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Paul McNamee
Paul McNamee is the first Editor to manage The Big Issue across all national and regional editions as well as online. A regular media commentator, Paul has been named Editor of the Year three times by PPA Scotland, and was named British Editor of The Year in 2013 and 2016 by the BSME (British Society of Magazine Editors).
Another day, another housing minister
Paul McNamee

Another day, another housing minister

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths
A person sleeping on the street
Paul McNamee

Pledges to end homelessness collide with inconvenient truths

Jeremy Hunt has shown our leaders are all out of ideas. Might be time to ask a chimp what to do
Chimp
Paul McNamee

Jeremy Hunt has shown our leaders are all out of ideas. Might be time to ask a chimp what to do

Artificial Intelligence is no match for the human heart
Artificial intelligence: a robot playing a keyboard
Paul McNamee

Artificial Intelligence is no match for the human heart

Introducing the Big Issue Changemakers of 2023
Changemakers cover
Changemakers 2023

Introducing the Big Issue Changemakers of 2023

Let's not get distracted by Rishi Sunak's rabbit
Paul McNamee

Let's not get distracted by Rishi Sunak's rabbit

As we welcome the New Year, we mustn't lose hope
2023 spelled out in fireworks
Paul McNamee

As we welcome the New Year, we mustn't lose hope

Merry Christmas from The Big Issue, and thank you for helping us change lives
Big Issue vendor
Paul McNamee

Merry Christmas from The Big Issue, and thank you for helping us change lives

This festive season we should let Tom Waits call the tune
Tom Waits
Paul McNamee

This festive season we should let Tom Waits call the tune

The Banshees of Inisherin is a curious tonic for these bleak times
Colin Farrell and his little donkey in The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul McNamee

The Banshees of Inisherin is a curious tonic for these bleak times

The desire for Scottish independence is not going away
Scotland flag with hand giving peace sign
Paul McNamee

The desire for Scottish independence is not going away

Awaab Ishak's shocking death will be the housing sector's defining moment
Rochdale toddler Awaab Ishak died due to damp and mould in his social housing flat
Paul McNamee

Awaab Ishak's shocking death will be the housing sector's defining moment

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