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

Harry Potter and the order of the health and safety inspector

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

THE NECESSITY OF IMMIGRATION

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • Here be monsters. But we’re not scared of them

COP28 IS HERE – AND CLIMATE ACTION IS MORE URGENT THAN EVER. HERE’S HOW A JUST TRANSITION CAN SAVE US

BIRD’S WORDS • The government needs a wealth of new ideas, but their lack of them is costing us

LETTERS

‘MY NAME MEANS HOPE. AND THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE IN THIS SHOW’ • While the world waited for his take on The Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa was busy with Barbie and Spielberg. Now, with his unveiling upon us, he’s here to talk all things Tardis

The new Doctor Who will change the TV landscape. Again

Canine to five

Half a million tickets sold. A No 1 album. Honorary boygenius. For Hozier, 2023 was a very good year

ADAM KAY • Never fully convinced a career in medicine was his calling, he ‘rolled the dice’ and ended up following his dreams

ART • FLORA AND FAUNA An exhibition by Project Ability

Books

How to repair our broken social contract

Film

MY ART IS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE HOPE AND BEAUTY IN THE EVERYDAY • Chris Bird has experienced homelessness, addiction and mental health issues before discovering art as an outlet. We have run a few of his pieces in our pages, and now he has published his own book of artwork and poetry, Transmissions. Here, in his own words and pictures, he takes us on his journey

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Music

SO I WALKED INTO A SHOP AND OLIVIA COLMAN SOLD ME A T-SHIRT...

Protest fashion is this year’s hottest gift

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Sainsbury’s, High Street, Northallerton Tuesday-Saturday 9am-4pm