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How to connect to nature in towns and cities
Blue tits, a family of starlings, foxes, frogs and smooth newts have all visited Kabir Kaul’s garden. Image credit: Paul / Pxhere
Kabir Kaul

How to connect to nature in towns and cities

Parents turn to crisis loans to afford school uniform. It's time for change
Erik, a lone dad, said he went without a winter coat and cut back on heating and food to buy his daughter’s school uniform.
Dr Geoff Page

Parents turn to crisis loans to afford school uniform. It's time for change

Prince Philip thrived on being no-nonsense - that's how I'll remember him
The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip
John Bird

Prince Philip thrived on being no-nonsense - that's how I'll remember him

Look to France to see real action on the climate crisis
Climate crisis in France
Paul McNamee

Look to France to see real action on the climate crisis

Chris Packham: ‘We are ALL in deep, deep shit’
Chris Packham Big Issue
Chris Packham

Chris Packham: ‘We are ALL in deep, deep shit’

What would a climate-friendly mayor mean for London?
A climate-friendly mayor could help to deliver over 79,000 new jobs including e-bike makers, heat pump fitters, and solar energy planners. Image credit: Piqsels
Ted Burke

What would a climate-friendly mayor mean for London?

Ministers promised to ban no fault evictions in 2019. So why haven't they?
Jonn Elledge

Ministers promised to ban no fault evictions in 2019. So why haven't they?

How can employers help the UK build back better? 
Mat Ilic

How can employers help the UK build back better? 

Why we must do more to address LGBTQ+ youth homelessness
New art on the side of Nellie's Sports Bar along U Street NW, Washington, DC. This was done by Lisa Marie Thalhammer, who also did the popular LOVE mural in DC's Blagden Alley.
Matt Horwood

Why we must do more to address LGBTQ+ youth homelessness

Cameron broke no rules lobbying for Greensill - because he wrote them
Tamasin Cave

Cameron broke no rules lobbying for Greensill - because he wrote them

How British orchestras are coping with the impact of Covid and Brexit
Principal players of the Aurora Orchestra with pianist Imogen Cooper at Kings Place, London in October 2020
Mark Pemberton

How British orchestras are coping with the impact of Covid and Brexit

Britain's zombie union shambles on, but for how much longer?
Scottish flags and crowds at a Scottish independence rally in george Square, Glasgow, in 2019
Peter Geoghegan

Britain's zombie union shambles on, but for how much longer?

Let's scrap the Vagrancy Act and help rough sleepers, not criminalise them
Nickie Aiken wants the Vagrancy Act to be scrapped
Nickie Aiken

Let's scrap the Vagrancy Act and help rough sleepers, not criminalise them

We're back on streets where we belong, but still fighting for a better world
Big Issue vendors return to the streets this week as we keep fighting to prevent homelessness
John Bird

We're back on streets where we belong, but still fighting for a better world

Big Issue vendors are back - and it's all thanks to you
big issue vendors
Paul McNamee

Big Issue vendors are back - and it's all thanks to you

What’s happening in Northern Ireland? It's complicated
Amanda Ferguson

What’s happening in Northern Ireland? It's complicated

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Metro front page shows a dangerous British indifference to Northern Ireland
Metro newspaper covered after insensitive headline on Northern Ireland
Laura Kelly

Metro front page shows a dangerous British indifference to Northern Ireland

As the country opens up, we must address the issue of workers' rights
Staff protesting workers' rights in Sidcup, South East London this afternoon. British Gas staff are on the picket line with a five day strike in a row over new contracts. Thousands of engineers have walked out over an attempt by Centrica the owners of British Gas to push through new terms in a fire and rehire row. British Gas strike, Sidcup, South East London, UK - 08 Jan 2021 Image credit: Grant Falvey/LNP/Shutterstock
Paul McNamee

As the country opens up, we must address the issue of workers' rights

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

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