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The UK's number one street paper and social enterprise, giving people who are experiencing homelessness or who are vulnerably housed a hand up, not a hand out.

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bigissue.com > news > social-justice > southbank-centre-letters-to-the-future

I've seen the future. A basic income leads people out of 'labourism"

6+ hour, 31+ min ago   (1093+ words) Some of Britain’s brightest stars will take part in an evening of spoken word, movement and song at the Soutbank Centre's Letters to the Future show Actor and activist Fehinti Balogun has penned a Letter to the Future as part…...

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bigissue.com > news > housing > john-bird-message-andy-burnham

John Bird's message to Andy Burnham: You must fix rough sleeping

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (500+ words) In my pork pie hat and shades I drew comments about my appearance – something Andy Burnham is also familiar with Looking like "the lead singer in a ska revival band", John Bird delivers his thoughts on Andy Burnham's pledge in…...

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bigissue.com > behind-the-scenes > inside-the-big-issue-the-art-of-protest

Inside the Big Issue: The art of protest

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (350+ words) Creative studio Grow Up is helping us celebrate our 35th birthday with a major new exhibition exploring the big issues facing modern society. The project will see artworks postered around London, before being showcased in an exhibition at Laundry Studios in…...

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bigissue.com > culture > the-odyssey-star-himesh-patel-child-poverty

The Odyssey star Himesh Patel: ‘Child poverty is inexcusable"

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (954+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. A new film, made by Save The Children and voiced by Patel, highlights how inequality plays out over the summer holidays Actor…...

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bigissue.com > culture > music > paul-heaton-my-mum-liked-me-sticking-fingers-up-at-the-world

Paul Heaton: ‘My mum liked me sticking fingers up at the world"

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (486+ words) With new album Jenius on the way, the British music icon talks charts, flags and politics with Big Issue Paul Heaton. Image: Gus Gregory Paul Heaton has sold more than 15 million records, had top five albums in five different decades,…...

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bigissue.com > culture > shane-torres-comedian-homeless

Comedian Shane Torres: I helped my father into a homeless shelter at 14

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (611+ words) Find out more about how your personal data is processed and set your preferences in the details section. Comedian Shane Torres has a new show in Edinburgh – here he writes about having to help his father into a homeless shelter…...

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bigissue.com > culture > munya-chawawa-and-jack-rooke-arts-careers

'How can we make sure new artists aren’t all Oxbridge people?"

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1163+ words) When Big Issue guest editor Amelia Dimoldenberg wanted to consider how to improve access to careers in the arts, she knew who to call Munya Chawawa’s sharp satire skewers the chaos of modern politics and culture in real time; the…...