John Bird

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight
John Bird

How painting helps me to get up in the morning and continue the fight

This time 60 years ago I was walking around in a Christmas card – what went wrong?
John Bird

This time 60 years ago I was walking around in a Christmas card – what went wrong?

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we’ve moved with them
John Bird

Times have changed since Big Issue launched – and this is how we’ve moved with them

It will take modern thinking to solve the age-old problem of rough sleeping
John Bird

It will take modern thinking to solve the age-old problem of rough sleeping

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war
Letters

Letters: Our US ‘special relationship’ could be dangerous if there’s a world war

Yes, I was rude, but 30 years of the same inaction on homelessness is exhausting 
John Bird

Yes, I was rude, but 30 years of the same inaction on homelessness is exhausting 

Whether you’re angry at the United States or not, we still owe them a great deal
John Bird

Whether you’re angry at the United States or not, we still owe them a great deal

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?
John Bird

Boris Johnson and David Cameron are not sticking knives into human beings. So what stops them?

People have the power to fight back against rampant capitalism – we just need the right tools
John Bird

People have the power to fight back against rampant capitalism – we just need the right tools

No room for ‘bullshit’ in solution to homelessness, Prince William told in new documentary
Prince William

No room for ‘bullshit’ in solution to homelessness, Prince William told in new documentary

Poverty is the UK’s biggest growth industry – and people are the collateral damage
John Bird

Poverty is the UK’s biggest growth industry – and people are the collateral damage

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here’s why
John Bird

Rachel Reeves should see that ending poverty is fiscally responsible. Here’s why

The story of my life – in 62 pubs
John Bird

The story of my life – in 62 pubs

Big Issue founder Lord John Bird joins the North East’s leading voices to debate the big issues
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Big Issue founder Lord John Bird joins the North East’s leading voices to debate the big issues

This is the first thing I would do to finally end poverty
John Bird

This is the first thing I would do to finally end poverty

Art the hard way: The role of art in liberation and the transforming power of creation
John Bird

Art the hard way: The role of art in liberation and the transforming power of creation

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Keir Starmer promised us a rose garden – but instead we just got déjà vu
John Bird

Keir Starmer promised us a rose garden – but instead we just got déjà vu

Big Issue founder John Bird’s debut novel optioned for screen adaptation
John Bird

Big Issue founder John Bird’s debut novel optioned for screen adaptation

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest
John Bird

The tinderbox of poverty continues to spark social unrest

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to ‘unnatural intelligence’
John Bird

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to ‘unnatural intelligence’