Remembering Steve Canham: a true friend to The Big Issue
![Steve Canham](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1561_John-Bird.jpg?w=768)
Remembering Steve Canham: a true friend to The Big Issue
Stopgap politics won't cut it. We need proper forward planning
![Stopgap politics - John Bird](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1560_JB_2BP9WBT.jpg?w=768)
Stopgap politics won't cut it. We need proper forward planning
In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present
![Illustration of the French Revolution](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1558_JB_FFA63C.jpg?w=768)
In France, the past has a habit of shaping the present
Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget
![Margaret Thatcher](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1557_JB_G6EWP2.jpg?w=768)
Poverty is the great drain at the heart of the budget
Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy
![Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1567 painting The Land of Cockaigne](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1556_JB_2KA6XKX.jpg?w=768)
Why ideas of ending poverty are still stuck in the realm of fantasy
Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven't we declared war on it?
![J Paul Getty sits at a dining table alone](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1555_JB_GettyImages-154689723.jpg?w=768)
Everyone is afraid of poverty, so why haven't we declared war on it?
In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required
![Homeless on Victoria Embankment](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2J30ANR.jpg?w=768)
In the face of this emergency, revolutionary thinking is required
A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
![Portrait of the satirist Jonathan Swift by Michael Dahl](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/JB-_M84C8K.jpg?w=768)
A poverty manifesto about the glues, syrups and treacles that get people stuck
A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains
![St Paul's during a London air raid, WWII](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/KHW5HN.jpg?w=768)
A lot has changed since the war years, but poverty remains
History haunts modern life, but will we ever learn from it?
![A statue of Gandhi](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1550_JB_shutterstock_editorial_7964408e.jpg?w=768)
History haunts modern life, but will we ever learn from it?
Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles
![Monument by Rachel Whiteread](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1549_JB_GettyImages-1318393.jpg?w=768)