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‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition
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‘It’s surreal’: Big Issue vendor sees his own portrait at powerful homelessness exhibition

Dave Martin is no stranger to an exhibition due to his work as an artist. But it was a poignant moment when he saw his portrait up close at an exhibition showing off the Outsiders project by photographer Marc Davenant

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue
Paul McNamee

As misinformation thrives, you can trust in Big Issue

Trust in Big Issue as an organisation has always been an essential fuel, writes our editor Paul McNamee

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trust issues

In this week’s magazine, we tackle trust, school uniforms, bingo and drugs. Plus much, much more. Buy a copy from your local vendor

‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57
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‘I’m going to miss him’: Calls for plaque in memory to ‘gentle’ Big Issue vendor who died aged 57

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
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Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

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Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen
Letters

Letters: I’m a disabled woman, aged 60. The DWP made me feel like a poor second-class citizen

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024
2024

Dodgy landlords, DWP misery and our brilliant vendors: This is how Big Issue changed lives in 2024

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns

Inside the Big Issue: Delivering hope. Merry Christmas
Inside Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Delivering hope. Merry Christmas

Much-loved Big Issue vendor given wooden hut at Christmas market: ‘He’s part of the family’
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Much-loved Big Issue vendor given wooden hut at Christmas market: ‘He’s part of the family’

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home
Dogs of Big Issue

The remarkable story of how a stray puppy survived a Macedonian ‘kill shelter’ to find a loving home

Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: ‘A pleasure and a privilege’
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Sanditon star Rose Williams helps Big Issue with Christmas deliveries: ‘A pleasure and a privilege’

Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”
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Dogs that have transformed the lives of Big Issue vendors: “Our bond is not like anything else”

Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40
Inside the Big Issue

Inside this issue: Wham!’s Last Christmas turns 40

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Wicked Ways

1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas
Homelessness

1 in 5 Brits say they’ve sofa surfed amid record levels of homelessness heading into Christmas

Inside the Big Issue: Fearless Chris McCausland
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Fearless Chris McCausland

This Big Issue vendor is donating his earnings to charity for Remembrance Day: ‘Please buy a magazine’
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This Big Issue vendor is donating his earnings to charity for Remembrance Day: ‘Please buy a magazine’

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Paddington
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Be more Paddington

Inside the Big Issue: How we can fix the housing crisis
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Inside the Big Issue: How we can fix the housing crisis

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

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Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: ‘We need a f**king leader’
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Danny Dyer on fame, therapy and working-class people in politics: ‘We need a f**king leader’

Husband and wife Big Issue vendors: ‘Just treat people how you want to be treated’
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Husband and wife Big Issue vendors: ‘Just treat people how you want to be treated’

Danny Dyer: ‘I don’t trust Keir Starmer. Why Angela Rayner’s not leading things I don’t know’
Danny Dyer

Danny Dyer: ‘I don’t trust Keir Starmer. Why Angela Rayner’s not leading things I don’t know’

Former vendor Earl John Charlton returns to his old pitch as Big Issue arrives in Newcastle
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Former vendor Earl John Charlton returns to his old pitch as Big Issue arrives in Newcastle