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Social progress should go hand in hand with saving the planet
Chelsea sons Alec Guinness and some of the locally sourced young ruffians in the 1958 film The Horse’s Mouth.
John Bird

Social progress should go hand in hand with saving the planet

Libraries can save us – on book days and every day
Sean McNamara

Libraries can save us – on book days and every day

Five lessons a year of Covid taught us about low-skilled workers’ rights
Workers' rights
Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol

Five lessons a year of Covid taught us about low-skilled workers’ rights

Enough meetings and speeches about the climate crisis. It's time for action
The UK is responsible for nearly five per cent of global carbon emissions since 1750 as the climate crisis accelerates
Steve Trent

Enough meetings and speeches about the climate crisis. It's time for action

Transgender Day of Visibility: Why I'll try being invisible this year
Transgender Day of Visibility Alexa Moore
Alexa Moore

Transgender Day of Visibility: Why I'll try being invisible this year

What does nature mean when you're behind bars?
a painting of a murmuration in nature
Guest Columnist

What does nature mean when you're behind bars?

Health inequality: Most people are wrong about Covid impact
Man in mask walking down street during covid - illustrating health inequalities
Dame Clare Moriarty

Health inequality: Most people are wrong about Covid impact

The PM said Britain's vaccine success is down to greed. He was wrong
Football pitch
Paul McNamee

The PM said Britain's vaccine success is down to greed. He was wrong

Forget Big Brother – the real enemy is poverty
John Bird

Forget Big Brother – the real enemy is poverty

A chaplain's view on prison in the time of Covid
Jonathan Aitken says reforms to Pentonville processes due to Covid will stay in place. Image credit: Graham Guy Barratt
Jonathan Aitken

A chaplain's view on prison in the time of Covid

My children didn't understand why mummy was in prison
Teddy Love, HM Prison & Young Offender Institution New Hall, mixed media from Koestler Arts’ My Path exhibition
Racy Jackson

My children didn't understand why mummy was in prison

There is a mental health crisis in our prisons. Lockdown is making it worse
This Is How It Feels, Clifton House Secure Hospital, part of Koestler Arts' My Path exhibition
C Malley

There is a mental health crisis in our prisons. Lockdown is making it worse

Anonymous prisoner: 'You go to prison as punishment, not for punishment'
Prison is no picnic - but for some rough sleepers, it at least provides a 'safe' place to stay. Image credit: Piqsels
Anonymous

Anonymous prisoner: 'You go to prison as punishment, not for punishment'

Lockdown in lockdown: I watched the country close while in prison
Several States of Mind, artwork by a prisoner at HMP Dartmoor and part of Koestler Arts' No Lockdown in the Imagination exhibition
Steve Newark

Lockdown in lockdown: I watched the country close while in prison

Six months into Housing First: what we’ve learned
housing
Steph Dutton

Six months into Housing First: what we’ve learned

Whisper it, but companies might make better landlords than people
Jonn Elledge

Whisper it, but companies might make better landlords than people

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
A year of lockdowns has damaged gender equality - but we can turn the tide
Natasha Mudhar

A year of lockdowns has damaged gender equality - but we can turn the tide

You don’t have to be a bleeding heart to see our prison system isn't working
John Bird

You don’t have to be a bleeding heart to see our prison system isn't working

Why The Big Issue has put together a prison special
paperchains
Paul McNamee

Why The Big Issue has put together a prison special

I tweet therefore I am: Finding identity when life is online
Our identities are being formed online
Tracey Follows

I tweet therefore I am: Finding identity when life is online

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