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

Sealing their fate

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER

A therapy fund for struggling parents could prevent trauma being passed down the generations

BIRD’S WORDS

LETTERS

‘THIS SPORT IGNITES PEOPLE’ • The Homeless World Cup is an annual global tournament that transforms lives for the better. Now its extraordinary story is being told in Netflix’s The Beautiful Game. Its star Bill Nighy is onside

THE REAL-LIFE STORIES BEHIND THE FILM

Cynthia Erivo spells it out

ADEEL AKHTAR • After believing his life had been mapped out for him, he eventually chose to go down a road that surprised even him

DESK BY LAMPLIGHT

Books

Books about the ocean

Film

Tony Curran ‘THE KING IS A DEAD-EYED, HORNY-HANDED HORROR’ • Just one of many inventive insults flung at King James I in upcoming drama Mary & George. But he was far ahead of his time, says Tony Curran who plays him

SAM DELANEY IS AT HOME

Music

Nature

Food

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Nottingham Railway Station Monday-Saturday 1pm-6.30pm