The moment i discovered i was born a refugee

For 25 years Farrah Storr sought answers to a heartbreaking rejection at 17. When she eventually found them, she realised she’d been looking in the wrong places all along

“Traditionally, we followed the Orthodox calendar and celebrated Christmas on 7 January – a week after New Year,” Tetiana Levchenko tells Big Issue. “But recently, Ukraine shifted to align with Europe

I don’t know my own birthday. My family and I fled Somalia when I was just a child, after my brother was killed by a stray grenade in the war. In the chaos of escape, my birth certificate and our fami

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Davide Anica recently starred in E4 reality TV juggernaut Married at First Sight UK where he revealed his past experience of homelessness. His on-screen marriage to Keye Luke didn’t work out, so let’s

A daughter comes to terms with a mother’s lack of love