The Big Issue is a UK-based street paper that supports the homeless, the vulnerably housed asnd those seeking to escape poverty. Vendors normally buy the magazine for £1.25 and sell to the public for £2.50. We are using Zinio digital editions to create additonal revenue opportunities to fund our street-based and pastoral care services for our vendors. We are a social enterprise company and all revenues go to support the vulnerable communities we serve. Our goal is to move our vendors away from dependency and towards full time employment
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THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany
The Big Issue
EDITORIAL • What on Earth are we doing to ourselves?
BIRD’S WORDS • My favourite hotel, a museum trip and making poverty history
LETTERS
TAYLOR SWIFT’$ ERAS TOUR IS A STATISTICIAN’S FEVER DREAM, WITH EYE-BULGING NUMBERS RAINING DOWN LIKE A TICKER TAPE PARADE.
‘Estates brought people together’
‘I’ll never forgive this government. I despise them wholeheartedly’ • When singer-songwriter Nadine Shah lost her mother at the height of Covid, she plunged into a nightmare world. But she’s turned her life around and documented her harrowing experiences on a powerful, cathartic new album
Join the fight to save grassroots gig spaces
From secret underground gigs in Iran to a concert in a London church, this metal band, formed in an asylum hotel, is giving refugees hope
Making your mind up about the politics of a song contest
BRUCE DICKINSON • Once the Iron Maiden frontman discovered the gift of music his life became a series of sky-high moments
ART • SWIMMING POOL
Books
Film
Stephen ‘ FILMMAKING HAS AN INCREDIBLE CAPACITY TO BE A TOOL IN RECOVERY’
SAM DELANEY IS ON THE ROAD
Music
Puzzles
MY PITCH • Snow Hill railway station, Birmingham Every day, 5am – 6pm
FESTIVAL GUIDE 2024 • Welcome to The Big Issue’s summer festival guide 2024! From intimate boutique bashes to culture-shaking iconic weekends, there’s going to be something to truly make your summer sing