Steven MacKenzie
Steven has worked for The Big Issue for close to a decade, becoming Features Editor in 2016 and Deputy Editor in 2020. His articles focus on social issues and culture interviews. For the magazine he has spoken to a wide variety of celebrated figures ranging from Oscar-winning actors and directors, Olympic gold medallists, government ministers, multiple Nobel laureates (including the Dalai Lama) and several famous Davids, including Attenborough, Lynch and Hasselhoff. Steven has also reported on international news stories across five continents; from deep inside the Arctic Circle to the Korean demilitarised zone.
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Julian Clary can barely contain his excitement about our kids cover comp!

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Emma Thompson says kindness and compassion are not just for Christmas

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'We live our lives in a way that impoverishes the natural world'

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How the Big Issue steered Tracy Beaker's story

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Space lamb – how Shaun the Sheep went interstellar for Farmageddon

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Nevis: Alexander Hamilton's home economics

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Andrea Bocelli: the "evangelical emissary" comes to Glasgow – live review

Why Ralph Steadman wanted to make Boris Johnson into a Big Issue cover star
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Why Ralph Steadman wanted to make Boris Johnson into a Big Issue cover star

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Michael Morpurgo explains why he rebooted Gulliver's Travels

For Sama – the film that shows what it's like to grow up in a warzone
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For Sama – the film that shows what it's like to grow up in a warzone

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Restart Parties: The groups fighting throwaway culture

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Zero Waste Week: Join the packaging revolution

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