Art

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans
Photography

Photographer of the year Zed Nelson on documenting the decimation of nature by humans

Startling images by Nelson show we’ve become ever more detached from nature

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: ‘It can be tough doing music with a disability’
Music

Rising pop star Jessica Winter: ‘It can be tough doing music with a disability’

Pop artist Jessica Winter spent her childhood in and out of hospital. It shaped her music – and her politics

Inside the Big Issue: Summer of Music special
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Summer of Music special

With festival season approaching, the Big Issue Summer of Music special is here to help

Covent Garden’s iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future
Melvyn Altwarg and Peter Kolofsky

Covent Garden’s iconic street artists were born from resistance. Now they face an uncertain future

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti
Graffiti

10Foot, Tox and Fume’s art exhibition shut down after ‘f**k the King’ graffiti

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‘A bright and bold mosaic of creatures’: Meet the winner of Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition 2025
Kids Cover Competition

‘A bright and bold mosaic of creatures’: Meet the winner of Big Issue’s Kids Cover Competition 2025

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK
James Baldwin

This theatre company uses Jellycat toys to break barriers for children across the UK

‘If I didn’t do graffiti I’d be doing way worse crimes’: Banksy interviews Tox, London’s most prolific vandal
10Foot Takeover

‘If I didn’t do graffiti I’d be doing way worse crimes’: Banksy interviews Tox, London’s most prolific vandal

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and ‘king of the tube’ Bas DDS
10Foot Takeover

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and ‘king of the tube’ Bas DDS

Alan Moore salutes the ‘ramshackle institution’ that changed his life
10Foot Takeover

Alan Moore salutes the ‘ramshackle institution’ that changed his life

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his ‘disgustingly deep love of London’
10Foot Takeover

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his ‘disgustingly deep love of London’

‘Making your mark on your landscape is ancient practice’: How tagging became modern folklore
10Foot Takeover

‘Making your mark on your landscape is ancient practice’: How tagging became modern folklore

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Probation service

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry

Graffiti writer 10Foot assembles Banksy, Kneecap and more for radical Big Issue takeover
10FOOT TAKEOVER

Graffiti writer 10Foot assembles Banksy, Kneecap and more for radical Big Issue takeover

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison
Art

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP
Letters

Letters: We’re all ‘economically active’ whether working or not – even my dog contributes to GDP

Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’
Art

Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: ‘It’s like battery farming’

‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition
Our Vendors

‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
Grassroots music venues

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’

From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed
Art

From Henry Moore to refugees: London’s remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Robin Ince

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out

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How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight
John Bird

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

Political censorship in theatre has gone too far – especially on Palestinian art. Here’s why
Cressida Brown

Political censorship in theatre has gone too far – especially on Palestinian art. Here’s why

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue
Christmas Wrapping paper

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue