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

HOW THE BIG ISSUE WORKS

Friends and neighbours

THE TOP 5 STORIES ON BIGISSUE.COM  LAST WEEK

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

EDITOR’S LETTER • We’re stressed. But we still want to do what’s right

The Big Issue

‘IF HOMELESSNESS WERE AN ILLNESS WE’D BE DEMANDING A CURE’

BIRD’S WORDS • When the teenage me wanted to wake up famous, like Byron

LETTERS

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

GLOBAL ROUNDUP • Street papers and positive thinkers making a difference around the world

THIS IS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOODBANK • Foodbanks are doing far more than feeding those most in need. They’ve become society’s essential last buffer. This is the reality of Britain today

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

DIFFERENT CLASS • Part costume drama, part social commentary, Bridgerton puts representation front and centre, creating a world that’s recognisably diverse

‘WE ARE PRESENTING THE WORLD WE ARE LIVING IN TODAY’ • Golda Rosheuvel reigns over Bridgerton as Queen Charlotte. She talks about the reaction to her character and says the show has helped shape her sense of Britishness

LLOYD COLE • He spent his childhood studying to be a pop star and wanted to be bisexual. These days he just wishes he was in Scotland

STREET ART • UNTITLED

With clarity and much hilarity, Alejandro Zambra remembers it all

Books about British wildlife • Selected by Derek Gow biologist and re-wilder

Britpop, Bible camp, Ian Paisley and me

Bringing reality home to the Oscars red carpet

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES • From the writers behind – and sidekick beside – Alan Partridge, The Witchfinder is a hysterical comedy set in times of hysteria starring the incomparable actor, poet and performer Tim Key

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Songs from beneath the bonnet

RECORD OF THE WEEK • Le Manuscrit de Madame Théobon

MY PITCH • Outside Waterstones, Cardiff Every day 11am–6pm