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Five reasons to love … Swindon
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Five reasons to love … Swindon

The Paper Tigers: Kung Fu caper punches above its weight
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The Paper Tigers: Kung Fu caper punches above its weight

Comedian Ed Byrne and a Big Issue vendor talk trekking
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Comedian Ed Byrne and a Big Issue vendor talk trekking

Big Issue sellers share words of advice for their younger selves
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Big Issue sellers share words of advice for their younger selves

Here's what happened when Christopher Eccleston had a heart-to-heart with Big Issue seller Clive
Christopher Eccelston and vendor Clive in conversation. Photo: The Big Issue
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Here's what happened when Christopher Eccleston had a heart-to-heart with Big Issue seller Clive

'I lost my home, I didn't lose my pride': Big Issue seller Lee Welham meets founder John Bird
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'I lost my home, I didn't lose my pride': Big Issue seller Lee Welham meets founder John Bird

Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships
Warren Ellis holds his violin on stage in 2009
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Nina Simone’s Gum by Warren Ellis: A delightful diary of Ellis’s musical life and friendships

I was a Big Issue vendor and now I run my own theatre company
Cathy by Cardboard Citizens
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I was a Big Issue vendor and now I run my own theatre company

Top 5 books about faceless bureaucracies, from Catch-22 to The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood.
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Top 5 books about faceless bureaucracies, from Catch-22 to The Handmaid's Tale

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper
Colson Whitehead gives the 2017 Black History Month lecture for the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries
Books

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead: An Ocean’s Eleven meets Ozark heist caper

I was a Big Issue vendor and now I'm a furniture restorer
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I was a Big Issue vendor and now I'm a furniture restorer

I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi
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I went to the quietest place in America. The locals want wifi

The Big Issue in 30 moments: The '10s and beyond
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The Big Issue in 30 moments: The '10s and beyond

I was a Big Issue vendor and now I'm a Gogglebox star
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I was a Big Issue vendor and now I'm a Gogglebox star

I was a Big Issue vendor and now I own a cleaning business
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I was a Big Issue vendor and now I own a cleaning business

The Big Issue in 30 moments: The '00s
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The Big Issue in 30 moments: The '00s

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How The Big Issue became an A-level set text
South London teacher Mrs Fisher delivers an online lesson.
Steven MacKenzie

How The Big Issue became an A-level set text

The Big Issue at 30: How has homelessness changed since our first edition?
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The Big Issue at 30: How has homelessness changed since our first edition?

The Big Issue at 30: Our story in numbers
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The Big Issue at 30: Our story in numbers

'Why don't the homeless just go home?' – The Big Issue's first cover story revisited
The Big Issue's first ever cover.
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'Why don't the homeless just go home?' – The Big Issue's first cover story revisited

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