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We're back on streets where we belong, but still fighting for a better world
Big Issue vendors return to the streets this week as we keep fighting to prevent homelessness
John Bird

We're back on streets where we belong, but still fighting for a better world

Social progress should go hand in hand with saving the planet
Chelsea sons Alec Guinness and some of the locally sourced young ruffians in the 1958 film The Horse’s Mouth.
John Bird

Social progress should go hand in hand with saving the planet

Forget Big Brother – the real enemy is poverty
John Bird

Forget Big Brother – the real enemy is poverty

You don’t have to be a bleeding heart to see our prison system isn't working
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You don’t have to be a bleeding heart to see our prison system isn't working

We should be focused on ending poverty, not the rowing royals
John Bird

We should be focused on ending poverty, not the rowing royals

Like nature, we will f ind a way to grow again
John Bird

Like nature, we will f ind a way to grow again

There are big issues. And then there’s the planet
John Bird

There are big issues. And then there’s the planet

Auntie's still got it. And maybe she could do even more
Alvar Lidell reading the BBC news in the 1950s
John Bird

Auntie's still got it. And maybe she could do even more

After lockdown, the libraries of my life will be waiting
Cambridge Central Library
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After lockdown, the libraries of my life will be waiting

Social Echo... an idea that's taking flight
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Social Echo... an idea that's taking flight

Low wages are the bedrock of our housing woes
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Low wages are the bedrock of our housing woes

After 30 years, The Big Issue’s job has only just begun
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After 30 years, The Big Issue’s job has only just begun

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