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Dating is tough when you have a disability. It's time to break down the barriers we face to finding love
Calum Grevers
Calum Grevers

Dating is tough when you have a disability. It's time to break down the barriers we face to finding love

Campaigner Calum Grevers writes about the difficulties disabled people face when navigating dating, and what society could do to break down the barriers people face to finding love
Therapists shouldn't all be white and middle class. We need more from marginalised backgrounds
Image of man on therapy couch
Andrea San Pedro-Lunn

Therapists shouldn't all be white and middle class. We need more from marginalised backgrounds

Teaching five-year-olds about grief isn't morbid – it's necessary
Rowan Humphries-Massey

Teaching five-year-olds about grief isn't morbid – it's necessary

Working parents can now get 30 hours of free childcare. But do the numbers add up?
Erin Mansell

Working parents can now get 30 hours of free childcare. But do the numbers add up?

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Turns out Nigel Farage isn't prime minister. So why does he get so much airtime?
Paul McNamee

Turns out Nigel Farage isn't prime minister. So why does he get so much airtime?

Don't believe what people are saying about London – it's much safer than when I was a kid
Sam Delaney

Don't believe what people are saying about London – it's much safer than when I was a kid

In a post-truth world, science needs storytelling to give evidence meaning
Opinion

In a post-truth world, science needs storytelling to give evidence meaning

I'm a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me
domestic abuse
Domestic Violence

I'm a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me

Can employers really ban the burka in the workplace?
Paul Kelly

Can employers really ban the burka in the workplace?

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it's facing an urgent financial crisis
a person in a wheelchair at a home with a chalkboard
Suzannah Young

Supported housing saves the taxpayer billions – but it's facing an urgent financial crisis

From Southport to Epping, social media's failure to act is fuelling racist violence
Naema Malik

From Southport to Epping, social media's failure to act is fuelling racist violence

My hiatus from work led to some new ideas around poverty prevention
John Bird

My hiatus from work led to some new ideas around poverty prevention

The Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling is a planning problem that the government can solve
Lanpro's Faraz Baber
Faraz Baber

The Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling is a planning problem that the government can solve

Donald Trump wants 'the homeless to move out' – while simultaneously dismantling homelessness prevention
Steven MacKenzie

Donald Trump wants 'the homeless to move out' – while simultaneously dismantling homelessness prevention

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls
Cat Linton

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls

Five-week universal credit wait for claimants is a baffling own goal – here's the proof
looking down on a table that has a notebook open on it alongside a pen, calculator and an apple // housing benefit
Juliette Flach

Five-week universal credit wait for claimants is a baffling own goal – here's the proof

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here's why we must break the silence
Photo shows a man working on a laptop with his head in one hand
Louise Ansari

Most people with ADHD do not tell their employer – here's why we must break the silence

I believe the Green Party is now the last best hope of saving democracy – we must stay focused
Baroness Jenny Jones

I believe the Green Party is now the last best hope of saving democracy – we must stay focused

Mix Tape review – hit-and-miss BBC drama is hard to love
Lucy Sweet

Mix Tape review – hit-and-miss BBC drama is hard to love

I've had a knife pulled on me and seen people chased with machetes – so I had to do something
Sam Edmunds

I've had a knife pulled on me and seen people chased with machetes – so I had to do something

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
It takes more than a set of keys to help someone out of homelessness – trust me, I know
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Gary Meek

It takes more than a set of keys to help someone out of homelessness – trust me, I know

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it
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Professor Geeta Nargund

The UK has a fertility crisis – here's how we solve it

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever
Hugh McNeill

I reached out to a food bank after losing everything – it changed my life forever

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity
A woman holding a sign calling for people to 'Hear us' and 'Believe us'. Image: Simon Tang/ Women for Refugee Women
Memory

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity