My pitch

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

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

I’m doing alright at the moment. I’ve been on my pitch here for seven years. Waitrose forever ha ha! I have been selling the magazine for more than 11 years: I started in Edinburgh city centre, did fo

Your kids your laughs your friends your world

From a milliner inspired by topiary to a model-turned-ecological gardener and a couple who swapped jobs in telecommunications for growing vegetables, Sir David Beckham’s rural heroes tell Julie Harding why craft and the countryside are key

SARAH DITUM