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Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 
Books

Chairman Mao was Trump but with added brains… and mango 

Who’d have thought that the old anti-capitalist revolutionary Chairman Mao and the ultra-capitalist grifter President Trump would turn out to have so much in common? 
The Summit presenter Ben Shephard: 'I fell into telly'
Letter To My Younger Self

The Summit presenter Ben Shephard: 'I fell into telly'

At Keele University, it's good to see people still kicking against Thatcher's legacy
Robin Ince

At Keele University, it's good to see people still kicking against Thatcher's legacy

Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward
Fiction

Top 5 horror novels, chosen by British Fantasy Award-winning author Catriona Ward

10 years on from David Bowie's death, my cosmic link to him remains
Music

10 years on from David Bowie's death, my cosmic link to him remains

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is 'a magnifying glass on masculinity’
David Jonsson as Taylor and Tom Blyth as Dee in Wasteman
Film

Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is 'a magnifying glass on masculinity’

Winter Olympics show anything is possible if you put your neck on the line – and risk breaking it
Team GB Winter Olympics stars Tabby Stoecker and Matt Weston
Lucy Sweet

Winter Olympics show anything is possible if you put your neck on the line – and risk breaking it

Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He's back to tell the story 30 years on
Art

Artist Mark Blamire announced Trainspotting to the world. He's back to tell the story 30 years on

Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes
winston churchill
John Bird

Prime minister is a job for the odd fishes

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense
Review

Discipline by Larissa Pham review: the past sure is tense

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales
Review

The Age of Calamities by Senaa Ahmad review: gorgeously bizarre, time-warping tales

Domestic abuse is getting worse. Education alone isn't enough to stop it
Laura McCarthy

Domestic abuse is getting worse. Education alone isn't enough to stop it

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: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Learning and employment

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: Health and disability
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Health and disability

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns
A campaign stunt by Everyone Hates Elon. Image: Everyone Hates Elon
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Media and campaigns

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Environment and climate

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

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
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

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn't a permanent home be better?
Letters

Letters: A free bus pass for homeless kids is good, but wouldn't a permanent home be better?

Inside the Big Issue: Meet our 2026 Changemakers
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Meet our 2026 Changemakers

Win 2 exclusive screen prints from the iconic film Trainspotting!

Celebrating the film’s 30th anniversary in Big Issue – enter your details for the chance to win.