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Chris Hoy: 'I don't want to present myself as having cracked cancer'

By: Steven Mackenzie

Sir Chris Hoy on the inspiration of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, his battle with prostate cancer and the power of cycling and exercise

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Amelia Dimoldenberg: 'Young people are always first to feel the cuts'

By: Steven Mackenzie

Last year, Amelia Dimoldenberg launched her Dimz Inc Academy to increase opportunities for young people. Now she's guest editing Big Issue.

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Chicken Shop Date star Amelia Dimoldenberg: ‘Young people are always the first to bear the brunt of cuts’

By: Steven Mackenzie

Amelia Dimoldenberg is the latest Big Issue guest editor. She explains how her Dimz. Inc Academy is looking to lift up kids from from underrepresented backgrounds to level the playing field

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How can we revitalise the high street?

By: Steven Mackenzie

The fate of the high street isn’t just about economic decline. When you lose part of the town that shaped you, you lose part of yourself.

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Big Issue is 35. Our mission to terminate homelessness continues

By: Steven MacKenzie

In 1991, Big Issue set out to tackle homelessness in the UK. Andy Burnham has pledged to do the same – we'll be holding him to account.

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Bhopal disaster play demonstrates how profit is put before people

By: Steven MacKenzie

New play Darkling is a fictional account of life in the aftermath of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Disaster – the world's worst industrial disaster

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Everyone is being asked to prepare for troubled times. What does it mean for people in poverty?

By: Steven MacKenzie

Two little bunnies live in my fridge. They're doing well considering the habitat is pretty chilly and they're about six-and-a-half years old.

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Lenny Rush: 'I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman'

By: Steven MacKenzie

The Reluctant Vampire's Lenny Rush on finding his way with comedy, his Harry Potter role and pretending to fart in front of Gary Oldman on Slow Horses.

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Reacher author Lee Child: 'What prisoners write is unbelievable'

By: Steven MacKenzie

Best known as the author of the Reacher series, Lee Child has been appointed the first-ever prison reading laureate. Here's what he plans to do in the role.

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What Mr Skelly can teach us about housing

By: Steven MacKenzie

Housing has become a political fault-line. But, as Mr Skelly reminds us, everyone deserves a safe and secure home.