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Michaelina Wautier is one of the most compelling rediscoveries in Baroque painting. Working in 17th-century Brussels, she tackled subjects usually reserved for men, producing still lifes, portraits an

Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

How the life-changing benefits of running are reaching those who desperately need them – behind the walls and barbed wire of the UK’s prisons

Creativity in wartime, a Swedish mission to rescue Holocaust victims and tours of an iconic British warship

Send us your image, or photo you’ve captured, of Britain today with a brief description. On socials or email letters@bigissue.com I was intrigued by Bird’s Words in the New Year Special Edition [Issue