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.
THE DISPATCH
The Big Issue
YOUR LETTERS
Jigsaw falling into place
Let’s not make a meal of our children’s futures
Oliver Jeffers • The celebrated kids’ author left Troubles-era Northern Ireland for a creative NYC life. Now his focus is on making the world better
Feeding a hungry nation
‘There’s an industry around food poverty’
George Lamb’s farming odyssey began on an Ibiza dancefloor. Now, his bread has ended up on supermarket shelves
Sowing seeds of change: how Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience
Modern fishing is a booming industry. But there’s a big catch
How the UK fell out of love with veganism
Edible insects: the (meal)worm that turned?
Bob Dylan ‘Rolling Thunder’
DECK THE WALLS
Office politics
Meet your makers
‘I still live in Belfast. I feel a massive responsibility any time I take on a job that’s about home’
LUCY SWEET ON TV
Punk’s not dead
Puzzles
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