The Big Issue

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

Look for the light

THE DISPATCH • News, views & miscellany

The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER • Awaab Ishak’s death was shocking. We must not let it be in vain

BIRD’S WORDS • The government must measure the true cost of austerity

‘UKRAINE IS A VERY DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY WITH A GOOD PINCH OF ANARCHY’ • Andrey Kurkov is one of Ukraine’s most celebrated authors. He found global fame with the publication of his bestselling 2001 novel, Death and the Penguin. As his journal covering the Russian invasion is published, he tells The Big Issue about the enduring optimism in Ukraine and how he sees the endgame playing out

LETTERS

The BIG ISSUE BULLETIN • What we’ve done, what we’re doing

GLOBAL ROUNDUP

HOW TO HAVE A REVOLTING CHRISTMAS • Twelve years after Tim Minchin adapted Roald Dahl’s Matilda for the stage, it’s been made into a film. And its message of hopeful anarchy is the lesson we need right now

LET THERE BE LIGHTS! • HOW TOWNS ACROSS BRITAIN HAVE KEPT THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS ON THE HIGH STREET

‘PEOPLE NEED IT MORE THAN EVER’ • ‘Mr Christmas’ Mark Abbott spent time in a homeless hostel more than 15 years ago. Now he gives back by turning his home into a winter wonderland for charity

THE NEW SAFETY NET • Eighty years on from The Beveridge Report, the vulnerable are protected by individual organisations, not the state. We highlight those plugging the cradle-to-grave gap

HOW WE LOST SIGHT OF THE BEVERIDGE PRINCIPLES

DOREEN LAWRENCE • She suffered a tragedy when her son Stephen was murdered, yet her activism has changed countless lives for the better

STREET ART • THE ROAD TO BALLYNESS BAY, CO DONEGAL, IRELAND

Books

Finding The Cure for my teenage prophesy

Film

BEAUTY AND THE BEAT • Luke Evans on duetting with Nicole Kidman and creating a perfect Christmas song

ROBIN INCE IS ON THE ROAD

Music

Puzzles

MY PITCH • M&S, Lemon Quay, Truro Monday-Saturday 8.30am-3pm