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Susan Carol won a Grammy. A year later, she was homeless. But she's 'not giving up'

In 2024, Susan Carol clinched a Grammy. A year later, she became homeless – but tells Big Issue she's 'not giving up.' ...
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I was homeless at 16 after leaving care. My apprenticeship gave me a future

Nick Marshall explains how an apprenticeship has helped the former care leaver to overcome homelessness and drug addiction.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are 'colonising' the UK. Here's the truth

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said immigrants are 'colonising the United Kingdom'. But who is contributing more to the UK economy?
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Swooning over Heathcliff? Let’s not forget, he’s a really terrible landlord

The new Wuthering Heights adaptation is in cinemas. Will the new film portray Heathcliff as a hearthrob or the cruel landlord of the novel?
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Revisiting Brion Gysin and his mind-altering Dreamachine

His Dreamachine sound piece, recorded in the 1980s and pressed on vinyl for the first time by the brilliant Wewantsounds label to coincide with a new exhibition opening in Paris in April, will offer a ...