The Big Issue

The Big Issue is one of Britain’s leading news and cultural magazines. Every week’s edition is packed full of original takes on the biggest issues of the day as well as interviews with the most significant figures in politics and entertainment. The Big Issue was founded 1991 to give people experiencing homelessness the opportunity to earn their own income. We continue to support hundreds of vendors across the UK and all proceeds from sales go to help anyone wanting to lift themselves out of poverty.

THE DISPATCH

Poverty is not a puzzle of separate pieces

YOUR LETTERS

The marginal gains of gherkins

The Big Issue

The government face a big task in ending homelessness. But we have hope

‘There have been times when it has felt like my own personal lockdown’ • When Cal Petrie was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour, it was the start of a long and gruelling journey. Now he’s nearing the end of his treatment and hoping to draw attention to an underfunded disease that’s the leading cause of cancer deaths among young people

‘My whole belief about Parkinson’s is that you have to find a way of combatting it’

‘I’ve always liked making work that’s hopeful’

‘It’s the golden age, innit?’

Councils are spending millions on private children’s homes. So why aren’t kids getting better care?

Ashley Walters • He had the acting bug even before he was Asher D. Then he made peace with his dad, built a solid career on screen, and has now directed his first full-length feature film

From Trauma to Hope to Independence

‘History remembers the conquerors. I want to remember who paid the price’

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Being homeless ‘was a real eye-opener for me’ • Big Issue vendor Mike Turner found himself living on the street in Bristol. Now he’s turned to activism to expose the lack of affordable housing in his home city