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Stella and the life-changing power of the Homeless World Cup
Steven MacKenzie

Stella and the life-changing power of the Homeless World Cup

The Frayed Atlantic Edge: Rethinking our coastlines
David Gange

The Frayed Atlantic Edge: Rethinking our coastlines

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Hunt – "My Housing First plan to tackle homelessness"
Jeremy Hunt: ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Jeremy Hunt

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Hunt – "My Housing First plan to tackle homelessness"

Steven MacKenzie: Forget the right stuff, we can aim for alright stuff
Steven MacKenzie

Steven MacKenzie: Forget the right stuff, we can aim for alright stuff

John Bird: Final chapter of Essex library campaign gives hope to all
John Bird

John Bird: Final chapter of Essex library campaign gives hope to all

Paul McNamee: Our doors and minds must be open
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Our doors and minds must be open

John Bird: Krasner's work helps us reframe our view of art
Lee Krasner Getty John Bird 1366
John Bird

John Bird: Krasner's work helps us reframe our view of art

Tim Burgess: "Transcendental Meditation is like rebooting your computer"
The Big Issue

Tim Burgess: "Transcendental Meditation is like rebooting your computer"

Face recognition tech is everywhere but it has prejudices it won’t admit to
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Robert Elliot Smith

Face recognition tech is everywhere but it has prejudices it won’t admit to

John Bird: Power is money. Spend it wisely
John Bird Future Generations
John Bird

John Bird: Power is money. Spend it wisely

Paul McNamee: Theresa, you're too late
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Theresa, you're too late

Kartik Raj: Why it's high time for the UK government to face poverty facts
Philip Alston UN investigates poverty, food poverty and food banks
Kartik Raj

Kartik Raj: Why it's high time for the UK government to face poverty facts

To infinity... but what's actually beyond?
Professor Ian Stewart

To infinity... but what's actually beyond?

How Exhibition Road hosted an arts revolution
Emily Candler

How Exhibition Road hosted an arts revolution

John Bird: A future without poverty
John Bird Sophie Howe
John Bird

John Bird: A future without poverty

Paul McNamee: In memory of our friend Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: In memory of our friend Paul Kelly

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How street papers have been battling against a Vagrancy Act for decades
Guest Columnist

How street papers have been battling against a Vagrancy Act for decades

John Bird: When injustice boils my blood, it’s time let off steam
John Bird
John Bird

John Bird: When injustice boils my blood, it’s time let off steam

Floella Benjamin wants to 'give hope' for the future with Windrush edition
Floella Benjamin

Floella Benjamin wants to 'give hope' for the future with Windrush edition

John Bird: Let’s leave a legacy of libraries, not slums
John Bird

John Bird: Let’s leave a legacy of libraries, not slums

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