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I’ve been selling Big Issue for 11 years. I have been providing food for my family and paying for rent thanks to the money I make. I lived in Romania before coming to England. It was hard living there

Big Issue changed my life. I was sat begging after I’d just become homeless. One of the Big Issue workers came past me on their bike and stopped and talked to me. I went into the office the next morni

Mark Hedges heads to E. B. Meyrowitz to find the ultimate bespoke glasses Photographs by Clara Molden

Fighting talk I saw the article about Greta Thunberg and others [on bigissue.com] who are willing to speak publicly about their beliefs and causes. I have been a campaigner within disability for over

Now I am very famous here in Alnwick because everyone knows me — I’ve sold magazines for 17 years in this pitch. It’s a little easier for me now. I’m from Romania originally, but I emigrated when I wa

It’s Friday morning in early autumn, the sun is shining and we’re on the road. Amber Jether, who works for Big Issue’s South West frontline team, has a vanload of magazines and a lot of miles to go be