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.

Students lead Serb dissent

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

PEOPLE ARE OFFERING UP THEIR SPARE ROOMS TO KEEP REFUGEES FROM THE STREETS

EVICTED INTO HOMELESSNESS

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • In Rod we trust

YOUR LETTERS

BIRD’S WORDS • Social opportunity should take the place of social security

JEFF GOLDBLUM • From The Fly to Wicked via Jurassic Park and many more iconic film performances, the eminently charming and delightfully off-kilter Jeff Goldblum is a legend of the big screen. He’s also a talented and celebrated jazz pianist with a huge passion for music and the way it connects people. Time for his jazz and bushy-tailed enthusiasm

A show that fosters big ambitions

How media can help fix the foster care crisis • Sarah Thomas, CEO of The Fostering Network, says the foster care system is struggling – and a mainstream drama like Beyond Paradise is a great way to get the message across

The System’s Child

‘I FOUND A WAY OUT OF THE DARKNESS THROUGH ART’ • Filmmaker Lorna Tucker is known for her acclaimed feature documentaries Westwood, Amá and Call Me Kate. Last year, she released a hugely personal film, Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son, a documentary that humanises homelessness, telling the stories of people with first-hand experience, including Big Issue vendors and Tucker herself. Having run away from home as a teenager, Tucker suffered greatly while living on the streets – experiences she didn’t discuss until the film came out. One year later, she writes about how perspectives on homelessness have shifted

YOUR MONEY • As the full impact of the spring statement, and the DWP plans for benefits, remain unclear, household uncertainty about money grows. It has been a tough time with Covid and the cost of living crisis. So clarity is more needed than ever. Even those working full-time find making ends meet a struggle. Nearly a million people – including 200,000 children – in the UK are just £10 a month away from poverty. Trussell, which runs the largest network of food banks in the UK, found more than two in five (43%) claimants had skipped meals to keep up with other essential costs in the last three months. Here, we look at what you are entitled to, how to make sure you are not caught out, some advice for money management and a look at how things are never as bleak as they seem.

EMBODIMENT THEME

Yoko, retold

For years and years, I roamed

Electric SIX

‘WE DO PLAY THE GAME. WE PLAY THE GAME HARD’

SAM DELANEY IS AT HOME

‘We are the perfect people for this time’

Babatunde Aléshé • The comedian swung into the I’m A Celebrity… jungle in 2022 and has been climbing ever since via appearances on Taskmaster, Celebrity Gogglebox (with Mo Gilligan) and more

Puzzles

MY PITCH • TK Maxx, Sunderland Monday-Friday 9am-1pm