Interview

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives
Changemakers

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives

Being named a Big Issue Changemaker has been a big moment for many

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso
Interview

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso

Stand-up Sapphire McIntosh’s debut Edinburgh show draws on football, homelessness and studying criminology

Becky Hill: ‘Grassroots music venues desperately need our help’
Everywhere At Once Festival

Becky Hill: ‘Grassroots music venues desperately need our help’

Pop sensation Becky Hill is taking part in Everywhere at Once, one of many stars working to draw attention to the need for grassroots venues

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’
Letter To My Younger Self

Opera singer Danielle de Niese: ‘I lost my singing voice when I was pregnant. I was in a panic’

No Glasto? No problem. Everywhere at Once Festival is coming to a grassroots venue near you
Music

No Glasto? No problem. Everywhere at Once Festival is coming to a grassroots venue near you

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How The Reytons are ‘levelling the playing field’ for working class kids
Interview

How The Reytons are ‘levelling the playing field’ for working class kids

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup’
Sport

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup’

10Foot: ‘All the disasters of this country are entirely predictable, preventable and intentional’
Museum of Homelessness

10Foot: ‘All the disasters of this country are entirely predictable, preventable and intentional’

‘It feels like, as a country, we’ve shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit’
Brexit

‘It feels like, as a country, we’ve shot ourselves in the foot with Brexit’

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? ‘They got nothing’
Brexit

Boston is the most pro-Brexit town in the UK. What has leaving the EU changed? ‘They got nothing’

Inside the Big Issue: Hive hopes
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Hive hopes

Tanya Reynolds: ‘Women can never relax’
Theatre

Tanya Reynolds: ‘Women can never relax’

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’

‘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’

Terry Butcher: ‘I feel sorry for homeless veterans’
Letter To My Younger Self

Terry Butcher: ‘I feel sorry for homeless veterans’

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’

The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera
Opera

The Opioid crisis has been turned into an opera

Victoria Pendleton: ‘I thought beating boys at sport would impress them. Now I realise it doesn’t’
Letter To My Younger Self

Victoria Pendleton: ‘I thought beating boys at sport would impress them. Now I realise it doesn’t’

Keir Starmer exclusive: ‘There’s always that challenge of getting good news out there’
Politics

Keir Starmer exclusive: ‘There’s always that challenge of getting good news out there’

Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’
TV

Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’

Michael Spicer: ‘I’d make billionaires pay so we don’t have to cut welfare and disability benefits’
PM for the PM

Michael Spicer: ‘I’d make billionaires pay so we don’t have to cut welfare and disability benefits’

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A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK’s coasts
Poetry

A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK’s coasts

Dr Ranj Singh: ‘I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort’
Letter To My Younger Self

Dr Ranj Singh: ‘I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort’

‘Give people a chance’: Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness
Food

‘Give people a chance’: Monica Galetti on the restaurant helping people out of homelessness

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’
Film

History-making hot air balloon pilot Bertrand Piccard: ‘AI has to be at the service of humankind’