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John Bird

How efficiency can change your life 
Anita Roddick, John Bird, Shelter director Sheila McKechnie and Gordon Roddick reading copies of the first Big Issue
John Bird

How efficiency can change your life 

Oppenheimer is loud – but there are more potentially explosive biopics
Close up of Cillian Murphy in black and white
John Bird

Oppenheimer is loud – but there are more potentially explosive biopics

Should tenants get a share of the profits of their landlords' buy-to-let? Readers have their say
A model of a house and some keys, green and blue on a white background
Letters

Should tenants get a share of the profits of their landlords' buy-to-let? Readers have their say

Marxist take on Keats poetry opens up possibilities
Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse book cover
John Bird

Marxist take on Keats poetry opens up possibilities

Austerity was something we simply could not afford
2010 general election campaign. Image: Glenn Copus/Evening Standard/Shutterstock
John Bird

Austerity was something we simply could not afford

There's no use in governments being more businesslike if their values are already lacking
image of cans/ food poverty
Letters

There's no use in governments being more businesslike if their values are already lacking

The Story Hive: A treasure trove of storytelling from an old friend
Phil Ryan
John Bird

The Story Hive: A treasure trove of storytelling from an old friend

Remembering Steve Canham: a true friend to The Big Issue
Steve Canham
John Bird

Remembering Steve Canham: a true friend to The Big Issue

Big Issue sellers celebrated in the House of Lords for National Vendor Week
National vendor week

Big Issue sellers celebrated in the House of Lords for National Vendor Week

Here's what we should do with Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth
Monument by Rachel Whiteread
Letters

Here's what we should do with Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth

The government must measure the true cost of austerity
Protest against government
John Bird

The government must measure the true cost of austerity

Austerity doesn't add up and hits those in need hardest
George Osborne
John Bird

Austerity doesn't add up and hits those in need hardest

Our have-nots hope Rishi Sunak will be a shining knight
1930s London
John Bird

Our have-nots hope Rishi Sunak will be a shining knight

As an era closes, what now for the future of Britain?
The Queen shakes hands with Liz Truss
John Bird

As an era closes, what now for the future of Britain?

My Victorian grandmother, who never stopped mourning the Queen
Queen Victoria’s funeral in 1901
John Bird

My Victorian grandmother, who never stopped mourning the Queen

We can't afford for Truss to be conservative in her outlook
House of Commons
John Bird

We can't afford for Truss to be conservative in her outlook

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Big Issue founder Lord Bird pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth on news of her death
Queen Elizabeth

Big Issue founder Lord Bird pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth on news of her death

More than 30 years on, my fight to prevent mass poverty continues
Lord John Bird
John Bird

More than 30 years on, my fight to prevent mass poverty continues

What Lenin got right about capitalism
Painting of Lenin
John Bird

What Lenin got right about capitalism

In a tent in Devon, having a field day
John Bird

In a tent in Devon, having a field day

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