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.

Pasts buried

THE DISPATCH

The Big Issue

When your bed for the night is a plastic chair

Retrofit or regret: the fastest way to reach net zero is to fix what we already have

Worries over credit scores are harming people’s finances

A House of Campaigns would give us the voice in parliament we deserve

YOUR LETTERS

EDITOR’S LETTER

Essential workers deserve our support – and a decent wage

Baroness Hale • As the UK’s top judge, Brenda Hale made headlines for ruling Boris Johnson’s prorogation of parliament unlawful, while wearing a certain spider brooch

‘AGAINST OUR WILL, WE WERE SUCKED INTO THIS CARNIVAL’

The Philosopher

Busy modern times

TOP 5 • Books about the London Underground

The hunger games

‘I don’t think you can be an actor and not be political’ • Jessica Reynolds on A Woman of Substance, Kneecap, Angelina Jolie and combining acting and activism

Split personalities

‘If you can’t explain how we got here, it’s difficult to see how we can get out of it’

SAM DELANEY IS AT HOME

Living in synth

Puzzles

MY PITCH PAULA LANGA, 22 • ALDI, NEWPORT ROAD, CARDIFF MONDAY-SATURDAY 9.30AM-4.30PM