the conclusion of the More Than One Story film series which has shone a light on the huge range of reasons people can end up homelessness
• Director Daniel Reisinger explains why it’s important to be able to laugh about grief
• Designer Katherine Hamnett on her partnership with Oxfam to put the spotlight on Second Hand September
• And London vendor Matthew shares his plan to turn his experience selling Big Issue into a new career

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