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Chris McCausland reveals why he almost turned down Strictly Come Dancing (again)
Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell during their Couple's Choice dance on Strictly Come Dancing
TV

Chris McCausland reveals why he almost turned down Strictly Come Dancing (again)

In an exclusive new Big Issue interview, Chris McCausland explains how the fears for his career nearly ended his Strictly Come Dancing journey before it even began
Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty
Baroness Floella Benjamin
TV

Baroness Floella Benjamin on being Black on TV, Play School and giving hope to children in poverty

Stacey Solomon is not afraid of having a go. She even makes DIY look easy
Lucy Sweet

Stacey Solomon is not afraid of having a go. She even makes DIY look easy

Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it's a nightclub policy – 'one in, one out'
racism

Gina Yashere: For UK Black comics it's a nightclub policy – 'one in, one out'

Suranne Jones: 'I’d love to tell mum about my son'
Letter to my Younger Self

Suranne Jones: 'I’d love to tell mum about my son'

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BBC Three’s Evicted shows the grim reality for young renters
BBC Three Evicted shows Dawn receiving a section 21 eviction notice
Renting

BBC Three’s Evicted shows the grim reality for young renters

Accidental journalist Ross Kemp: 'People think I take myself very seriously. They don't know me'
Ross Kemp - Deep Sea Treasure Hunter
Interview

Accidental journalist Ross Kemp: 'People think I take myself very seriously. They don't know me'

Sam Delaney: I have first-hand knowledge that Gary Lineker's lovely
Gary Lineker in The Match of The Day photo on Sam's mum's wall
happy memories

Sam Delaney: I have first-hand knowledge that Gary Lineker's lovely

In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience
Jorden Myrie as Carl, Bukky Bakray as Dione in The Strays, directed by Nathaniel Martello-White
Horror

In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience

Why BAFTA was wrong to omit Bernard Cribbins from awards tributes
Bernard Cribbins poses for photographers as he arrives for the British Academy Children's Awards in 2014
Tribute

Why BAFTA was wrong to omit Bernard Cribbins from awards tributes

Tracy-Ann Oberman: ‘Getting older is fantastic’
Tracey-Ann Oberman
advice

Tracy-Ann Oberman: ‘Getting older is fantastic’

Paul Rudd: 8 stories that prove we don’t deserve the real Ant-Man
Paul Rudd
appreciation

Paul Rudd: 8 stories that prove we don’t deserve the real Ant-Man

Aisling Bea: 'I am a born protester, an up-in-arms person'
Aisling Bea
community

Aisling Bea: 'I am a born protester, an up-in-arms person'

Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022
Best of Letter to My Younger Self
life lessons

Peter Dinklage, Kenneth Branagh, Sharon Horgan: The best of Letter To My Younger Self 2022

Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year
Greg James picks Harry Styles’s jumpsuits as his cultural moment of the year. Illustration: The Big Issue
best of the year

Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year

How to help Aisling Bea rally people power against hunger
AISLING BEA photo by Joseph Sinclair
Community

How to help Aisling Bea rally people power against hunger

The Snowman and The Snowdog composers return to their iconic soundtrack a decade on
The Snowman and The Snowdog - flanked by composers Andy Burrows and Ilan Eshkeri
Christmas

The Snowman and The Snowdog composers return to their iconic soundtrack a decade on

Why now is the perfect time to rewatch Our Friends In The North – one of the greatest TV series of all time
TV

Why now is the perfect time to rewatch Our Friends In The North – one of the greatest TV series of all time

This England: Does Kenneth Branagh let Boris Johnson off the hook?
Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson in This England
TV

This England: Does Kenneth Branagh let Boris Johnson off the hook?

Jeff Bridges: ‘I had cancer and Covid. I was facing my mortality’
Jeff Bridges stars in The Old Man
TV

Jeff Bridges: ‘I had cancer and Covid. I was facing my mortality’

‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It's A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis
TV

‘I just want to represent real people’ – Lydia West talks Inside Man, It's A Sin and the cost-of-living crisis

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Richard Hawley: When they asked to use my songs in Ridley I told them to f*** off
Music

Richard Hawley: When they asked to use my songs in Ridley I told them to f*** off

What made Neighbours so special? Let the superfans explain
TV

What made Neighbours so special? Let the superfans explain

How Neighbours changed the world
TV

How Neighbours changed the world

The Odd Throuple: Only Murders In The Building is back with a triumphant second season
TV

The Odd Throuple: Only Murders In The Building is back with a triumphant second season