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.

THE DISPATCH

PM FOR THE PM BLINDBOY • Blindboyboatclub is an award-winning Irish author and documentary-maker, whose podcast has over 90 million listens worldwide. What would he do if given the keys to No 10 for the afternoon?

YOUR LETTERS

EDITOR’S LETTER

The Big Issue

BIRD’S WORDS

Si King • From teenage music dreams to TV fame, the Hairy Biker has had a wild ride. Now, after the death of his best friend and sidekick, he’s steering a different course

FOOD FOR GOOD • In a world of climate crisis, conflict and alarm over food security, how can we future-proof our own long-term supply of food here in the UK? In this special edition, we’ve visited food banks to get the view from the front lines, and dug into the advice on how to help your community become more resilient. We also went to Norwich, where the green shoots of self-sufficiency are starting to grow, and met the people using food as a way to lift people out of homelessness. It’s a lot to chew on.

Goals in sight

A course of action

Hope through hospitality

Propagating food resilience in Norwich

Full Circle • An exhibition by members of The People’s Recovery Project

‘She captured my inner anxiety’ • Britain’s celebrities are clamouring to spend four quiet hours in a chair, having their portraits painted for a TV series. But is Portrait Artist of the Year also where human creativity rallies a defence against the AI onslaught? Big Issue spent an unusual afternoon on set with Louis Theroux, Anthony Scaramucci and Stephen Mangan to find out. (Contains mild spoilers for episode 2)

Why we find it so hard to debate politics

RECOMMENDED READS

Lost and found

Music… bloody hell • Last month, a special edition of Big Issue gave a platform to people with dementia to talk about life beyond diagnosis. The power of music to connect with people and memories featured prominently. Now Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson joins the chorus and shares his own playlist

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Moving heaven and earth

Northern highlights • Invisible Cities trains people with experience of homelessness or other hardships to be guides around the streets that they know like the back of their hand. This year, it’s celebrating its 10th anniversary, and we’re taking a trip to Aberdeen with Angus

BIG Kids • ISSUES / IDEAS / IMAGINATION

Puzzles

Still looking for a proper place to live • MOORGATE STATION, LONDON MONDAY-FRIDAY 7.30AM-7.30PM