• Home
  • From the magazine

From the magazine

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet
Inequality

How the fight for common land is now the fight for access to the internet

Shirley Manson: ‘If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society’
letter to my younger self

Shirley Manson: ‘If we solve misogyny, we solve so many other problems in our society’

‘As a frontline homelessness worker, I know that pets can be just as vulnerable as their owners’
Mark Handford

‘As a frontline homelessness worker, I know that pets can be just as vulnerable as their owners’

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?
Criminal justice

Vagrancy Act: Labour promised to decriminalise rough sleeping in spring – so when will it happen?

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’
World Cup

World Cup 2026: Homeless camps in Dallas ‘pushed out of downtown so the city won’t look bad’

‘For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have’
homelessness

‘For someone who has lost their home, their income, their family, a dog might be all they have’

‘Fewer people than ever are offering to foster children – it’s not just about the cost of living’
Letters

‘Fewer people than ever are offering to foster children – it’s not just about the cost of living’

Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: Homelessness, Survival, Resistance

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral
Rachel Palma Randle

Free Nelson Mandela shows how exposing injustice and building power is not the same as going viral

‘Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball’
World Cup

‘Football is a release, it takes away all the stress you have and you just feel free with the ball’

Boycott the World Cup? Football fans have more power to change the world if they organise
World Cup

Boycott the World Cup? Football fans have more power to change the world if they organise

How can I support England at World Cup 2026 when people who want me deported have claimed the flag?
World Cup

How can I support England at World Cup 2026 when people who want me deported have claimed the flag?

The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: ‘We’d love to have Wales behind us’
World Cup

The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: ‘We’d love to have Wales behind us’

Roddy Doyle: ‘We’re opening a door into the minds of people who ordinarily aren’t in bookshops’
Books

Roddy Doyle: ‘We’re opening a door into the minds of people who ordinarily aren’t in bookshops’

Poverty is still the elephant in most rooms of government. But do they take it seriously?
John Bird

Poverty is still the elephant in most rooms of government. But do they take it seriously?

‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’
Letters

‘Governments understand there’s a problem with poverty – they’re just too scared to solve it’

Advertisement
How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis
World Cup

How World Cup 2026 host cities are offering solutions to homelessness and the housing crisis

Inside the Big Issue: Flick Off!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Flick Off!

Michael Palin: ‘There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going’
Books

Michael Palin: ‘There are moments where you feel a unity in the world. That’s what keeps me going’

The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera
Opera

The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera