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Inside (No. 9) this week's issue:

9️⃣ @reeceshearsmith and Steve Pemberton on the end of an era
🤝 Our campaign to end poverty for good
🎭 Liz "blue tick" Carr on finding acceptance
📸 Life through a working-class lens

and much more!

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Families in Skipton, North Yorkshire, are increasingly facing poverty as the cost-of-living crisis bites. But children’s charity SELFA is fighting back. They told us more: bigissue.com/news/activism/…

This year sees two artistic projects explore the link between creativity and addiction recovery: Melanie Manchot's Stephen and MARK NEWSOME’s Blackpool, What A Shit Place to Die. We report in this week’s issue.

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Inside this week's issue:

🎤 The impact of Swiftonomics
🏠 Madness frontman Suggs on growing up on a council estate
🤝 How The Unknowns are giving other refugees hope
🌍 Massive Attack on eco-friendly live music

and much more!

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Refugees are being set up to fail by the current system. Imagine being given 28 days to find a home in a new country with no support - it simply isn’t enough. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-689271…

Inside this week's issue:

🌍 An Earth Day special exploring how the planet's resources are being consumed and exploited
🏵️ Sadiq Khan answers questions from vendors and readers
🎤 Olly Murs on touring with Take That

and more!

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The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
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The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution bigissue.com/news/activism/…

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution bigissue.com/news/activism/…

Inside this week's issue:

🏠 A visit to Amy’s Place, a supported housing facility in London for young women who have left rehabilitation
🎭 Christopher Eccleston on running the London Marathon for The Big Issue

and more!

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The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
bigissue.com/news/activism/…

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
bigissue.com/news/activism/…

The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution bigissue.com/news/activism/…

Inside this week's issue:

🎤 Zayn on how his childhood in Bradford ahead of it becoming UK City of Culture 2025
🎭 Ralf Little's Death in Paradise exit interview
📚 Andrew O’Hagan on how a London street connects us all

and more!

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The remarkable ways a Yorkshire children's charity is fighting hidden poverty and rural destitution
bigissue.com/news/activism/…

Setting a future goal or having a vision is a great source of motivation and incentive for self-improvement, whether this be progressing in our career, learning a new hobby, or even saving for a holiday – all these ambitions can help us to move forward on our journeys. Howeve ...

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