Interview

Sir Patrick Stewart: ‘Take on Trump? Make it so’
Film

Sir Patrick Stewart: ‘Take on Trump? Make it so’

Speaking to Big Issue back in 2017, the late Sir Patrick Stewart discusses his role in Logan, Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump

‘What’s done to animals is so incredibly cruel, all I did was invade Anna Wintour’s office’
Letter To My Younger Self

‘What’s done to animals is so incredibly cruel, all I did was invade Anna Wintour’s office’

A tiny rescued pig was the catalyst for the PETA co-founder Ingrid Newkirk to stop eating meat. Before long, she was disrupting the fashion industry and making friends with a Beatle

‘We are locking up too many women’: Why the RSC’s Julius Caesar is back behind bars
Theatre

‘We are locking up too many women’: Why the RSC’s Julius Caesar is back behind bars

The groundbreaking staging of Julius Caesar will tour schools, adding a vital new dimension to the project

This City Is Ours star James Nelson-Joyce: ‘Just to be linked with James Bond is great’
Interview

This City Is Ours star James Nelson-Joyce: ‘Just to be linked with James Bond is great’

‘I was homeless and now I’m a tour guide. It’s walking and talking – which I’m actually good at!’
Travel

‘I was homeless and now I’m a tour guide. It’s walking and talking – which I’m actually good at!’

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Reacher author Lee Child: ‘What prisoners write is really interesting. Some are unbelievable’
Prisons

Reacher author Lee Child: ‘What prisoners write is really interesting. Some are unbelievable’

Chase & Status: ‘We were vinyl-collecting kids obsessed with smashing up a rave’
Letter to Our Younger Selves

Chase & Status: ‘We were vinyl-collecting kids obsessed with smashing up a rave’

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: ‘To save the world, we need to love it more’
PM for the PM

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: ‘To save the world, we need to love it more’

Lenny Rush: ‘I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can’t be happening’
Interview

Lenny Rush: ‘I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can’t be happening’

Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’ 
Film

Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’ 

Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: ‘I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared’
Letter To My Younger Self

Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: ‘I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared’

Blue Lights star Andi Osho: ‘Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications’
PM for the PM

Blue Lights star Andi Osho: ‘Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications’

Pearl Mackie on her prison play: ‘Baby is the story of many women in the criminal justice system’
Theatre

Pearl Mackie on her prison play: ‘Baby is the story of many women in the criminal justice system’

Blindboy: ‘If I were prime minister I’d stop billionaires buying political power’
PM For The PM

Blindboy: ‘If I were prime minister I’d stop billionaires buying political power’

Hairy Biker Si King: ‘We were both into motorcycles and food. We got on like a house on fire’
Letter To My Younger Self

Hairy Biker Si King: ‘We were both into motorcycles and food. We got on like a house on fire’

Sir Alex Ferguson’s dementia playlist: ‘Music is one of the best things that can help’
Dementia

Sir Alex Ferguson’s dementia playlist: ‘Music is one of the best things that can help’

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister
Homelessness

How will the government end rough sleeping? We asked the homelessness minister

Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’
TV

Louis Theroux sits for Portrait Artist Of The Year: ‘I think AI art can be interesting’

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: ‘A world so sharply divided is going to be angry’
Film

The Uprising director Paul Greengrass: ‘A world so sharply divided is going to be angry’

KSI: ‘People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have’
Community

KSI: ‘People do the wildest things to be relevant. But respect is the greatest thing you can have’

Break Clause: Why living with an ex because of the housing crisis is more common than you think
Break Clause

Break Clause: Why living with an ex because of the housing crisis is more common than you think

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Inside the Big Issue: KSI’s got talent
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: KSI’s got talent

Screenwriter Andrew Davies: ‘I didn’t mind people saying I sexed up Pride & Prejudice’
Letter To My Younger Self

Screenwriter Andrew Davies: ‘I didn’t mind people saying I sexed up Pride & Prejudice’

Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard: ‘I realised I could work on behalf of marginalised people’
Music

Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard: ‘I realised I could work on behalf of marginalised people’

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’