The Big Issue Magazine
15 December, 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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Zoë lister
My cultural highlight of the year
‘all we wanted was to start a conversation’
An evocative, monumental book of memory, obsession and emotion
City in the snow
Tim key
Gordon brown, arabella weir and the banks of hope
Matt chorley’s political gift guide
Rosie jones
‘we hope that peace will prevail’
We came to you
10foot and rethinking everything