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

Bags of support for Ukraine

THE TOP 5 STORIES ON BIGISSUE.COM  LAST WEEK

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

EDITOR'S LETTER • We’re not full. Open up

THE BIG ISSUE

BIRD'S WORDS • We need power as well as compassion to help Ukraine

LETTERS

RE: CLIVE MYRIE [February 28]

The BIG ISSUE BULLETIN • What we’ve done, what we’re doing

ON THE FRONTLINE WITH THOSE HELPING UKRAINE

PLAY ON • Mark Rylance was bored during lockdown so helped students make a film. The actor of his generation has never chosen the obvious route

THE MAKING OF MARK RYLANCE

YOU DON’T OWN WHAT YOU CAN’T FIX

EXCLUSIVE POLLING BY THE BIG ISSUE AND YOUGOV FINDS MORE THAN 90% OF BRITS SAY DIGITAL ACCESS IS KEY TO FINDING A JOB

DR HILARY JONES • He wrote a letter on the off-chance, and it led to a TV career – that’s why he says always aim your rocket for the stars

CULTURE

JITTERBUG

The luxuries they never had, the easy lives they never led

Books for International Women’s Day, March 8 • Selected by Holly Kyte author of Roaring Girls, about inspiring British women

Secret scars of the Second World War challenge the grand old narrative

Endearing tale of budding love and northern soul

‘WE CAN BE HARSH WITH PEOPLE WHO MAKE MISTAKES’ • As wannabe singer Sasha in acclaimed new BBC show Mood, Nicôle Lecky navigates the tricky path between dreams and reality

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Why Swedish pop is the winner that takes it all

MY PITCH • Waitrose, Morningside, Edinburgh Tuesday-Saturday 10.30am-5pm

Welcome • From Nigel Kershaw

IT’S B CORP MONTH — SO WHAT IS A B CORP AND WHY SHOULD WE PAY ATTENTION?

WHERE DID B CORPS COME FROM?

YOUR ESSENTIAL B CORP DIRECTORY

THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS IS PROFIT WITH A PURPOSE