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

Wading into history

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

Big Issue Blueprint for Change

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER

To tackle child poverty properly, we must as bold as when we created the welfare state

BIRD’S WORDS

LETTERS

‘THIS COUNTRY IS RUN BY IDIOTS AND FOOLS’ • Paul Weller and Johnny Harris shout to the top

Shooting the invisible war • The conflict in Yemen is often called ‘the forgotten war’. Egyptian photographer Asmaa Waguih asks why this might be and explains her determination to tell the stories that would otherwise be lost

TOM BURKE • He was quickly bitten by the acting bug, but godfather Alan Rickman helped him keep his feet on the ground

YOU HAVE YOUR MOTHER’S FACE

Books

What the history of Cyprus can teach us about today’s Europe

Film

India Amarteifio ‘WE WANT TO GET RID OF THE STIGMA OF BENEFITS’

LUCY SWEET IS ON THE VERGE

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH • Spar, Crosspool, Sheffield Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm