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

Dangerous ground

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The King and I

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • We want positive action, not shuffling deck chairs

PROPERTY INFLATION DIVIDED BRITAIN – THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX IT

BIRD’S WORDS • King Charles’s new project gives us food for thought regarding poverty

LETTERS

FOOD BANK SHELVES ARE RUNNING EMPTY AS MILLIONS GO HUNGRY EACH DAY IN THE UK. VOLUNTEERS FEAR THE WORST THIS WINTER AND URGENTLY NEED SUPPORT

Rediscovering the joy preserved in musical memories

The ART of CHANGING LIVES

So here he is... NODDY HOLDER • His voice has been the sound of Christmas for generations. Slade’s frontman always knew he had a smash hit on his hands, but even he is surprised that 50 years on Merry Xmas Everybody is still going strong

NEWSPAPER SHELF V1

DOCTOR WHO – STILL SHAPING MINDS, 60 YEARS ON • After a 13-year absence, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies is back, along with a few familiar faces. Ahead of the three new episodes, he told The Big Issue how his entire life has been shaped by the show

Books

The great wine fraud

Film

‘THE NEWSREADER IS ALL ABOUT JOURNALISTIC ETHICS’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Music

Anthropology

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Whitby Co-op Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm