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.
Mervyn King: How to draw the right lessons from this crisis
News

Mervyn King: How to draw the right lessons from this crisis

Sir David Attenborough is still looking to future generations
Environment

Sir David Attenborough is still looking to future generations

Andrea Bocelli’s free concert in Milan will celebrate “rebirth” this Easter
Music

Andrea Bocelli’s free concert in Milan will celebrate “rebirth” this Easter

Dynamo: “NHS doctors and nurses are the real magicians”
TV

Dynamo: “NHS doctors and nurses are the real magicians”

Aaron Paul: “I try to look at the hopeful side of things”
Film

Aaron Paul: “I try to look at the hopeful side of things”

The story behind Lewis Capaldi’s breakthrough song Someone You Loved
Music

The story behind Lewis Capaldi’s breakthrough song Someone You Loved

We ask Star Trek’s Jeri Ryan if humans are slowly assimilating into the Borg
TV

We ask Star Trek’s Jeri Ryan if humans are slowly assimilating into the Borg

Inside the future of humanity: Svalbard’s Global Seed Vault
Environment

Inside the future of humanity: Svalbard’s Global Seed Vault

How street papers are dealing with the coronavirus
Opinion

How street papers are dealing with the coronavirus

Why you should feel hopeful about the high street
News

Why you should feel hopeful about the high street

How the Breakfast Book Club is helping disadvantaged kids get into reading
Books

How the Breakfast Book Club is helping disadvantaged kids get into reading

The genre-defying film destroying clichés about homelessness
Film

The genre-defying film destroying clichés about homelessness