The Big Issue

The Big Issue is one of Britain’s leading news and cultural magazines. Every week’s edition is packed full of original takes on the biggest issues of the day as well as interviews with the most significant figures in politics and entertainment. The Big Issue was founded 1991 to give people experiencing homelessness the opportunity to earn their own income. We continue to support hundreds of vendors across the UK and all proceeds from sales go to help anyone wanting to lift themselves out of poverty.

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THE DISPATCH

YOUR LETTERS

Birthday celebrations

The Big Issue

A reunion reaffirms why Big Issue exists

Cush Jumbo • As a young kid in a big family, she struggled for attention. Then she found acting and Shakespeare, and her mind was blown

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH • A tribute to my hero, mentor, friend and peer

Five ways David Attenborough changed the world

RENE ROBBINS • ‘Drawing occupies your brain’: A 100-year-old artist still going strong

THE 1926 GENERAL STRIKE • One hundred years on, a general strike would look very different today

MILES DAVIS • The jazz legend died 35 years ago, but his work still inspires wonder

MARILYN MONROE • ‘The people made me a star’ Why Marilyn Monroe is relevant today

MEL BROOKS • ‘A rebel, a fighter, a clown and an imp’

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Everything seems to be right

Books for teens

The devil in the detail

Immortal beloved: Highlander at 40

‘We’re human. We tell stories to remind each other of our potential’

SAM DELANEY IS AT HOME

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Nihilistic politics inspired me to get people heard

BIG Kids • ISSUES / IDEAS / IMAGINATION

Puzzles

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