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Bristol Big Issue vendor Mike Turner: 'The shortage of housing in this city is a moral injustice'
Big Issue vendor Mike Turner
Housing

Bristol Big Issue vendor Mike Turner: 'The shortage of housing in this city is a moral injustice'

Mike found himself living on the street in Bristol. Now he’s turned to activism to expose the lack of affordable housing in his home city
Inside the Big Issue: Lessons from a mole
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Lessons from a mole

The budget promised breathing space. But is it enough to get us out of the pickle we're in?
pickles
Liam Geraghty

The budget promised breathing space. But is it enough to get us out of the pickle we're in?

Comedian Ahir Shah: 'We spend more on debt interest than we do on education'
PM For The PM

Comedian Ahir Shah: 'We spend more on debt interest than we do on education'

I am a big fan of eulogies. Here's why they are far more revealing than obituaries
Books

I am a big fan of eulogies. Here's why they are far more revealing than obituaries

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'What’s done to animals is so incredibly cruel, all I did was invade Anna Wintour’s office'
PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk
Letter To My Younger Self

'What’s done to animals is so incredibly cruel, all I did was invade Anna Wintour’s office'

How disused garages are being turned into affordable homes to tackle London's housing crisis
Designs demonstrating how Naked House turns disused garages into homes
Housing

How disused garages are being turned into affordable homes to tackle London's housing crisis

Credit is cheap for the rich and expensive for the poor. That must change
Nick Bryer

Credit is cheap for the rich and expensive for the poor. That must change

The government promised a brownfield housebuilding boom. What’s the hold up? 
Housing

The government promised a brownfield housebuilding boom. What’s the hold up? 

Funeral poverty: What happens when you can't afford to die?
Cost of living

Funeral poverty: What happens when you can't afford to die?

Mr Skelly artist Christian Watson: 'I had a pretty rough childhood. I felt wronged by the world'
Mr Skelly artwork.
Art

Mr Skelly artist Christian Watson: 'I had a pretty rough childhood. I felt wronged by the world'

How the housing crisis turned into a political football 
Graffiti in Barcelona of Maricarmen Abascal
Housing crisis

How the housing crisis turned into a political football 

Can Labour still hit their 1.5 million homes target?
Lion Green Road won the RIBA Stirling Prize
Housing

Can Labour still hit their 1.5 million homes target?

What Mr Skelly can teach us about the housing crisis
Steven MacKenzie

What Mr Skelly can teach us about the housing crisis

'People with invisible disabilities shouldn't have to justify their need for PIP'
Letters

'People with invisible disabilities shouldn't have to justify their need for PIP'

‘We are locking up too many women’: Why the RSC's Julius Caesar is back behind bars
The cast of the new Julius Caesar.
Theatre

‘We are locking up too many women’: Why the RSC's Julius Caesar is back behind bars

Inside the Big Issue: Mr Skelly is feeling lucky
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Mr Skelly is feeling lucky

'I had to be honest with myself after leaving prison. I wanted a different life'
Ali Hashi
Prisons

'I had to be honest with myself after leaving prison. I wanted a different life'

This City Is Ours star James Nelson-Joyce: 'Just to be linked with James Bond is great'
Interview

This City Is Ours star James Nelson-Joyce: 'Just to be linked with James Bond is great'

'I was homeless and now I'm a tour guide. It's walking and talking - which I'm actually good at!'
Mandy shares historical facts in the gardens of Old Gala House, a 16th-century mansion that’s now a museum
Travel

'I was homeless and now I'm a tour guide. It's walking and talking - which I'm actually good at!'

'I used to be a prison governor. Now I support prison leavers become self-employed'
Andy Gullick
Prisons

'I used to be a prison governor. Now I support prison leavers become self-employed'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'I completed university degrees in prison. It made me realise I had something to contribute'
Dan Whyte
Dan Whyte

'I completed university degrees in prison. It made me realise I had something to contribute'

Could ensuring every child has a laptop in school help solve the NEETs crisis?
A child's hands on a laptop
Elizabeth Anderson

Could ensuring every child has a laptop in school help solve the NEETs crisis?

Reacher author Lee Child: ‘What prisoners write is really interesting. Some are unbelievable’
Lee Child with his latest group in prisons
Prisons

Reacher author Lee Child: ‘What prisoners write is really interesting. Some are unbelievable’

Chase & Status: 'We were vinyl-collecting kids obsessed with smashing up a rave'
Chase & Status
Letter to Our Younger Selves

Chase & Status: 'We were vinyl-collecting kids obsessed with smashing up a rave'