Sign the Big Issue petition calling for a Poverty Zero law
SIGN HERE

environment and community

I became an actor after 30 years as a Royal Marine. Here's what people need to know about veterans
Sunray: Fallen Soldier film starring Tip Cullen
Tip Cullen

I became an actor after 30 years as a Royal Marine. Here's what people need to know about veterans

Former commando Tip Cullen is now an actor and filmmaker. Here’s how the arts help veterans like him and shine a light on their stories
The way Wales does elections is all about to change. But could it pave the way for Reform UK?
Democracy

The way Wales does elections is all about to change. But could it pave the way for Reform UK?

'We get communities dancing': How Bradford's brass heritage still brings people together
Music

'We get communities dancing': How Bradford's brass heritage still brings people together

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline
Ukraine war

Meet the chefs braving Russian drones and gunfire to feed troops on Ukraine's frontline

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn
Robin Ince

We are all the same age inside a library – curious, young and eager to learn

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'
Food poverty

Meet the community champions working to end hunger and keep Britain fed: 'Hunger is solvable'

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty
Food

How bringing back Churchill's wartime canteen culture could help tackle food poverty

When support services fail to recognise cultural context, it creates more barriers than bridges
SWIM provides culturally responsive support to Afro-Caribbean and other ethnic minority communities navigating complex challenges around housing, criminal justice, substance use, and systemic exclusion across the UK
Peter Merrifield

When support services fail to recognise cultural context, it creates more barriers than bridges

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means
Liberty protesters outside the Court of Appeal after protest law success
Katy Watts

We took the UK government to court to defend the right to protest – and won. Here's what it means

Labour has shot itself in the foot on immigration – but it's not too late to change course
prime minister Keir Starmer standing in front of members of the armed forces
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Labour has shot itself in the foot on immigration – but it's not too late to change course

No, net zero targets didn't cause blackout – nor are they doomed to fail
Paul McNamee

No, net zero targets didn't cause blackout – nor are they doomed to fail

Israel's aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now
destruction in gaza
Riham Jafari

Israel's aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now

Tony Blair is talking nonsense on net zero. The reality is the UK isn't prepared
Tony Blair
Bob Ward

Tony Blair is talking nonsense on net zero. The reality is the UK isn't prepared

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse
British aid worker in Gaza Gavin Kelleher
Gaza

I'm an aid worker in Gaza – the situation has never been worse

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?
Working class

Why does everyone keep getting the white working class wrong?

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'
Legal aid crisis

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK's asylum system really is: 'It's so depressing'

Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told
a man fitting solar panels to a house
Housing

Fit all new homes with solar panels to slash energy bills by hundreds, government told

It will take 700 years to replace UK's ageing water network at current pace: 'A wholesale betrayal'
Water

It will take 700 years to replace UK's ageing water network at current pace: 'A wholesale betrayal'

Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times
Exclusive

Self Esteem and Julie Hesmondhalgh on self-doubt, sisterhood and fighting back in dark times

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn't just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us
pride flags being waved at a Pride celebration
Dominic Arnall

LGBTQ+ inclusion doesn't just benefit certain Brits – it helps all of us

Inside Public Record, a joyful celebration of the sound of Sunderland: 'We're all in it together'
Ross Millard of The Futureheads and Peter and David Brewis of Field Music in rehearsals for Public Record in Sunderland. Image: Mark Savage
Sunderland

Inside Public Record, a joyful celebration of the sound of Sunderland: 'We're all in it together'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
UK's landmark Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old. But justice is still out of reach for many survivors
human trafficking and modern slavery protesters
Cat Linton

UK's landmark Modern Slavery Act is 10 years old. But justice is still out of reach for many survivors

Joe Lycett: 'Let's fix things in our backyard before we try and fix the world'
TV

Joe Lycett: 'Let's fix things in our backyard before we try and fix the world'

Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband
Tiny versions of Ed Miliband and Nigel Farage at Southsea Model Village
Net Zero

Model village gets green makeover with tiny heat pumps, solar panels and miniature Ed Miliband

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that
Dentist Neil Sikka
Health

Too many homeless people resort to pulling their own teeth. These dentists are trying to change that

Support our vendors with a subscription

For each subscription to the magazine, we’ll provide a vendor with a reusable water bottle, making it easier for them to access cold water on hot days.