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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
News

The Big Issue in 30 moments: The '00s

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
The Big Issue
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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

The Big Issue at 30: What it means to stars of screen, politics and music
Benedict Cumberbatch. The Big Issue
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The Big Issue at 30: What it means to stars of screen, politics and music

The Big Issue in 30 moments: The '90s
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The Big Issue in 30 moments: The '90s

The Big Issue at 30: Thirty years of changes... and one thing that's stayed the same
Giant steps (l-r) Anita Roddick, John Bird, Shelter director Sheila McKechnie and Gordon Roddick launch the mag in London in 1991. Image: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Paul McNamee

The Big Issue at 30: Thirty years of changes... and one thing that's stayed the same

The Big Issue vendor who became London’s happiest bus driver is now bringing drinking water to Africa
Patrick Lawson
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The Big Issue vendor who became London’s happiest bus driver is now bringing drinking water to Africa

The Big Issue is turning 30 but our work is far from done
John Bird

The Big Issue is turning 30 but our work is far from done

Finding happy homes with Hunters
Money

Finding happy homes with Hunters

Independence, knowledge and experience add up to support you can trust
Housing

Independence, knowledge and experience add up to support you can trust

Tackling the stigma of homelessness
Tackling it together Shamela, a coach at Stonewater’s SAWR,
Housing

Tackling the stigma of homelessness

How The Body Shop shapes businesses to make a better world
Ethical Shopping

How The Body Shop shapes businesses to make a better world

Filmmaker Paul Sng: 'My new book shows diversity can make Britain stronger'
Art

Filmmaker Paul Sng: 'My new book shows diversity can make Britain stronger'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'
Terry Hall of The Specials. Photo: Richard Saker/Shutterstock
Music

Terry Hall: 'The Specials have always been about protest'

Shaun Ryder: 'It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us'
Shaun Ruder holds a face mask up which says call the cops
Music

Shaun Ryder: 'It will always be one rule for them and another rule for us'

Death of the high street: Why can't Dover afford a Big Issue seller?
Darren Roberts sells the Big Issue on the high street in Canterbury
News

Death of the high street: Why can't Dover afford a Big Issue seller?

Herself director Claire Dunne: 'We need to look at the building blocks of people, not just their houses'
Film

Herself director Claire Dunne: 'We need to look at the building blocks of people, not just their houses'