Interview

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'
Posy Sterling
Film

BAFTA nominee Posy Sterling: 'There was a fire in me when I learned what women go through'

Posy Sterling has been nominated for the EE Bafta Rising Star Award for her performance in Lollipop. She chats to the Big Issue about the hopes she has that the film will ignite genuine change for women
Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: 'It's a great act of love to look at a book with your child'
Interview

Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: 'It's a great act of love to look at a book with your child'

Oh, Mary! star Dino Fetscher on queer joy, disability and a 'world on fire'
Big Questions

Oh, Mary! star Dino Fetscher on queer joy, disability and a 'world on fire'

Inside the Big Issue: Trainspotting turns 30
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Trainspotting turns 30

Whistle star Dafne Keen: 'I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that's all very fun to me'
TV

Whistle star Dafne Keen: 'I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that's all very fun to me'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: 'I've spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted'
Letter To My Younger Self

Nouvelle Vague director Richard Linklater: 'I've spent my adult life doing exactly what I wanted'

Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting'
Books

Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is becoming niche – like stamp collecting'

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: 'Lord of the Flies looks populism in the eye'
TV

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne: 'Lord of the Flies looks populism in the eye'

The Pitt star Zack Morris: 'This show is not polite. It's fast-paced. It's in your face'
TV

The Pitt star Zack Morris: 'This show is not polite. It's fast-paced. It's in your face'

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: 'I ain't going to surrender to Elon Musk'
Lib Dems leader Ed Davey
Politics

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: 'I ain't going to surrender to Elon Musk'

Drag Race winner Tia Kofi: 'I'm a member of the Green Party. I have cats. I'm invested in nature'
Drag star Tia Kofi in green gloves
LGBTQ+

Drag Race winner Tia Kofi: 'I'm a member of the Green Party. I have cats. I'm invested in nature'

Inside the Big Issue: Revolutionising the televised
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Revolutionising the televised

Death in Paradise star Don Gilet: 'When EastEnders came along, I was broke'
Letter To My Younger Self

Death in Paradise star Don Gilet: 'When EastEnders came along, I was broke'

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: 'We need to up our game'
Neil Duncan-Jordan, MP for Poole, speaking in parliament.
Universal credit

Labour MP calls on government to boost universal credit: 'We need to up our game'

Bridgerton star Yerin Ha: 'Fame scares me. I don’t want to get swept up by it'
Yerin Ha
TV

Bridgerton star Yerin Ha: 'Fame scares me. I don’t want to get swept up by it'

Inside the Big Issue: Water we going to do?
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Water we going to do?

H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: 'I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself'
Letter To My Younger Self

H is for Hawk author Helen Macdonald: 'I felt like a ghost watching the film of myself'

Saipan star Steve Coogan: 'The bust-up between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy became a lightning rod' 
Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan, stars of Saipan
Film

Saipan star Steve Coogan: 'The bust-up between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy became a lightning rod' 

H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’
Exclusive interview

H is for Hawk star Claire Foy: ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk about grief more’

Johannes Radebe: 'As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That's my sparkly, magical world'
Johannes Radebe at Mamburu community, Limpopo province, South Africa. Image: WaterAid/ Lee-Ann Olwage
Interview

Johannes Radebe: 'As long as my body will allow, I will do Strictly. That's my sparkly, magical world'

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: A wing and a prayer

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma
Intersex

I was born intersex but it was kept secret from me my whole life. I still live with the trauma

Sleaford Mods singer Jason Williamson: 'I would definitely tell myself not to take Class A drugs'
Letter to my Younger Self

Sleaford Mods singer Jason Williamson: 'I would definitely tell myself not to take Class A drugs'

Waiting for the Out writer Dennis Kelly: 'In prison, all you can hear is chaos'
TV

Waiting for the Out writer Dennis Kelly: 'In prison, all you can hear is chaos'

Meet the Paddington actors bringing Britain's favourite bear to life on stage: 'We're making history'
Theatre

Meet the Paddington actors bringing Britain's favourite bear to life on stage: 'We're making history'

Win 2 exclusive screen prints from the iconic film Trainspotting!

Celebrating the film’s 30th anniversary in Big Issue – enter your details for the chance to win.