The Big Issue

The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment

Putin on a show

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • The transformative effect of music in times of crisis and uncertainty

TO MAKE THE SWITCH TO NET ZERO, WE NEED THE GREAT GRID UPGRADE

BIRD’S WORDS • Leaders with a depth of understanding are crucial to avoid further catastrophe

LETTERS

AM I IN A CARRY ON FILM, OR ON THE DECK OF THE TITANIC? • I’m Will Payne, a Big Issue vendor in Bristol. I’m travelling up to Manchester for the Conservative Party conference, and Liverpool for Labour’s, as a speaker invited by Specsavers. They have a campaign to make healthcare more accessible to homeless people. They sorted out my eyes and so, with 20/20 vision, off I went

It’s time for our Christmas Kids Cover Competition!

WE NEED TO PRIORITISE UNITY

The shape of design to come

AL MURRAY • Boarding school brought with it bloody mindedness and bad jazz. He’d have been shocked and delighted by his future career

WORDS TO DO WITH VOLCANOES

Books

Age against the machine

Film

‘THERE’S NO AMOUNT OF POWER THAT CAN BUY YOU OUT OF RACISM’ • Jacob Anderson on his transformation from Game of Thrones’ stoic soldier Grey Worm to sexy vampire Louis in the ravishing new adaptation of Interview With The Vampire

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Music

Food

Health

Puzzles

MY PITCH • M&S, Regent Street, Swindon 9.45am-1.30pm, Monday-Saturday