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Illustrator Oliver Jeffers shares advice for Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition: ‘We’re all artists’

Illustrator Oliver Jeffers shares advice for Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition: ‘We’re all artists’
Entries are flooding in for our Kids Christmas Cover Competition – so we’ve extended the deadline! Find out how to enter our 2023 competition below
Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children’s rights activist bringing books to Kabul’s kids

Meet Freshta Karim: The Afghan children’s rights activist bringing books to Kabul’s kids
Five years after Charmaghz Libraries was founded, its 16 buses draw up to 1,000 children each day in the war-scarred capital
How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future

How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future
Against a backdrop of division and despair, disaffected youth united through The Specials and 2 Tone to challenge the Thatcherite status quo
How Lonely Planet sparked a travel revolution: ‘It’s a good thing to go places’
How Lonely Planet sparked a travel revolution: ‘It’s a good thing to go places’
Pulp star Nick Banks explains how Jarvis Cocker incident with Michael Jackson changed everything
Pulp star Nick Banks explains how Jarvis Cocker incident with Michael Jackson changed everything
How climate catastrophe is affecting geese should be a grave warning for us all

How climate catastrophe is affecting geese should be a grave warning for us all
Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers

Chuck D: When my dad died, I was looking for answers
Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other

Susanna Hoffs: The Bangles were scrappy and we protected each other
After a lifetime of dogs, my father’s final one was no more

After a lifetime of dogs, my father’s final one was no more
The evolution of Mean Girls on screen… from Heathers to Sex Education

The evolution of Mean Girls on screen… from Heathers to Sex Education
Kieran Yates: ‘I lived in 20 different houses by the age of 25. All I wanted was a home’

Kieran Yates: ‘I lived in 20 different houses by the age of 25. All I wanted was a home’
Eddie Piller’s electrifying trip back to Mod’s second wave

Eddie Piller’s electrifying trip back to Mod’s second wave
Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation’

Linton Kwesi Johnson: ‘It wasn’t easy for the Windrush generation’
The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured

The Long Form by Kate Briggs: Profoundly ambiguous, wonderfully unstructured
Charity shop vinyl tells the story of our musical journey

Charity shop vinyl tells the story of our musical journey
‘Neurodivergent tax’ is a price autistic people like me have to pay

‘Neurodivergent tax’ is a price autistic people like me have to pay
National Vendor Week: Big Issue sellers pick their favourite cultural highlights

National Vendor Week: Big Issue sellers pick their favourite cultural highlights
Developments in space travel and technology need to benefit everyone

Developments in space travel and technology need to benefit everyone
Bloody Sunday: Why we need the human stories that history textbooks leave out

Bloody Sunday: Why we need the human stories that history textbooks leave out
Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘In a few years’ time, no survivors will be around’

Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘In a few years’ time, no survivors will be around’
Ulysses helps us realise poverty has been with us a long time

Ulysses helps us realise poverty has been with us a long time
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse: How Charlie Mackesy created the heroes we need right now
