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John Bird: Art can change the world in so many ways
Tate Modern
John Bird

John Bird: Art can change the world in so many ways

See me, not my conviction – one woman's fight to move on
Guest Columnist

See me, not my conviction – one woman's fight to move on

The Big Issue Platform: "A fairer council tax on property and land"
Guest Columnist

The Big Issue Platform: "A fairer council tax on property and land"

How the public is "being deceived" over GDP
Guest Columnist

How the public is "being deceived" over GDP

My century of feminism: what lies ahead for the next wave of women's rights
Guest Columnist

My century of feminism: what lies ahead for the next wave of women's rights

Paul McNamee: Listen to women. It's the only way
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Listen to women. It's the only way

John Bird: We are truly in the lap of the human gods
Vladimir Putin Donald Trump
John Bird

John Bird: We are truly in the lap of the human gods

PTSD: How I turned my life around on a potter’s wheel
The Big Issue

PTSD: How I turned my life around on a potter’s wheel

Time for radical change on how we deal with homelessness
rough sleeping
Paul McNamee

Time for radical change on how we deal with homelessness

'Stop demonising plastic – because we can't yet deliver a plastic-free world'
Blue Planet II
Guest Columnist

'Stop demonising plastic – because we can't yet deliver a plastic-free world'

'No nurse wants to see elderly patients left on trolleys in corridors'
RCN chief executive Janet Davies with Big Issue vendors and John Bird
Guest Columnist

'No nurse wants to see elderly patients left on trolleys in corridors'

Paul McNamee: Making a dog's dinner of debate
Dog's dinner
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Making a dog's dinner of debate

John Bird: Voilà, the special relationship de nos jours
Bayeux Tapestry
John Bird

John Bird: Voilà, the special relationship de nos jours

'This isn't belonging' – Quakers say the Army's new campaign is misleading
Quakers for Peace sign in police van
Guest Columnist

'This isn't belonging' – Quakers say the Army's new campaign is misleading

Carillion collapse: Can social enterprises offer an outsourcing alternative?
Carillion outsourcing
Guest Columnist

Carillion collapse: Can social enterprises offer an outsourcing alternative?

A child's first book brings joy, wonder – and social mobility
Boy reading a book
Damian Barr

A child's first book brings joy, wonder – and social mobility

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
From high-flyer to construction worker – a prison stay changed my values
Guest Columnist

From high-flyer to construction worker – a prison stay changed my values

The Big Issue Platform: "Open up the student halls"
Guest Columnist

The Big Issue Platform: "Open up the student halls"

Paul McNamee: The robots leading us on a bargain hunt
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: The robots leading us on a bargain hunt

John Bird: Put your name to The Big Issue health pledge
John Bird

John Bird: Put your name to The Big Issue health pledge

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