The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER

The gap between what is needed to stem the crisis and what central government is missing can no longer be filled by good people doing what they can

There is a simple and brilliant ad currently playing out in cinemas. I saw it last week and it has stayed with me longer than the movie. I went to see the new film. I love – all the shimmering otherworldliness and Lady Mary’s iciness. But the gave it a particular friction.

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