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Paul McNamee: Time to ditch discredited Universal Credit plan
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Time to ditch discredited Universal Credit plan

Paul McNamee: Why The Big Issue works. And why it matters
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Why The Big Issue works. And why it matters

John Bird: Shambala Festival – young, committed and ready for a Big Plan
John Bird

John Bird: Shambala Festival – young, committed and ready for a Big Plan

How to find a new perspective on maps | Alastair Bonnett
Life

How to find a new perspective on maps | Alastair Bonnett

John Bird: After the laughs in Edinburgh have died, homelessness will remain
John Bird

John Bird: After the laughs in Edinburgh have died, homelessness will remain

John Bird: Piet Mondrian – one man can't change everything all by himself
John Bird

John Bird: Piet Mondrian – one man can't change everything all by himself

Sam Delaney: Where were the rich Notting Hill set in the wake of Grenfell?
Radio

Sam Delaney: Where were the rich Notting Hill set in the wake of Grenfell?

How to see the world beneath you | Yuval Zommer
Life

How to see the world beneath you | Yuval Zommer

Samira Ahmed: We turned a blind eye and society’s values slipped
Samira Ahmed

Samira Ahmed: We turned a blind eye and society’s values slipped

John Bird: The truths we decide we want to hear
John Bird

John Bird: The truths we decide we want to hear

John Bird on poverty: Teach a man to fish...
John Bird

John Bird on poverty: Teach a man to fish...

John Bird: Famous, Rich and Homeless put the spotlight on a growing crisis
John Bird

John Bird: Famous, Rich and Homeless put the spotlight on a growing crisis

John Bird: Junior doctors’ dispute must be resolved for patient safety
John Bird

John Bird: Junior doctors’ dispute must be resolved for patient safety

John Bird: Offering a hand up may be the best thing you do today
John Bird

John Bird: Offering a hand up may be the best thing you do today

John Bird: Tax credits as welfare? Not for my money
John Bird

John Bird: Tax credits as welfare? Not for my money

John Bird: Grayson Perry the great impersonator rescues art from obscurity
John Bird

John Bird: Grayson Perry the great impersonator rescues art from obscurity

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
John Bird: Called to account – helping the indebted to help themselves
John Bird

John Bird: Called to account – helping the indebted to help themselves

John Bird: What’s so smart about smartphones?
John Bird

John Bird: What’s so smart about smartphones?

John Bird: Paddington means much more to me than a duffle coat and marmalade
John Bird

John Bird: Paddington means much more to me than a duffle coat and marmalade

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