Artists and activists have come together for a new exhibition at the Museum of Homelessness (MoH) in Finsbury Park, examining the history of criminalising something that shouldn’t be seen as a crime.
This magazine is an extension of that work. Contributors explore homelessness, survival and resistance, as spelled out by 10Foot on the exclusive cover he created for this edition. He talks about the groundbreaking collaboration and the story behind his first sculpture with MoH co-directors Matt and Jess Turtle, and has invited others to reflect on protest, politics and the various meanings of the commons, including Jake Hanrahan, Dorothy Spencer and Max Lennard. And we take you inside the show, Criminal: An Untold Story of Homelessness, Resistance and Survival.
What else is in this week’s Big Issue?
21,000 disabled children are living in temporary accommodation: ‘This shouldn’t happen’
The record number of children living in temporary accommodation has attracted plenty of attention in recent years, but the number of disabled children in that position often goes under the radar. Now new research has revealed an estimated 21,000 disabled children in England are living in temporary accommodation.
On the ground for the peasant uprising
We share a fictional report based on a real event, written from the point of view of a contemporary journalist covering England’s 1381 peasant uprising.
Sometimes our dogs are all we have left
We recently reported on Big Issue vendors and their dogs who went to parliament to ask for an end to the ban on pets in temporary housing. Readers got in touch to share their own stories
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