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.

YOU’VE BEEN RICK ROLLED

THE DISPATCH

The Big Issue

Inside the Birmingham bin workers’ strike, one year on: forgotten neighbourhoods and streets piled with rubbish

YOUR LETTERS

Our hidden heartbeat

You reap what you sow

Rick Astley • A difficult childhood brought forth a musical obsession that led to THAT tune. But even after he fled the spotlight, the song called him back for a second act that proved even more remarkable than the first

What happens if the volunteers stop volunteering?

THE £184, 000, 000, 000 QUESTION: What happens if the unpaid carers stop caring?

I’m 28 and my parents control my bank account. It’s the only reason I’m still sober

Out of Sight Out of Mind exhibition crowdfunder

A spiritual awakening

Spellbinding thrillers

What happened to our animal instincts?

Stand and deliver

‘Every space I occupy, someone’s trying to push me out of it’

LUCY SWEET ON TV

Lessons learned • How Prince William’s Homewards project is changing the way homelessness is taught in schools

Equipping young people with the knowledge, empathy and confidence to challenge inequality

Neighbourhood, watched

BIG Kids • ISSUES / IDEAS / IMAGINATION

Puzzles

A CUT ABOVE • We like the style of a recent visitor from Japan, who came brandishing scissors when she volunteered with our vendors in Waterloo