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.
Touch wood
THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany
‘Cruel’ visitor bans in temporary accommodation are leaving families isolated
The Big Issue
EDITORIAL • Citizens’ advice
A rose-tinted view of empire stops us seeing what we really owe the Caribbean
BIRD’S WORDS • Poverty prevention needs an updated, knife-free toolbox
LETTERS
PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS IMMIGRANT
It’s a wrap
BOBBY GILLESPIE • He was failed and bullied by school, but punk and poetry offered a better path for his indomitable Glasgow spirit
PRISONER OF LIFE
Books
We’ve all got democratic fatigue syndrome. Here’s how we cure it
Back with a vengeance
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL
LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE
Sells like teen spirit
Puzzles
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