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The Big Issue

Apr 18 2022
Magazine

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

Tech bro quo

More than one in 10 renters live in a home that poses a serious threat to their health and it’s costing the NHS £340 million a year

THE TOP 5 STORIES ON BIGISSUE.COM  LAST WEEK

Council brings 4,000 social homes back under control after outsourcing failure. It says others should follow suit

Even the experts say it is ‘difficult to comprehend the logic’ of the biggest benefits real-terms cut in 50 years

Five things you need to know about the government’s new energy strategy to end reliance on Russian oil and gas

New York mayor’s strong-arm tactics raises questions over how to tackle street homelessness

GRENFELL INQUIRY

Diary of a foodbank manager, and the growing sense of crisis

Want an Airbnb for the World Cup? That’ll be £239,923 please

INTERVIEW WITH A ROBOT

Now isn’t the time for exceptionalism in government

Our voices are needed if we’re to call the tune

THE BIG ISSUE

BIRD’S WORDS • The gloom of war and poverty will find its way into the art of the future

LETTERS

RE: A BRIDGERTON TOO FAR [April 4]

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

WHAT ON EARTH CAN WE DO NOW? • Earth Day is the annual point to measure how much closer we are to irreversible climate catastrophe. The outlook isn’t good. But understanding a theory published half a century ago explains how the human race has for survived for so long and what we need to do to ease the situation

THE INVISIBLE EXTINCTION • Our understanding of the natural world has always been reliant on the ecologists and hobbyists who record it. Their work alerts the experts to species at risk of extinction. But the number of nature surveyors is now also in decline, so what hope do we have of saving our most at-risk species if there is no one to tell us they are there?

FOUR EASY WAYS YOU CAN BOOST BIODIVERSITY

WHY I LEFT MY JOB AND OPENED A FOREST SCHOOL

FROM TINY ACORNS…

‘SAYING SOMETHING OUT LOUD HAS A POWER’ • The writer Robert Macfarlane believes language is key to understanding our environment. He tells Kat Lister that if we want to reconnect to nature, all we need to do is tune in

HOW GUERRILLA GARDENERS ARE CLAIMING BACK PUBLIC SPACE

SING THE RESOLUTION SONG ON EARTH DAY

JIMMY WEBB • The songwriting legend escaped the church, then flirted with the abyss until his kids made him clean up his nightstand

STREET ART • WINTER

Exile, identity and the universal language of loss

Books about Belfast

They thought they’d be going home. Instead they were shot

Anya Taylor-Joy’s masterclass in complex femininity

THE SPELL OF REPETITION • Sian Clifford and Thomasin McKenzie are about to star in a new drama based on Kate Atkinson’s book. Here, they talk about their mutual appreciation and the thrill of a good script

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

How Manchester music culture drives the nation

MY PITCH


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 56 Publisher: The Big Issue Group Edition: Apr 18 2022

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: April 18, 2022

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

subjects

News & Politics

Languages

English

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

Tech bro quo

More than one in 10 renters live in a home that poses a serious threat to their health and it’s costing the NHS £340 million a year

THE TOP 5 STORIES ON BIGISSUE.COM  LAST WEEK

Council brings 4,000 social homes back under control after outsourcing failure. It says others should follow suit

Even the experts say it is ‘difficult to comprehend the logic’ of the biggest benefits real-terms cut in 50 years

Five things you need to know about the government’s new energy strategy to end reliance on Russian oil and gas

New York mayor’s strong-arm tactics raises questions over how to tackle street homelessness

GRENFELL INQUIRY

Diary of a foodbank manager, and the growing sense of crisis

Want an Airbnb for the World Cup? That’ll be £239,923 please

INTERVIEW WITH A ROBOT

Now isn’t the time for exceptionalism in government

Our voices are needed if we’re to call the tune

THE BIG ISSUE

BIRD’S WORDS • The gloom of war and poverty will find its way into the art of the future

LETTERS

RE: A BRIDGERTON TOO FAR [April 4]

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

WHAT ON EARTH CAN WE DO NOW? • Earth Day is the annual point to measure how much closer we are to irreversible climate catastrophe. The outlook isn’t good. But understanding a theory published half a century ago explains how the human race has for survived for so long and what we need to do to ease the situation

THE INVISIBLE EXTINCTION • Our understanding of the natural world has always been reliant on the ecologists and hobbyists who record it. Their work alerts the experts to species at risk of extinction. But the number of nature surveyors is now also in decline, so what hope do we have of saving our most at-risk species if there is no one to tell us they are there?

FOUR EASY WAYS YOU CAN BOOST BIODIVERSITY

WHY I LEFT MY JOB AND OPENED A FOREST SCHOOL

FROM TINY ACORNS…

‘SAYING SOMETHING OUT LOUD HAS A POWER’ • The writer Robert Macfarlane believes language is key to understanding our environment. He tells Kat Lister that if we want to reconnect to nature, all we need to do is tune in

HOW GUERRILLA GARDENERS ARE CLAIMING BACK PUBLIC SPACE

SING THE RESOLUTION SONG ON EARTH DAY

JIMMY WEBB • The songwriting legend escaped the church, then flirted with the abyss until his kids made him clean up his nightstand

STREET ART • WINTER

Exile, identity and the universal language of loss

Books about Belfast

They thought they’d be going home. Instead they were shot

Anya Taylor-Joy’s masterclass in complex femininity

THE SPELL OF REPETITION • Sian Clifford and Thomasin McKenzie are about to star in a new drama based on Kate Atkinson’s book. Here, they talk about their mutual appreciation and the thrill of a good script

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

How Manchester music culture drives the nation

MY PITCH


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