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.

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

MY PITCH • Bristol Temple Meads Station Every day 6.30am-11am