Giorgio Morandi: an Italian artist of understated brilliance
![Courtyard on Via Fondazza (1954) by Giorgio Morandi](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1548_JB_2-Giorgio-Morandi-Courtyard-on-Via-Fondazza-1954.jpg?w=768)
Giorgio Morandi: an Italian artist of understated brilliance
I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven't solved it
![Poverty in postwar London](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1547_JB_2DCC89M.jpg?w=768)
I was born into poverty – and 77 years later we still haven't solved it
Ulysses helps us realise poverty has been with us a long time
![Christ Feeding the Multitude [Matthew 14:19]](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1546_JB_2C58MJ8-2.jpg?w=768)
Ulysses helps us realise poverty has been with us a long time
AI might show the way, but only humanity can save us
![The Tesla Bot](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1545_JB_shutterstock_editorial_13665700c.jpg?w=768)
AI might show the way, but only humanity can save us
Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes
![Dickens’ A Christmas Carol](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1544_JB_2K3AXRD.jpg?w=768)
Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes
The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
![Oil rigs](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1543_JB_2G8E487-2.jpg?w=768)
The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
Scotland has the perfect antidote to ex-prisoners' reoffending rates
![Edinburgh at Christmas](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1542_JB_shutterstock_1493485760.jpg?w=768)
Scotland has the perfect antidote to ex-prisoners' reoffending rates
Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it's not a 1950s I recognise
![Bill Nighy in Living](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1541_JB_2KDNN52.jpg?w=768)
Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it's not a 1950s I recognise
The government must measure the true cost of austerity
![Protest against government](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1540_JB_2KD0GA6.jpg?w=768)
The government must measure the true cost of austerity
Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works
![Paul Cézanne](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1539_JB_Paul-Cezanne-Portrait-of-the-Artist-with-Pink-Background-1875.-Paris-Musée-dOrsay-donation-de-M.-Philippe-Meyer-2000.-Photo-C-RMN-Grand-Palais.jpg?w=768)
Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works
Austerity doesn't add up and hits those in need hardest
![George Osborne](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1538_JB_GCJ94J.jpg?w=768)
Austerity doesn't add up and hits those in need hardest
Our have-nots hope Rishi Sunak will be a shining knight
![1930s London](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1537_JB_G3ARNK.jpg?w=768)