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

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • Give us honesty, not a T-shirt

YOUR LETTERS

BIRD’S WORDS • A guide to getting real about poverty

MICHAEL SHEEN AND A £1 MILLION DEBT HEIST

TOO MANY RAINY DAYS WITHOUT A SAFETY NET

A senseless killing and a life cut short

DONKEYS ARE NOW THE MAIN FORM OF TRANSPORT IN GAZA And this is the vet keeping them alive

The ongoing reinvention of Michael Portillo – and how he became an essential British export

SOMEWHERE

MARK STEEL • The comedian, author and broadcaster was a very angry young man, but strangely calm when dealing with cancer

A puzzling pleasure

British history books

‘We could do things that the men couldn’t’

Cometh the Hauer

Adolescence ‘WE WANT PEOPLE TO THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE MY KID’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

So wrong it’s right

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Tesco, Bridgend 9am-5pm Monday-Saturday

Celebrating the generation of people using business as a force for good

Why Big Issue became a B Corp

The rise of the ethical entrepreneur

Balancing profit with progress

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