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Letters: It's easy to blame social media for our ills. It's up to us to use it as a force for good
an illustration representing social media
Letters

Letters: It's easy to blame social media for our ills. It's up to us to use it as a force for good

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives
Steven MacKenzie

How one remarkable day in Westminster showed the power of the Big Issue to change lives

Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Vendors and their dogs head to parliament

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters
Photography

‘The people made me a star’: On her 100th birthday, why Marilyn Monroe still matters

Keir Starmer exclusive: 'There's always that challenge of getting good news out there'
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Politics

Keir Starmer exclusive: 'There's always that challenge of getting good news out there'

Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’
TV

Tip Toe creator Russell T Davies: ‘The search for equality has no endgame’

Michael Spicer: 'I'd make billionaires pay so we don’t have to cut welfare and disability benefits'
PM for the PM

Michael Spicer: 'I'd make billionaires pay so we don’t have to cut welfare and disability benefits'

The rise in antisemitic attacks is racism. It isn't complicated
A placard reading 'Our love is stronger than hate'
Sam Delaney

The rise in antisemitic attacks is racism. It isn't complicated

Roger McGough: 'Poetry is within all of us'
Poet Roger McGough
Poetry

Roger McGough: 'Poetry is within all of us'

A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK's coasts
Caernarfon Castle
Poetry

A Poet In Every Port: The project bringing poetry to the UK's coasts

Dr Ranj Singh: 'I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort'
Letter To My Younger Self

Dr Ranj Singh: 'I would tell my younger self, you don’t have to fit into a box of any sort'

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world
A protest against the £3 billion Thames Water bailout at the Royal Courts of Justice in February 2025
Opinion

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities
St Ives harbour and beach, Cornwall.
Coastal poverty

Beyond British seaside holidays: How homelessness and poverty go unseen in coastal communities

Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel
Letters

Letters: Cutting Access to Work is impractical and cruel

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?
The Airbnb logo struck through
Short-term lets

Airbnb kills communities. Is it time for a ban?

The British seaside spirit lives on – but it is where political tides can turn
The Grand Hotel in Scarborough
Steven MacKenzie

The British seaside spirit lives on – but it is where political tides can turn

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon
Music

Miles Davis at 100: the restless creativity of a jazz icon

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big issue: Pier pressure

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine
Arts

Want to get healthy this summer? Add the arts to your core routine

Dear England star Joseph Fiennes: 'Gareth Southgate is a quiet revolutionary'
TV

Dear England star Joseph Fiennes: 'Gareth Southgate is a quiet revolutionary'