war

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza's frontline: 'Even the silence is frightening'
Drawings by child in Gaza who attended Save the Children's child friendly space for mental health and psychosocial support and educational activities.
Gaza

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza's frontline: 'Even the silence is frightening'

Save the Children staff working on the frontline in Gaza shared voice notes with personal reflections about their hopes for the future of Palestine
Inside the Big Issue: How we remember
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: How we remember

Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK
dania and hayat
Gaza

Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK

How war-wounded patients are finding hope in a hospital in Jordan: 'People can rebuild their lives'
War

How war-wounded patients are finding hope in a hospital in Jordan: 'People can rebuild their lives'

The Finns are getting ready to see off Putin – here's why it's so important
Finland

The Finns are getting ready to see off Putin – here's why it's so important

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Gaza's children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future
Children in a camp for displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip.
Helen Pattinson

Gaza's children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future

Laughter, songs and joy: This is how it felt the moment news of a ceasefire reached Gaza
A little girl amid the rubble in Gaza.
Mohammed Aklouk 

Laughter, songs and joy: This is how it felt the moment news of a ceasefire reached Gaza

Russia is 'a threat to the whole world', warns Ukrainian war hero: 'Do not let the world forget'
graves of soldiers
Ukraine war

Russia is 'a threat to the whole world', warns Ukrainian war hero: 'Do not let the world forget'

I've been forced to flee Gaza City with my family. It feels like my soul is being torn from my body
Rubble and destruction in Gaza
Mohammed Aklouk

I've been forced to flee Gaza City with my family. It feels like my soul is being torn from my body

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: 'We try to make the students smile'
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: 'We try to make the students smile'

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'
Marie Maubouche
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge
Theatre

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge

The end of Gaza's Khan Younis may spell the imminent end of a people
Khalid Javid

The end of Gaza's Khan Younis may spell the imminent end of a people

The music that kept London going through the blackouts and bombings of the Second World War
Music

The music that kept London going through the blackouts and bombings of the Second World War

Inside the Big Issue: VE Day is 80 – but the war on poverty remains
Big Issue 1665 cover
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: VE Day is 80 – but the war on poverty remains

Israel's aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now
destruction in gaza
Riham Jafari

Israel's aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now

Meet the heroic mum who faced gunfire and risked her life to save hundreds of children from war
Sally Becker on her first mission 'Operation Angel' in Bosnia in 1993
Humanitarianism

Meet the heroic mum who faced gunfire and risked her life to save hundreds of children from war

Operation Mincemeat stars on British humour, Broadway and why fascism 'hits differently' in America
Theatre

Operation Mincemeat stars on British humour, Broadway and why fascism 'hits differently' in America

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox
Books

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox

There's no defence for raiding the social security pot
John Bird

There's no defence for raiding the social security pot

I've been on the front lines of war for 11 years. But this video from Ukraine left me lost for words
10Foot Takeover

I've been on the front lines of war for 11 years. But this video from Ukraine left me lost for words

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Donkeys are now the main form of transport in Gaza. Meet the vet keeping them alive
Gaza

Donkeys are now the main form of transport in Gaza. Meet the vet keeping them alive

How four women raged a secret propaganda war against the Nazis during World War II
World War II

How four women raged a secret propaganda war against the Nazis during World War II

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: 'Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity'
Nuclear disarmament

Japanese atomic bomb survivor Jiro Hamasumi: 'Nuclear weapons must not coexist with humanity'

UK will be at war by next election, says ex-Army Lib Dem MP – and will need conscription
Lib Dem MP for Tunbridge Wells, Mike Martin
Defence

UK will be at war by next election, says ex-Army Lib Dem MP – and will need conscription