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.

Live is life

THE DISPATCH

YOUR LETTERS

Only populists profit from division

THE BIG ISSUE

All eyes look north

Danielle de Niese • Winning an Australian TV talent show was just the beginning of a stellar soprano career that has taken her to Glyndebourne via LA

Welcome to Brexit town • Politicians interpreted Brexit as a howl of discontent from Britain’s forgotten towns. Westminster diverted billions towards the shires to make amends. A decade on, residents in Boston, where 75% of voters wanted to leave, say Brexit has changed little

Brexit’s winners and losers

Hive society • Bee Mission is taking a unique approach to addressing homelessness: through beekeeping

Why the world needs a Plan Bee

How to live on Earth • Benedict Cumberbatch offers a glimpse of what we’re doing to the planet – including ignoring the plight of bees

NO GLASTO? NO PROBLEM

Set to perform a special homecoming gig for Everywhere At Once, Becky Hill has come full circle

Grassroots gigs are 100 times more intense than stadium shows • A major player on the independent music scene for almost 40 years since breaking through as guitarist and co-lead singer in shoegaze superstars Lush, Miki Berenyi now leads the Miki Berenyi Trio, who play at Hebden Bridge’s Trades Club as part of EAO

The Two Sides of Wisdom

‘People being treated as if they’re rubbish all the time, they’ll start behaving as if they’re rubbish’

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All you need is Mads

Life goals

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Imagining new futures for Black British music

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re there’

Magical fantasies for kids

BIG Kids • ISSUES / IDEAS / IMAGINATION

Puzzles

MY PITCH • The World Cup has the world transfixed – and that’s true for Big Issue vendors too. Football is a universal language. It’s a unifying force and one of the reasons why there is a Homeless World Cup. Football has been a big part of Big Issue vendors’ lives too. My Pitch interviews over the years have revealed how the beautiful game factors in.