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Poet Rowan McCabe didn't know his neighbours. So he went door to door writing poems for them
Poetry

Poet Rowan McCabe didn't know his neighbours. So he went door to door writing poems for them

In early 2019, Rowan McCabe quit his job facilitating an after-school club to become the world’s first door-to-door poet
Wildfire, cheese, tap dancing and buses: Robin Ince's Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Robin Ince

Wildfire, cheese, tap dancing and buses: Robin Ince's Edinburgh Fringe 2025

The Edinburgh Fringe was making me feel bleak – until I went on a hunt for joy
Robin Ince

The Edinburgh Fringe was making me feel bleak – until I went on a hunt for joy

Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon review – defiant poetry
Books

Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon review – defiant poetry

Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins
Books

Top 5 books about climate grief, chosen by Aerth author Deborah Tomkins

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul
Robin Ince

This pharmacy prescribes words and poems to cure your tattered soul

At Laugharne, I'm reminded there's no room for complacency when love is our goal
Robin Ince

At Laugharne, I'm reminded there's no room for complacency when love is our goal

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it
keir starmer
Paul McNamee

Labour's benefits cuts are short-sighted, whatever way you look at it

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Probation service

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry

Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway
10Foot Takeover

Postnatal thoughts: Having a baby is so irrational – but I did it anyway

Kneecap's DJ Próvaí shares powerful poem to mark St Patrick's Day
10Foot Takeover

Kneecap's DJ Próvaí shares powerful poem to mark St Patrick's Day

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport

Poet Lemn Sissay: 'I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success'
My Big Year

Poet Lemn Sissay: 'I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success'

Top 5 books in rhyme, chosen by children's author Vicky Cowie
Books

Top 5 books in rhyme, chosen by children's author Vicky Cowie

How Dante's grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on
Dante
Books

How Dante's grudges, gossip and pettiness still inspire hundreds of years on

Poetry is perfect for my ADHD mind – one that is after endless dopamine hits
Robin Ince

Poetry is perfect for my ADHD mind – one that is after endless dopamine hits

Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest
Books

Bluff by Danez Smith review – defiant poetry of protest

Scotland's national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism
Books

Scotland's national poet Kathleen Jamie on why book festivals are wrong target for climate activism

Punk poet John Cooper Clarke: 'The drugs? Well, obviously keep away from all that s**t'
John Cooper Clarke. Portrait by Bryan Ledgard
Letter to My Younger Self

Punk poet John Cooper Clarke: 'The drugs? Well, obviously keep away from all that s**t'

'A man of integrity': Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65
Benjamin Zephaniah
Literature

'A man of integrity': Tributes pour in after writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah dies aged 65

Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday
Self portrait by Chris Bird
Poetry

Artist and poet Chris Bird: My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma
A notebook, a pen and a cup of coffee
poetry

Top 5 books to inspire you to write poetry, selected by The Poetry Pharmacy's Deborah Alma

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family
Blake Morrison close up to the camera
Letter to my Younger Self

Poet and author Blake Morrison on grief and why he wrote so much about his family

Paul Simon unveils surprise collaboration with artist Charlie Mackesy: 'It's nice to make a friend this way'
Music

Paul Simon unveils surprise collaboration with artist Charlie Mackesy: 'It's nice to make a friend this way'

Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan: Poetry alive with compassion and acceptance
Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan
Review

Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan: Poetry alive with compassion and acceptance