From the magazine

‘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

The groundbreaking staging of Julius Caesar will tour schools, adding a vital new dimension to the project
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!'
Travel

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

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'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'

'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'

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act
Charles Booth's 1889 colour-coded map of poverty in London
Ben Rogers

These 19th-century maps changed poverty in London. Today we have all the information we need to act

Meet the man whose goal is to fix the UK's faltering prison system with football
Crxssbar football
Prisons

Meet the man whose goal is to fix the UK's faltering prison system with football

We've been saying for years that prevention is the answer to poverty. People are finally listening
John Bird

We've been saying for years that prevention is the answer to poverty. People are finally listening

'I fell into addiction after my prison sentence. Yoga helped my recovery and now I teach it in prisons'
Prisons

'I fell into addiction after my prison sentence. Yoga helped my recovery and now I teach it in prisons'

'Personal stories help us to understand how people can end up homeless'
Dr Karishmeh Felfeli-Crawford's story of falling into homelessness resonated with readers
Letters

'Personal stories help us to understand how people can end up homeless'

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: 'To save the world, we need to love it more'
Laura Tobin
PM for the PM

Good Morning Britain weather presenter Laura Tobin: 'To save the world, we need to love it more'

Inside the Big Issue: Prison Break
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Prison Break

Lenny Rush: 'I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can't be happening'
Lenny Rush as Valentine in The Reluctant Vampire
Interview

Lenny Rush: 'I cannot be farting in front of Gary Oldman. That can't be happening'

Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’ 
Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe and Benjamin Hoetjes in Tenzing
Film

Willem Dafoe: ‘I want to have an experience that transforms or changes me’ 

Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: 'I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared'
Lush co-founder Mark Constantine
Letter To My Younger Self

Lush co-founder Mark Constantine: 'I was homeless. I spent a lot of my time scared'

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here's what they did next
University of Roehampton lead researcher Dr Melissa Jogie
Homelessness

An academic put trackers on homeless people to see what they could learn. Here's what they did next

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
There's a new grant to help musicians build sustainable careers. But there's a catch
A vinyl record next to a number of record sleeves on a shelf
Music

There's a new grant to help musicians build sustainable careers. But there's a catch

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It's leaving women sleeping rough on the streets
A homeless women pictured going behind the bins to get some privacy while on her period
Homelessness

There is a taboo around periods and homelessness. It's leaving women sleeping rough on the streets

What Britain can learn from other countries about reducing drug deaths
a syringe
Dr Kamalroop Singh

What Britain can learn from other countries about reducing drug deaths

Blue Lights star Andi Osho: 'Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications'
PM for the PM

Blue Lights star Andi Osho: 'Right to Buy benefitted my family but the country still feels ramifications'