It’s our legendary Christmas special – the final bumper festive issue of 2025!
This year has been packed with big issues from seismic political shifts to immigration-driven culture wars. From benefit cuts to long-awaited housing legislation. From the Houses of Parliament to the streets. We’ve been across the lot, offering insight, perspectives and analysis you won’t find elsewhere. In this week’s magazine. we take a look back at 2025’s biggest issues, how we covered them and what comes next.
We also have Gordan Brown, Richard Osman and Marina Hyde, 10Foot, Tim Key, Rosie Jones, Matt Chorley, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cynthia Erivo, Jeff Goldblum, Jadinda Ardern, Lisa Nandy, John Swinney, Claire Foy, and the voice of Jet2. Need we say more?
Merry Christmas!
What else is in this week’s Big Issue?
The best of Letter to My Younger Self 2025
Every week, Big Issue asks public figures to imagine a conversation with their 16-year-old selves. The results can sometimes be revelatory, other times inspirational; tears have been shed and laughs are had. In this week’s mag, some highlights from the year, from Peter Doherty to Ed Davey.
Hope and uncertainty in Gaza this Christmas
Christmas in Gaza is like everywhere else and nowhere else. Emad Wafa Tawfiq Al-Sayegh, 59, afather of four, founded a factory producing porous metals, wires and bricks. He is a member of the YMCA Gaza board and tells us what Christmas has been like before and during the conflict, and his hopes for the future.
