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

A bridge too far?

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The Big Issue

EDITORIAL • What on Earth are we doing to ourselves?

BIRD’S WORDS • My favourite hotel, a museum trip and making poverty history

LETTERS

TAYLOR SWIFT’$ ERAS TOUR IS A STATISTICIAN’S FEVER DREAM, WITH EYE-BULGING NUMBERS RAINING DOWN LIKE A TICKER TAPE PARADE.

‘Estates brought people together’

‘I’ll never forgive this government. I despise them wholeheartedly’ • When singer-songwriter Nadine Shah lost her mother at the height of Covid, she plunged into a nightmare world. But she’s turned her life around and documented her harrowing experiences on a powerful, cathartic new album

Join the fight to save grassroots gig spaces

From secret underground gigs in Iran to a concert in a London church, this metal band, formed in an asylum hotel, is giving refugees hope

Making your mind up about the politics of a song contest

BRUCE DICKINSON • Once the Iron Maiden frontman discovered the gift of music his life became a series of sky-high moments

ART • SWIMMING POOL

Books

Film

Stephen ‘ FILMMAKING HAS AN INCREDIBLE CAPACITY TO BE A TOOL IN RECOVERY’

SAM DELANEY IS ON THE ROAD

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Snow Hill railway station, Birmingham Every day, 5am – 6pm

FESTIVAL GUIDE 2024 • Welcome to The Big Issue’s summer festival guide 2024! From intimate boutique bashes to culture-shaking iconic weekends, there’s going to be something to truly make your summer sing