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.

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THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

Some children will open toys at Christmas. Others are forced to work in the factories that make them

THE BIG ISSUE

EDITOR’S LETTER • Let hope grow

BIRD’S WORDS • Walking around in a Christmas card, 60 years ago

LETTERS

KEIR STARMER’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE I support Big Issue in tackling homelessness

Born in Bethlehem • This Christmas we go inside the Holy Family Hospital to hear incredible stories of resilience and hope from the city’s busiest maternity ward

As calls for a ceasefire grow ever louder, what next for Gaza?

MY BIG YEAR • FROM THOSE WHO’VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT 2024

HOW BIG ISSUE DELIVERED CHANGE IN 2024

Matt Chorley’s political gift guide • After the wild year we’ve had, you’ll be wanting to buy a little something for the politician in your life. Luckily help is at hand, with the 5 Live presenter’s exclusive guide to the best gifts that will have Big Ben’s bells ringing out on Christmas Day

WON’T YOU GUIDE MY CLAY TONIGHT?

CHRISTMAS TV AND RADIO • While Gavin & Stacey , Doctor Who and Wallace & Gromit grab the festive TV headlines, it’s always worth delving deeper in the seasonal schedules.

Nicola Coughlan is bringing Joy to the world

MY BIG YEAR • FROM THOSE WHO’VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT 2024

BEST OF 2024 • In Big Issue each week, we ask famous figures to look back and share words of wisdom with their younger selves. The interviews are always revealing, inspiring, hopeful and heartening. Here are some highlights from the last 12 months

HELLO, LIGHT IN THE WINDOW

A vividly told tale of sexuality, class and love through the ages

Big Issue critics’ books of 2024

The best thing I read this year

MY BIG CULTURAL YEAR • WE ASKED SOME WELL-KNOWN FACES TO SHARE THEIR STANDOUT MOMENTS

Quizmas & Puzzles

THE YEAR IN MY PITCH • Big Issue vendors are at the heart of everything we do and nothing exemplifies that better than My Pitch. Every magazine starts and ends with a vendor having the last word. Here are some of the best quotes from 2024