Latest Features

My Week - Dr Brooke Magnanti

Former call girl and Belle de Jour blogger Dr Brooke Magnanti on running, erotic fiction, and keeping some secrets from the neighbours

Interviews

Dionne Warwick, Aged 71

Jane Graham

Grammy-winning soul legend Dionne Warwick on her dancing dreams, 1960s segregation, and 'quitting every day'

Letter To My Younger Self

Tanya Byrne: "The truth is much crueller than fiction"

Author Tanya Byrne on the harrowing research into women's prisons that informed her novel, Heart-Shaped Bruise

Interviews

Joey Barton: "My head is filled with disillusion towards the state"

After his controversial exit from the game of the season, Big Issue columnist Joey Barton has revolution in mind...

Columnists

James Cracknell, Aged 39

Olympian James Cracknell on being a shy, un-sporty teenager, why women are like cats, and getting naked with Ben Fogle

Letter To My Younger Self
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John Bird

Bird's Words

Will government by X Factor really work?

1 day 1 hour ago
"These days public interest is seen to be best served by total exposure"
Paul Macnamee

Editor's Letter

Texts, tyrants and trade-offs

5 hours 56 min ago
"The PM's way of signing off texts is dispiriting - like he's chatting on Bebo, not making hard choices"

My Pitch

Gerard Short, Age 51, Sainsbury’s Local, Broad Quay, Bristol

1 day 1 hour ago
"I keep writing to David Cameron about the state of the economy but he never replies. He might one day"

Latest News

Dalai Lama "shocked” by the British riots

At St Paul's Cathedral to accept the £1.1m Templeton prize, the Dalai Lama revealed how he contacted David Cameron to ask why British youth rioted last summer

Festival freebie frenzy!

Win tickets to a host of the UK's best summer festivals, including Reading & Leeds, Latitude, T In The Park and RockNess

Scottish Independence: To Beeb or not to Beeb?

If Scottish Independence becomes a reality, what will they watch on TV? In this week's Big Issue, Thomas Quinn examines the SNP’s proposals to break up the BBC...

Have a free cuppa on us!

Greggs, the home of fresh baking, has teamed up with the Big Issue to offer you a great deal.
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Latest Reviews

Five books everyone should read before they die... by Jason Starr

"A scorching novel and a brilliant portrait of insanity" Author Jason Starr picks five essential reads...

Book Reviews

Chinaman: A Novel Spin on Sri Lanka

Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka... Our Lady Of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif... The Kindle recommendation... Ian Rankin on the 'great Scottish novel'...

Book Reviews

Simian Mobile Disco: The Ape Of Things To Come

Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns... Lower Dens - Nootropics... Father John Misty - Fear Fun... Squarepusher - UfaBulum... Jimmy Edgar - Majenta... Bullion - Love Me Oh Please Love Me EP

Music Reviews

"Sad and pathetic": American Reunion hits new lows

American Reunion... Two Years At Sea... Classics reissued: The Old Curiosity Shop... The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby...

Film Reviews
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