Food

Young people turning to social media over NHS for nutrition and diet advice: ‘Social media is trumping doctors’
Health

Young people turning to social media over NHS for nutrition and diet advice: ‘Social media is trumping doctors’

New research shows that people are increasingly turning to unreliable sources for information on their health, with cost remaining the greatest barrier to healthy eating

This is what Christmas will look like in 2040
Christmas

This is what Christmas will look like in 2040

How much will innovations really change the traditional Christmas?

Where do British Christmas traditions really come from?  
Christmas

Where do British Christmas traditions really come from?  

Big Issue delves into the origins of our beloved rituals – from crackers and trees to speeches and turkeys

Olive oil is cheaper than it’s been since February 2024. Is it a sign of falling prices to come?
Inflation

Olive oil is cheaper than it’s been since February 2024. Is it a sign of falling prices to come?

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday
Kids eat free

27 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the Christmas holiday

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Panicked by the Christmas food bill? Here’s how to save money and still have a festive feast
Christmas

Panicked by the Christmas food bill? Here’s how to save money and still have a festive feast

Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?
Letters

Letters: How can an investment bank see the consequences of cutting benefits as a good thing?

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world
Food

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world

Child hunger is a ‘damning indictment’ of Britain, says Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu
Child hunger

Child hunger is a ‘damning indictment’ of Britain, says Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu

Supermarket experts share their best tips for bagging yellow sticker bargains: ‘I believe in karma’
Shopping

Supermarket experts share their best tips for bagging yellow sticker bargains: ‘I believe in karma’

Britain’s obesity crisis is driven by poverty and bad food. But are weight-loss jabs really the answer?
Health

Britain’s obesity crisis is driven by poverty and bad food. But are weight-loss jabs really the answer?

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped
Food

We ran a food bank for a decade. This is the important reason why we stopped

Edible insects were once the future of food. Now it’s crickets. Where did it go wrong?
Food

Edible insects were once the future of food. Now it’s crickets. Where did it go wrong?

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 
Food

Sowing seeds of change: How Big Issue’s Big Grow is cultivating community and resilience 

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’
Food

George Lamb on how an Ibiza dance floor set him on a farming odyssey: ‘We need resilience in our food system’

As a child in poverty, the institutional food I was served saved my life. Today’s kids need the same
John Bird

As a child in poverty, the institutional food I was served saved my life. Today’s kids need the same

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there’s a big catch
Food

Modern fishing is going further, bigger and deeper than ever. But there’s a big catch

Inside the Big Issue: We are what we eat
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: We are what we eat

‘Vegans lost the battle, but they won the war’: The truth about the anti-vegan backlash
Food

‘Vegans lost the battle, but they won the war’: The truth about the anti-vegan backlash

Foraging has helped make Finland the world’s happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?
Food

Foraging has helped make Finland the world’s happiest country. What can we learn from the forest?

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement
Theatre

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement

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‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food
Food

‘It’s never been more urgent’: Inside the garden project empowering communities to grow their own food

Mounjaro for all! Will Wes Streeting’s plan for weight loss jabs on the NHS really work?
Paul McNamee

Mounjaro for all! Will Wes Streeting’s plan for weight loss jabs on the NHS really work?

Supermarket dominance is disastrous for food prices, public health and the planet
Carina Millstone

Supermarket dominance is disastrous for food prices, public health and the planet

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?
Food

Supermarkets have a near monopoly on British food. Is it time for change?