‘we are not helping these people. soul destroying is the best way to describe it’

I’ve been doing Big Issue for a while and when I first moved to Ilkeston I wanted to get somebody to make a lot more people aware of how hard it was to sell the magazine and what we do to get the mone

Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

RESPONSES TO H is for Hawk star Claire Foy on talking about grief [Issue 1701, 19-25 January] ↓ You don’t get over grief. It changes you, you become a new version of yourself. A stronger, more empathi

I’ve been selling Big Issue for a couple of years. It was when money was fading out and I heard Big Issue gave you a card reader. Begging was becoming impossible but because they had a card reader tha

It’s “the most important and compassionate piece of ...

The system depends on carers, yet leaves many financially vulnerable, says Paul Lewis