The Big Issue Magazine
18 August, 2025
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.
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My pitch
‘we want his short time on this earth to have a positive effect’
Welcome to the tiktokification of politics
Pretty fly
Belinda carlisle
Art
The first frontier
Schools are turning into food banks to stave off holiday hunger
Inside the mission to feed uk’s children over the holidays
So i’m doing my big scene. i look up and there’s james bond, the queen, gandhi, whitney houston and miss babs from acorn antiques
Glasgow city council knew this building was dangerous for years. its collapse left people homeless
Taxing bank profits and gambling firms could raise billions. here’s how it could help fix britain