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Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner
Opera

Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner

'We've never seen anything quite like this before': Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus
Christmas

'We've never seen anything quite like this before': Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus

My Christmas memories are good and bad – but Big Issue provided the most cheer
John Bird

My Christmas memories are good and bad – but Big Issue provided the most cheer

From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children's books of 2025
Children's books of the year

From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children's books of 2025

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
Austerity

The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it

We're Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: 'Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989'
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, photographed by Debra Hurness-Brown
Child poverty

We're Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: 'Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989'

Letters: I'm all for sorting immigration – but people's evilness is beyond me
Letters

Letters: I'm all for sorting immigration – but people's evilness is beyond me

Is social media finally losing its grip on us?
Paul McNamee

Is social media finally losing its grip on us?

Inside the Big Issue: O Come All Ye Faithful
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: O Come All Ye Faithful

We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There's a good reason for that
Science

We humans love to anthropomorphise our stuff. There's a good reason for that

Marie Kondo: 'I didn't think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying'
Letter To My Younger Self

Marie Kondo: 'I didn't think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying'

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 
Top 5

Top 5 books featuring animals, chosen by author and illustrator Andrea Cáceres 

EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison: 'People think you've got loads of money when you're on TV'
TV

EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison: 'People think you've got loads of money when you're on TV'

Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: 'I definitely took it for granted'
Dogs

Meet the renters and pets spending their first Christmas together: 'I definitely took it for granted'

In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna's latest exhibition Shin Shin
Photography

In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna's latest exhibition Shin Shin

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
Dogs

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What pets can teach us about life
Charles Foster

What pets can teach us about life

I love to paint, but it can't cut me off from the world entirely
John Bird

I love to paint, but it can't cut me off from the world entirely

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts
Books

The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts

Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre
Books

Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre