Activism

The Roundhouse's 'critically important' role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026
The Roundhouse CEO and artistic director Marcus Davey
Changemakers 2026

The Roundhouse's 'critically important' role in punk: From The Ramones to making change in 2026

CEO and artistic director of London's Roundhouse, Marcus Davey was made a 2026 Changemaker for the venue's work in supporting young creatives
Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 
An illustration of the band Asthma Kids
Music

Why the hell would you write a punk song about Davos in 2026? 

Meet the man on a mission to revolutionise Camden's historic high street: 'It's a force for change'
Art

Meet the man on a mission to revolutionise Camden's historic high street: 'It's a force for change'

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

Palestine Action: What happens when protest is branded terror?
Yasmine Ahmed and Lydia Gall

Palestine Action: What happens when protest is branded terror?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
What next for Palestine Action? High Court judgment is important victory for the right to protest
Palestine Action supports at the Royal Courts of Justice
Victoria Tecca

What next for Palestine Action? High Court judgment is important victory for the right to protest

I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too
Society

I shrank my own economy to live a less capitalist life. You could do it too

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Housing and homelessness

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Communities and equality

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Food and nutrition

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Politics and Activism
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Politics and Activism

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Changemakers 2026

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive
Books

Drifting North by Dominic Hinde review – intimately moving and expansive

How the UK's only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: 'Cash is the issue'
Food banks

How the UK's only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: 'Cash is the issue'

Have you noticed a wrongdoing at work? I blew the whistle on the NHS. Here's how to speak up
silhouette of woman speaking out
Bernie Rochford

Have you noticed a wrongdoing at work? I blew the whistle on the NHS. Here's how to speak up

To avoid climate catastrophe we must reimagine our relationship with nature – and with each other
Cameron Saul

To avoid climate catastrophe we must reimagine our relationship with nature – and with each other

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place
Changemakers

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2026: Nominate a group or person making the world a better place

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement
Theatre

What we can learn about the joy of community from the 17th century Digger movement

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza'
Bobby Gillespie
Music

Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie: 'It was hard to get artists to take part in Gig for Gaza'

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns
Richard Ellis

This is why parliament needs to replace the e-petitions system with a House of Campaigns

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK
Anti Racist Cumbria - three people holding hands and skipping
Racism

Inside the mission to make Cumbria the first anti-racist county in the UK

Black History Month is even more important in frightening times of racist violence
Civil rights march on Washington D.C. in 1963 by photographer Warren K. Leffler.
Dahaba Ali Hussen

Black History Month is even more important in frightening times of racist violence

We stand against the far-right and the super-rich to stop Britain becoming Elon Musk's playground
Make Them Pay protest logo
Izzie McIntosh

We stand against the far-right and the super-rich to stop Britain becoming Elon Musk's playground

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara's 'terrorism' charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?
Kneecap

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara's 'terrorism' charge: Is it about free speech, Palestine or something more?