Steven MacKenzie
Steven MacKenzie
Steven has worked for The Big Issue for close to a decade, becoming Features Editor in 2016 and Deputy Editor in 2020. His articles focus on social issues and culture interviews. For the magazine he has spoken to a wide variety of celebrated figures ranging from Oscar-winning actors and directors, Olympic gold medallists, government ministers, multiple Nobel laureates (including the Dalai Lama) and several famous Davids, including Attenborough, Lynch and Hasselhoff. Steven has also reported on international news stories across five continents; from deep inside the Arctic Circle to the Korean demilitarised zone.
Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
Music

Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower

Rowan Williams: ‘The challenge is whether religion is part of the solution or part of the problem’
Letter To My Younger Self

Rowan Williams: ‘The challenge is whether religion is part of the solution or part of the problem’

MP Liam Fox on the 21st century battle for water and why we must be careful about strawberries
Environment

MP Liam Fox on the 21st century battle for water and why we must be careful about strawberries

Furiosa director George Miller on the function of stories and why Mad Max is a ‘cautionary tale’
Film

Furiosa director George Miller on the function of stories and why Mad Max is a ‘cautionary tale’

She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany: ‘Fear is not necessarily the worst thing to feel’
Film

She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany: ‘Fear is not necessarily the worst thing to feel’

Humanity is a bigger threat to the planet than any asteroid
Steven MacKenzie

Humanity is a bigger threat to the planet than any asteroid

Olly Murs: ‘As soon as I met my wife Amelia I could see her raising a child with me’
Letter To My Younger Self

Olly Murs: ‘As soon as I met my wife Amelia I could see her raising a child with me’

Banshees of Inisherin star Kerry Condon: ‘You won’t be a beautiful human without empathy’
Film

Banshees of Inisherin star Kerry Condon: ‘You won’t be a beautiful human without empathy’

Mena Massoud on life after Aladdin, confidence and the problem with roles for actors of colour
Film

Mena Massoud on life after Aladdin, confidence and the problem with roles for actors of colour

Zayn Malik: ‘I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world’
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Zayn Malik: ‘I wanted to forge my own path, write my own story and see the world’

Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: ‘I’m a very Northern man’
Music

Zayn Malik speaks on new music, home city Bradford and identity: ‘I’m a very Northern man’

Outgoing MP Mhairi Black on Trump, Tory culture wars and why UK is creeping towards fascism
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Outgoing MP Mhairi Black on Trump, Tory culture wars and why UK is creeping towards fascism