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.
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

Jeri Ryan recalls fighting Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on Star Trek: Voyager
TV

Jeri Ryan recalls fighting Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on Star Trek: Voyager

What links Orwell, the Ukrainian famine, Animal Farm, fake news and Trump?
Books

What links Orwell, the Ukrainian famine, Animal Farm, fake news and Trump?

Joseph Mawle: seeing through Orwell’s eyes changed my views
Film

Joseph Mawle: seeing through Orwell’s eyes changed my views

We asked Europe frontman Joey Tempest if Brexit really is The Final Countdown
Politics

We asked Europe frontman Joey Tempest if Brexit really is The Final Countdown