Laura Kelly, Author at The Big Issue

Laura Kelly

Laura Kelly is a multimedia journalist, award-winning columnist and podcaster with a longstanding passion for The Big Issue's social mission. She is the Culture Editor of The Big Issue, and leads the Venue Watch campaign to champion grassroots music venues.

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From living in his car to winning Strictly – Hamza Yassin risked everything for mother nature

Colin Murray, Melanie Sykes and James O'Brien show their support for The Big Issu

Vendor Week

'My hands are blue': Colin Murray, Melanie Sykes and James O'Brien sell The Big Issue

Profile

Lee Grant: I wasn't scared when I was blacklisted. I am now

education

Jon Snow: I was scared when I was thrown out of uni but I’ve been blessed

The Ordinaries, directd by Sophie Linnenbaum

sci-fi

The Ordinaries: Sophie Linnenbaum's feature film debut is a sci-fi spotlight on inequality

They Might Be Giants (L-R John Linnell and John Flansburgh) are coming to the UK to celebrate their album Flood. Photo: Sam Graff

Interview

They Might Be Giants is not a cult: How they built a birdhouse in your soul... and a 40-year sustainable creative enterprise

Jorden Myrie as Carl, Bukky Bakray as Dione in The Strays, directed by Nathaniel Martello-White

Horror

In The Strays, horror confronts code-switching, class and the Black British experience

Natasha was scammed trying to buy a resale ticket for The 1975

ticket touts

‘I was scammed for £500’ – 90% of music fans say ticketing industry needs to be safer

advice

Tracy-Ann Oberman: ‘Getting older is fantastic’

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden in the fight for democracy

Exclusive

Democracy is under threat, warns Bernie Sanders

appreciation

Paul Rudd: 8 stories that prove we don’t deserve the real Ant-Man

Belongings - a play that aims to challenge stigma faced by young people in care. Care Day

foster care