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Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let’s make it a kinder place 
Letters

Letters: The world belongs to all of us – so let’s make it a kinder place 

Readers ponder on kindness, correct language and Christmas number ones. Plus we have Trump as a monster from the deep

Inside the Big Issue: Paddington lives!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Paddington lives!

We take a look at the long shadow cast by the bear in a hat

Inside the Big Issue: Let’s get physical!
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Let’s get physical!

Our health and fitness special kicks off 2026 goes beyond the moralising and gives you something you can use

Former Big Issue vendor on inspiring Sam Fender: ‘It was just me and Sam. It was a teary moment’
My Big Year

Former Big Issue vendor on inspiring Sam Fender: ‘It was just me and Sam. It was a teary moment’

Yo-yo homes, 10Foot and autism assessments: This is how Big Issue made change in 2025
Our journalism

Yo-yo homes, 10Foot and autism assessments: This is how Big Issue made change in 2025

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Inside the Big Issue: The enduring magic of David Bowie
Behind the scenes

Inside the Big Issue: The enduring magic of David Bowie

Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue
Music

Punk band The Molotovs stun Christmas shoppers with on-street show to back Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!
Christmas

Inside the Big Issue: Our legendary Christmas special!

Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir
Christmas

Watch Big Issue vendor André bring his Christmas song to life with a London choir

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella
Dogs

Naturalist Chris Packham meets Big Issue vendor Martin McKenzie… and his fluffy dog Bella

Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards
Dogs

Big Issue vendors’ dogs to be kitted out with their own iconic red tabards

How do Big Issue sellers make money?
Activism

How do Big Issue sellers make money?

Letters: I don’t even know Fairytale of New York
Letters

Letters: I don’t even know Fairytale of New York

Loneliness is a growing problem. It’s time we started talking to each other
Paul McNamee

Loneliness is a growing problem. It’s time we started talking to each other

Letters: Maybe it’s time the BBC monolith was split 
Letters

Letters: Maybe it’s time the BBC monolith was split 

Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals
Christmas

Four in 10 Brits go a whole week without a meaningful talk with a stranger, Big Issue study reveals

‘People seem to forget about it now’: Big Issue vendors share what Remembrance Day means to them
Remembrance

‘People seem to forget about it now’: Big Issue vendors share what Remembrance Day means to them

Big Issue vendor to donate magazine earnings to ‘give back’ to forces charities for Remembrance Day
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Big Issue vendor to donate magazine earnings to ‘give back’ to forces charities for Remembrance Day

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent
Press Release

Newcastle Big Issue vendor facing no-fault eviction weeks after new law banning section 21 notices gets royal assent

One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’
Homelessness

One mum’s months-long ordeal to find out how her son died in a homeless hostel: ‘I need answers’

Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car
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Big Issue vendor Alfie Brew bounces back after being hit by a car

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BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors
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BillyChip partners with Big Issue to help our vendors

Donald Trump wants ‘the homeless to move out’ – while simultaneously dismantling homelessness prevention
Steven MacKenzie

Donald Trump wants ‘the homeless to move out’ – while simultaneously dismantling homelessness prevention

Letters: Immigration is good for a country
Letters

Letters: Immigration is good for a country

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him
Our Vendors

Disabled Big Issue vendor Jason has fought 21 years for an accessible home. There are millions like him