The Big Issue - UK (2020-04-30)

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MUSIC
Using a classic soul tune
to show how the NHS
can lean on us
Beverley Knight

TV
Reliving football’s past
is a glorious way to cope
with the present
Sam Delaney

FILM
Even James Bond is
joining the lockdown
watch-parties
Simon Brew

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A Tad Angry
By Mary Vallely

“I suppose on the day I was
angry,” explains frequent Street
Art contributor Mary of the fairly
straightforward inspiration behind
this work. “He looks like he’s smoking
and I gave up in October,” she adds.
“It’s crazy giving up, it makes you feel
more sick.”
Everyday life in London at the
moment gives Mary “a weird feeling,”
she says. “Everybody wearing masks
and crossing over in front of you like
dodgeball, long waiting in shops.
“I am still painting and have lots
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the lockdown I would like to have a
solo show and maybe next year think
about going back to study, start at the
beginning again, which would be a
BTEC in art.”
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