Interview

‘I ended up on the streets for about 16 months. I wasn’t bedding down, I was taking buses at night’
Housing

‘I ended up on the streets for about 16 months. I wasn’t bedding down, I was taking buses at night’

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Chris Hoy
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Chris Hoy

Dame Elaine Paige: ‘The pandemic awakened me to the idea that I was on a treadmill with my work’
Letter To My Younger Self

Dame Elaine Paige: ‘The pandemic awakened me to the idea that I was on a treadmill with my work’

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

‘I was in a dark place with addiction and sofa surfing. Now I show people Manchester’s hidden side’
Travel

‘I was in a dark place with addiction and sofa surfing. Now I show people Manchester’s hidden side’

Dan Smith: ‘Bastille’s mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas’
Letter To My Younger Self

Dan Smith: ‘Bastille’s mainstream success came through sleeping on floors and sofas’

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’
In conversation

Angela Rayner meets John Bird: ‘We’re blaming people for their poverty. And it’s not their fault’

Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet
Big Issue Invest

Sustainable Ventures: How Europe’s biggest climate tech hub is innovating to save the planet

YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson: ‘If we don’t tax wealth we’ll return to the feudal age’
Gary Stevenson

YouTuber and economist Gary Stevenson: ‘If we don’t tax wealth we’ll return to the feudal age’

Sidemen’s Vikkstar: ‘We have a responsibility to our audience to act as positive role models’
Music

Sidemen’s Vikkstar: ‘We have a responsibility to our audience to act as positive role models’

Podcasters, comics and cowboys: 25 Americans discuss the state of the USA on its 250th anniversary
America 250

Podcasters, comics and cowboys: 25 Americans discuss the state of the USA on its 250th anniversary

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives
Changemakers

How being named a Big Issue Changemaker changes lives

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso
Interview

How comedian Sapphire McIntosh went from homelessness to Ted Lasso

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

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

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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‘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’