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Roman Kemp wants us to talk about the male mental health crisis
Roman Kemp
Interview

Roman Kemp wants us to talk about the male mental health crisis

Martin Compston's Mayflies diary: ‘I'd never experienced a day like it on set before'
Tony Curran and Marton Compston in Mayflies
TV

Martin Compston's Mayflies diary: ‘I'd never experienced a day like it on set before'

'People feel they don’t have a right to celebrate': Christmas in a bomb shelter in Ukraine
A christmas tree and child in a Ukraine bomb shelter
News

'People feel they don’t have a right to celebrate': Christmas in a bomb shelter in Ukraine

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
John Bird

Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes

Joe Lycett: 'Imagine, if you will, that the country was asked to vote on whether or not to take a massive dump on itself'
Joe Lycett
Joe Lycett

Joe Lycett: 'Imagine, if you will, that the country was asked to vote on whether or not to take a massive dump on itself'

Merry Christmas from The Big Issue, and thank you for helping us change lives
Big Issue vendor
Paul McNamee

Merry Christmas from The Big Issue, and thank you for helping us change lives

'Mr Christmas' turns his home into a winter wonderland with 25,000 lights for charity
Mark Abbott's Christmas lights
News

'Mr Christmas' turns his home into a winter wonderland with 25,000 lights for charity

Wet Leg: 'It makes me proud to be fighting the good fight'
Wet Leg: Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers
Music

Wet Leg: 'It makes me proud to be fighting the good fight'

Win a collection of Nick Cave artwork!
Nick Cave and Kylie
competition

Win a collection of Nick Cave artwork!

Why Faith, Hope and Carnage is The Big Issue Book of the Year 2022
Nick Cave and Sean O’Hagan’s Faith, Hope and Carnage is our book of the year
Recommended

Why Faith, Hope and Carnage is The Big Issue Book of the Year 2022

Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year
Victoria Adukwei Bulley’s Quiet
Critics' choice

Lucid prose, raw accounts of grief and witty memoirs: The Big Issue critics' books of the year

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed
Best books of 2022
Indie picks

Best books of 2022: The indie releases you may have missed

Independent bookshop people are the best people
Bookshop
on tour

Independent bookshop people are the best people

Count Binface's guide to 2022: A year of political bin fires
Count Binface
letter from Sigma IX

Count Binface's guide to 2022: A year of political bin fires

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved
Oil rigs
John Bird

The reality is to change things, you need to get involved

This festive season we should let Tom Waits call the tune
Tom Waits
Paul McNamee

This festive season we should let Tom Waits call the tune

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more
Saving the Butterfly: one of our picks for the best children’s books of 2022
recommended

The best children's books of 2022... from Oliver Jeffers to Dara McAnulty and more

Affordable housing is in short supply - here's what other countries are doing about it
Affordable student housing in Denmark
Housing

Affordable housing is in short supply - here's what other countries are doing about it

'It’s a happy image': Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition 2022 winner
The Big Issue, featuring artwork by the winner of the annual kids cover competition
Christmas covers

'It’s a happy image': Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition 2022 winner

Greg James on delivering the Radio 1 response to the Queen's death: 'You gotta earn your money on days like that'
Greg James
interview

Greg James on delivering the Radio 1 response to the Queen's death: 'You gotta earn your money on days like that'