Be more Finland

It regularly tops the charts as the world’s happiest nation, so what is Finland’s secret? Big Issue was invited to Helsinki to look at how they have reduced homelessness with their Housing First initiative. We examine the stats, and how we might replicate their success story here. The trip left enough time to go foraging for mushrooms in a forest, inspect the security on the Russian border and take a dip into sauna culture.

Also inside

• Is your career safe from the march of AI? We look at the jobs most at risk
• Gavin & Stacey‘s Joanna Page was ready to give up acting when she got the call that changed her life, as she recalls in her Letter to My Younger Self
• Josh O’Connor is an aspiring art thief but everything’s falling apart in new film The Mastermind
• Bafta-winning Adjani Salmon writes about the thinking behind his comedy, Dreaming Whilst Black
• As it becomes a permanent benefit, we look at how the Irish Arts Basic Income has saved the careers of creatives, and the industry itself
• And Bristol vendor Michael, who is back on his pitch after a five-year absence, is delighted to see the same friendly faces walking by

Plus much more!

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