The Big Issue

The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment

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The Big Issue

EDITORIAL • A year into war, there’s still optimism to be found in Kyiv

LETTERS

HOW CAPITALISM ATE DEMOCRACY • When two political revolutionaries from opposite sides of the pond got together, they had much to discuss. On behalf of The Big Issue, author, rapper and social commentator Darren McGarvey caught up with former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders to talk about the state of western democracy, and the way out of the mess

HOMELESS IN A FOREIGN LAND • Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine has sent thousands of refugees to the UK, but more than 4,200 of those Ukrainian households have ended up homeless. One year on, Big Issue senior reporter Liam Geraghty looks at why a safe home is still out of reach for some Ukrainians

BLACKOUTS CAN’T DIM HOPE IN UKRAINE

MARK RYLANCE WANTS YOU TO GIVE HIM £1. HERE’S WHY • The actor writes exclusively for The Big Issue about Brian Haw, who’s set to be commemorated for his resolute dedication to peaceful protest

NO ONE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND • As the cost of living soars, digital exclusion is affecting more people than ever – and we’re here to help

DANIEL MAYS • From boisterous class clown to toting one of the most varied acting CVs in the country, his greatest role so far is as a father

ART ON A POSTCARD INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY AUCTION

Books

How to unlearn the mechanisms of hate

Film

‘IF I CAN MAKE AN AUDIENCE LAUGH, THEN I CAN MAKE THEM THINK’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

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Podcast

Puzzles

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