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

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THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

Things may be bleak, but we can find comfort in the toads

The Big Issue

OUR EXISTENCE IS PRECARIOUS, BUT WE’LL SURVIVE IF WE LEARN TO ADAPT

THIS WEEK JOHN WILL BE

LETTERS • RE: FACEBOOK DEBATE OVER ENERGY PRICE RISES AND THE COST OF LIVING CRISIS

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

‘THE TRUTH IS, I DON’T KNOW ANYTHING’ • Russell Brand’s YouTube channel has 5.3 million (and growing) subscribers logging on for his daily videos on the state of the world. It’s a staggeringly successful reinvention that’s earning him as many admirers as critics. So why is he so divisive and what exactly is he saying?

BRAND DEVELOPMENT

DERRY GOOD FRIENDS • The girls are back for one final series. The show’s creator Lisa McGee reflects on making such a joyous, life-affirming show amid the gloomy backdrop of The Troubles in ’90s Northern Ireland –and how ultimately hope wins out over fear

THE LAST HURRAH • Saoirse-Monica Jackson (Erin), Jamie-Lee O’Donnell (Michelle), Nicola Coughlan (Clare), Louisa Harland (Orla) and Dylan Llewellyn (James) on filming the final series

WILL YOUNG • The singer felt fame was inevitable, and then discovered that life doesn’t mean anything. But he’s OK with that

ART4UKRAINE

A love lost, then inexplicably found

Grandfathers in literature

‘Music has often been regarded as men’s work’

The indefinable allure of Tom Burke

‘TOP BOY IS SO POPULAR BECAUSE IT’S REAL’

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

After The Beatles comes The Mess

What’s the difference between a banana and a packet of Wotsits?

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