Activism
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Housing and homelessness
Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2025

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2025
A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the ‘protest paramedics’

A twisted ankle and eyes full of pepper spray: A day in the life of the ‘protest paramedics’
‘Flooding can break people’: This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands

‘Flooding can break people’: This woman channelled her fears of extreme weather to help thousands
Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: ‘In the world of campaigning, hope is essential’

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: ‘In the world of campaigning, hope is essential’
Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’

Poet Lemn Sissay: ‘I am my biggest failure and I am my biggest success’
Protest isn’t a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise

Protest isn’t a dirty word – but successive governments have tried to convince us otherwise
Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘We inherited a justice system in crisis – but it’s stabilising’

Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘We inherited a justice system in crisis – but it’s stabilising’
Politicians and activists explain what went right – and what went wrong – for the world in 2024

Politicians and activists explain what went right – and what went wrong – for the world in 2024
‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music

‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers

Farmers have every right to complain – but their gripes are being hijacked by right-wing chancers
Tower block tenants trapped in ‘living nightmare’ by bed bug infestations: ‘I’m riddled with them’

Tower block tenants trapped in ‘living nightmare’ by bed bug infestations: ‘I’m riddled with them’
Political censorship in theatre has gone too far – especially on Palestinian art. Here’s why

Political censorship in theatre has gone too far – especially on Palestinian art. Here’s why
I’m in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here’s why

I’m in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here’s why
Malala Yousafzai on taking on the Taliban and why ‘storytelling is the soul of activism’

Malala Yousafzai on taking on the Taliban and why ‘storytelling is the soul of activism’
Enslaved Africans put the ‘great’ in Great Britain. We must give them long overdue remembrance

Enslaved Africans put the ‘great’ in Great Britain. We must give them long overdue remembrance
‘Time to dump the housing ladder’: Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis

‘Time to dump the housing ladder’: Inside the fightback against the temporary housing crisis
Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’

Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
Movember: Men being more attuned to their cars than their own bodies needs to change

Movember: Men being more attuned to their cars than their own bodies needs to change
This Remembrance Day, let us remember the LGBTQ+ veterans dismissed and imprisoned
