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Can Bob the Builder fix Broken Britain?
Can Bob the Builder fix Broken Britain?
Bob The Builder's Can We Fix It? reached Christmas No.1 25 years ago. In 2025 it has been soundtracking climate and housing protests, has Bob's time come again?
Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue
Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue
Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor celebrate Bohemian Rhapsody: 'It really is Freddie's master work'
Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor celebrate Bohemian Rhapsody: 'It really is Freddie's master work'
Karen Carney: 'I never thought I'd be on Strictly. I don't want the year to end'
Karen Carney: 'I never thought I'd be on Strictly. I don't want the year to end'
How Wham! killed the Christmas number one
How Wham! killed the Christmas number one
Jordan North and William Hanson on why you should always take your Big Issue: 'It's a bloody good read'
Jordan North and William Hanson on why you should always take your Big Issue: 'It's a bloody good read'
The ultimate guide to the best books of 2025 – as chosen by Big Issue critics
The ultimate guide to the best books of 2025 – as chosen by Big Issue critics
Tinsel Town review – Kiefer Sutherland in a panto? Oh no, he isn't, oh yes he is
Tinsel Town review – Kiefer Sutherland in a panto? Oh no, he isn't, oh yes he is
Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons Roberts named Big Issue's book of the year for 2025
Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons Roberts named Big Issue's book of the year for 2025
How the CBeebies Christmas panto became like Oasis for six-year-olds
How the CBeebies Christmas panto became like Oasis for six-year-olds
Celebrity Traitors star Nick Mohammed on the moment that shocked Britain: 'I have no regrets'
Celebrity Traitors star Nick Mohammed on the moment that shocked Britain: 'I have no regrets'
Dead Man Walking review – superbly dark opera, but light is around the corner
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
'We've never seen anything quite like this before': Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus
The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts – MPs need to see it
From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children's books of 2025
From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children's books of 2025
We're Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: 'Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989'
We're Going on a Bear Hunt author Michael Rosen: 'Life is harder for kids now than it was in 1989'
Marie Kondo: 'I didn't think much about the opposite sex – I was completely absorbed in tidying'
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 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'
EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison: 'People think you've got loads of money when you're on TV'
In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna's latest exhibition Shin Shin
In pictures: Meditative serenity with Michael Kenna's latest exhibition Shin Shin
I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
We're Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
We're Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts
The Wax Child by Olga Ravn review – a portrait of women on the outskirts
Nymph by Stephanie LaCava review – hollowing out the espionage genre
