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Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

RESPONSES TO Sewage in London’s River Roding [Issue 1702, 26 January–01 February 2026] ↓ Local hero that is Paul Powlesland! Such an inspirational man and great advocate for the River Roding! Sarah_re

RESPONSES TO H is for Hawk star Claire Foy on talking about grief [Issue 1701, 19-25 January] ↓ You don’t get over grief. It changes you, you become a new version of yourself. A stronger, more empathi

Marc Burrows believed the public’s mass act of protest which propelled Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name to Christmas Number One in 2009 would be the last time that would ever happen [Iss

In my current project, I don’t quite know what I’m doing, though I’m hoping to strike lucky. As with metal detectorists and those who browse the shelves of charity shops for Ming vases, my hope is alw

I’ve been selling Big Issue for a couple of years. It was when money was fading out and I heard Big Issue gave you a card reader. Begging was becoming impossible but because they had a card reader tha