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Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests
David Nellist is playing Big Issue vendor Jimmy McMahon in Protest Song
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Incredible story of how a Big Issue vendor found himself at heart of Occupy protests

Actor David Nellist has spent most of the year playing the lead role in the stage version of I, Daniel Blake but will be telling the remarkable real-life story of Big Issue vendor Jimmy McMahon in Protest Song over Christmas
How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul's
Jimmy McMahon on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, February 2012. Image: Paul Davey Photo: Paul Davey
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How Occupy London turned a Big Issue seller into the Lord of St Paul's

It's been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?
Protesters wearing masks at the Occupy London protest outside St Paul s Cathedral in London Photo: David Pearson / Alamy Stock Photo
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It's been 10 years since the Occupy protests. What did they achieve?

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Exclusive: David Lloyd's unseen drafts of iconic V for Vendetta mask

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