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Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide
Behind the scenes

Big Issue brand hits milestone of putting £200 million in vendors’ pockets worldwide

First founded in the UK 35 years ago, Big Issues are currently sold in at least five different countries, including Australia, Japan and South Korea

Get your copy of Big Issue’s brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback
Big Issue

Get your copy of Big Issue’s brilliant book of interviews with inspirational women in paperback

Letter to My Younger Self: Inspirational Women is now out in paperback, with all royalties going to the Big Issue

‘Poverty destroys us’: Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty
Child poverty

‘Poverty destroys us’: Big Issue founder John Bird urges Labour to set targets to end child poverty

Lord John Bird received backing from peers as he tabled an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill which would set legally-binding targets to hold the government to account on reducing child poverty

I’m turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy
John Bird

I’m turning 80. My birthday wish? Take the Big Issue when you buy

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention
John Bird

This is why Big Issue is ripe for reinvention

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Inside the Big Issue: Paddington lives!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Paddington lives!

Inside the Big Issue: Let’s get physical!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Let’s get physical!

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world
2026

From banning skinny jeans to therapy: 14 big ideas that will save the world

Inside the Big Issue: The enduring magic of David Bowie
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: The enduring magic of David Bowie

Jordan North and William Hanson on why you should always take your Big Issue: ‘It’s a bloody good read’
Big Issue

Jordan North and William Hanson on why you should always take your Big Issue: ‘It’s a bloody good read’

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!
Christmas

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue
Christmas

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt creators reunite to tell new, exclusive Christmas tale for Big Issue

Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Dogs

Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

12 huge artists have come together to support Big Issue. These are stories behind their art
Deck the Walls

12 huge artists have come together to support Big Issue. These are stories behind their art

Inside the Big Issue: Don’t have nightmares
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Don’t have nightmares

On a train journey across England I take a trip into my past
John Bird

On a train journey across England I take a trip into my past

Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time
Big Issue

Big Issue’s greatest interviews in history published in a collection for the first time

Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car
Behind the scenes

Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car

Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises
Digital inclusion

Big Issue and Lenovo partner to support digital access for UK social enterprises

Happy birthday, Big Issue. Our work continues
John Bird

Happy birthday, Big Issue. Our work continues

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Michelle de Swarte’s comedy fundraiser for Big Issue proves a side-splitting success
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Michelle de Swarte’s comedy fundraiser for Big Issue proves a side-splitting success

Inside the Big Issue: Summer days out special
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Summer days out special

The history of Oasis, through five iconic Big Issue interviews: ‘Liam’s an idiot… But he’s my idiot’
Oasis

The history of Oasis, through five iconic Big Issue interviews: ‘Liam’s an idiot… But he’s my idiot’

Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector’s edition
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Team Noel or Team Liam? Choose a brother to back when you buy our Oasis special collector’s edition