How was it for you? The Big review of 2012
Issue 1032
The Olympics, the Jubilee, Gangnam Style! In The Big Issue’s review of 2012, Frank Cottrell Boyce, who scripted the opening ceremony of the Olympics describes how he got the Queen to jump out of a helicopter, gold medallist Katherine Grainger explains why she’s still celebrating and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson writes about the real legacy of the Paralympics.
Big Issue vendors tell us about their recollections of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, while Simon Hoggart, Brendan O’Neill and Bill Clinton’s former speechwriter Mike Lux discuss the year’s other major news stories.
There’s also a roundup of the year’s cultural highs and much much more!