Community
Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them

Independent venues are the backbone of the live music scene – we must look after them
How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family

How Ballet Shoes became a timeless story about the power of choosing your family
Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’

Plea to save UK’s grassroots music venues as hundreds face closure: ‘We’ll all be poorer for it’
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Culture and sport
Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Food and nutrition
Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2025

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2025
How a shocking DNA test revealed my family’s links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica

How a shocking DNA test revealed my family’s links to a celebrity chef and slavery in Jamaica
Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too

Community-led housing is not just for city dwellers – it can boost overlooked rural areas too
Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
‘Dictators die, the people live on’: What Syria’s revolution means for those who fled Assad’s regime

‘Dictators die, the people live on’: What Syria’s revolution means for those who fled Assad’s regime
I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell

I’m paying £5,000 a year on energy bills – and was left without heating and hot water as snow fell
‘I didn’t see a future’: Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces ‘gay ban’

‘I didn’t see a future’: Trans veteran forced to hide true self for decades under armed forces ‘gay ban’
I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was

I was put into care after coming out as trans. But my loving foster family saw me for who I really was
Emmerdale star talks taking on a father’s agony in missing person story: ‘I hope it makes people think’

Emmerdale star talks taking on a father’s agony in missing person story: ‘I hope it makes people think’
Our prisons are so broken that we can’t carry on – we must seize the opportunity to fix them

Our prisons are so broken that we can’t carry on – we must seize the opportunity to fix them
Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘Black women’s tears are exploited’

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘Black women’s tears are exploited’
2024 has seen women and girls in Gaza face unprecedented attacks on their rights

2024 has seen women and girls in Gaza face unprecedented attacks on their rights
This Black flower seller’s identity was a mystery. But the answer has helped give one family closure

This Black flower seller’s identity was a mystery. But the answer has helped give one family closure
This woman’s asylum hotel reminded her of being detained. Here’s how we can stop failing refugees
