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‘I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here’s what I learned’
Invisible Cities

‘I was living in a hostel when I started giving tours around Cardiff. Here’s what I learned’

To celebrate Invisible Cities’ 10th anniversary, their tour guides are giving Big Issue an insider’s look at the cities they know so well

How one woman’s arrest helped to scrap the Vagrancy Act and decriminalise rough sleeping
homelessness

How one woman’s arrest helped to scrap the Vagrancy Act and decriminalise rough sleeping

Campaigner Kerri Douglas was arrested under an archaic law that criminalised rough sleeping and begging for 200 years. Her story inspired the government to finally axe the act

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires
TV

Channel 4’s Handcuffed shows the stark realities of homelessness can move anyone, even millionaires

The game show/social experiment saw multi-millionaire businessman Anthony cuffed to barmaid Tilly. Their tense relationship changed when Tilly took Anthony to meet the homeless people she supports.

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic
homelessness

Inside Greenland’s homelessness crisis as Trump and global powers focus on Arctic

Susan Carol won a Grammy. A year later, she was homeless. But she’s ‘not giving up’
Susan Carol

Susan Carol won a Grammy. A year later, she was homeless. But she’s ‘not giving up’

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Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers
Letters

Letters: It’s mind-blowing that in 2026 water companies are allowed to dump sewage into rivers

Letters: I was homeless once. Now I’m filled with gratitude for how my life turned out
Letters

Letters: I was homeless once. Now I’m filled with gratitude for how my life turned out

New Year’s resolutions: What does the world need to get right in 2026?
Your views

New Year’s resolutions: What does the world need to get right in 2026?

After sleeping rough, pianist Rhys Wynne-Jones is spending his first Christmas in his own home
Music

After sleeping rough, pianist Rhys Wynne-Jones is spending his first Christmas in his own home

I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me
Homelessness

I was homeless on the streets of London. The public piano at St Pancras station saved me

Meet the veterans finding community and purpose on Britain’s canals: ‘I don’t merely exist anymore’
Veterans

Meet the veterans finding community and purpose on Britain’s canals: ‘I don’t merely exist anymore’

Inside the Big Issue: How we remember
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: How we remember

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Finland

First minister John Swinney: ‘We must ensure that every child in Scotland has a good place to live’
John Swinney

First minister John Swinney: ‘We must ensure that every child in Scotland has a good place to live’

‘Cruel’ housing benefit ‘quirk’ forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work
Housing benefit

‘Cruel’ housing benefit ‘quirk’ forces thousands of vulnerable young people to give up work

Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September
Social Justice

Shoe Aid, STEPPING UP for footwear Poverty this September

How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity
Josh

How art gave me space to explore my experiences of homelessness and my identity

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don’t move to universal credit, DWP warns
Universal credit

Homeless people risk losing benefits if they don’t move to universal credit, DWP warns

Can modular housing help solve London’s homelessness crisis?
Homelessness

Can modular housing help solve London’s homelessness crisis?

Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: ‘People have no other option’
Homelessness

Homelessness in Northern Ireland more than doubles in a decade: ‘People have no other option’

Croydon family spends staggering 9,500 days in so-called temporary accommodation
Temporary Accomodation

Croydon family spends staggering 9,500 days in so-called temporary accommodation

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Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them
No-fault evictions

Over 100,000 households threatened with no-fault evictions since Tories promised to ban them

‘I cried my eyes out making this’: Meet the artists in homeless exhibition backed by Prince William
Art

‘I cried my eyes out making this’: Meet the artists in homeless exhibition backed by Prince William

Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness ‘swept under the rug’ and rough sleepers removed from Paris
Paris 2024 Olympics

Olympics 2024: Fury as homelessness ‘swept under the rug’ and rough sleepers removed from Paris

Spent star Michelle de Swarte: ‘Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial’
TV

Spent star Michelle de Swarte: ‘Someone had to tell me I was homeless – I was in such denial’