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It’s easier than ever to connect with people from across the world. So why are we so lonely?
Opinion

It’s easier than ever to connect with people from across the world. So why are we so lonely?

Veteran and double amputee Rick Clement turns to YouTube to open up countryside to wheelchair users
Environment

Veteran and double amputee Rick Clement turns to YouTube to open up countryside to wheelchair users

Influencers are using smart glasses to film homeless people. It’s exploiting people for views
Technology

Influencers are using smart glasses to film homeless people. It’s exploiting people for views

What are data centres? And do we even need them?
Technology

What are data centres? And do we even need them?

‘I still have concerns about the Timms Review of PIP. Will mental health be protected?’
Letters

‘I still have concerns about the Timms Review of PIP. Will mental health be protected?’

AI is increasingly being used on listings for homes to rent. Is it acceptable or misleading?
Housing

AI is increasingly being used on listings for homes to rent. Is it acceptable or misleading?

Ilkeston Big Issue vendor James Allerton: ‘My dog is like a son to me’
Homelessness

Ilkeston Big Issue vendor James Allerton: ‘My dog is like a son to me’

The AI-induced apocalypse could be nearing. Why not chat to a Big Issue vendor instead of a bot?
Editorial

The AI-induced apocalypse could be nearing. Why not chat to a Big Issue vendor instead of a bot?

Lisa Maffia: ‘To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lisa Maffia: ‘To talk about music in the 90s you had to strip to your underwear. I wish I hadn’t’

How Big Issue came up from the streets, 35 years on: ‘It was the most chaotic, beautiful madness’ 
Big Issue 35

How Big Issue came up from the streets, 35 years on: ‘It was the most chaotic, beautiful madness’ 

What it’s like to sell the Big Issue magazine for 35 years: ‘We’re part of a British institution’
Big Issue at 35

What it’s like to sell the Big Issue magazine for 35 years: ‘We’re part of a British institution’

Why music megastar Bryan Adams became a Big Issue Ambassador: ‘Big kudos for everything you do’
Big Issue 35

Why music megastar Bryan Adams became a Big Issue Ambassador: ‘Big kudos for everything you do’

Social businesses can deliver systemic change. Here’s how we can help them build a better Britain
Holger Westphely

Social businesses can deliver systemic change. Here’s how we can help them build a better Britain

Big Issue at 35: How prime ministers have supported Big Issue vendors
Big Issue 35

Big Issue at 35: How prime ministers have supported Big Issue vendors

How a Big Issue vendor overcame homelessness to play hockey for England: ‘It means everything’
Big Issue 35

How a Big Issue vendor overcame homelessness to play hockey for England: ‘It means everything’

‘So many of the problems we face today are a result of Right to Buy’
Letters

‘So many of the problems we face today are a result of Right to Buy’

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As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged
Steven MacKenzie

As Big Issue turns 35, our mission to terminate homelessness is unchanged

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: 35 years of a hand up

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: ‘It’s not just a one-off thing for Christmas’
Exclusive

Andy Burnham exclusive on rough sleeping plan: ‘It’s not just a one-off thing for Christmas’

I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape ‘labourism’
Theatre

I have seen the future. People are paid a basic income to escape ‘labourism’