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Love Marriage by Monica Ali review: A novel of immense brightness
Love Marriage is set in modern day London Photo by Timur Valiev on Unsplash
Book review

Love Marriage by Monica Ali review: A novel of immense brightness

Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation
Film

Flee proves that we truly are in a golden age of animation

Can Uncharted break the curse of an entire genre?
Film

Can Uncharted break the curse of an entire genre?

Monica Ali: 'You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer'
Letter To My Younger Self

Monica Ali: 'You have to have a core of self-belief to be a writer'

Downing Street criticises Jimmy Carr as Netflix faces calls to remove joke about Roma people
Racism

Downing Street criticises Jimmy Carr as Netflix faces calls to remove joke about Roma people

Russell Watson: 'I never had any ambition to be a singer at all'
Letter To My Younger Self

Russell Watson: 'I never had any ambition to be a singer at all'

Evangeline Lilly: 'If you lined up all the characters I've played, it would be hard to identify me'
Film

Evangeline Lilly: 'If you lined up all the characters I've played, it would be hard to identify me'

Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off
Film

Scream: The genre-defining meta movie refuses to be killed off

'People fall into addiction because they feel lost, alone, unhappy or just baffled by life'
Sam Delaney

'People fall into addiction because they feel lost, alone, unhappy or just baffled by life'

Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent's worst nightmare head-on
Film review

Mass review: Compelling drama faces every parent's worst nightmare head-on

'We are turning into a corrupt country': Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film
Film

'We are turning into a corrupt country': Jeremy Irons and Robert Harris on their new Netflix film

Actor Danielle Deadwyler: 'The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology'
Danielle Deadwyler Image: Dustin Chambers/The New York Times/Eyevine
Film

Actor Danielle Deadwyler: 'The caring Black women do for community is motherhood beyond biology'

The films you need to see in 2022
Film

The films you need to see in 2022

Peter Dinklage: 'Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?'
Letter To My Younger Self

Peter Dinklage: 'Who says beautiful white people own the rights to romantic stories?'

Rebel Dykes: From activism to politics and sex, unheard lesbian stories hit the screen
LGBTQ+

Rebel Dykes: From activism to politics and sex, unheard lesbian stories hit the screen

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and its poignant discussion of homelessness

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The best indie books of the year 2021
Books of the Year

The best indie books of the year 2021

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021
Books of the Year

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders: The Big Issue Book of the Year 2021

tick, tick...BOOM! star Alexandra Shipp: 'If I'm not challenging myself I'm not doing myself justice'
Andrew Garfield and Alexandra Shipp in tick, tick...BOOM! Credit: Macall Polay/Netflix
Film

tick, tick...BOOM! star Alexandra Shipp: 'If I'm not challenging myself I'm not doing myself justice'

The Big Issue's best children's books of the year
Books of the Year

The Big Issue's best children's books of the year

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