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This week’s bumper festive Big Issue is out today! 🗞️
🎄Our legendary Christmas special!
🎁 What’s in Keir Starmer’s stocking?
📝 The best of Letter to my Younger Self 2025
Read a sneak peek here. 👀 www.bigissue.com/behind-the...
🎄Our legendary Christmas special!
🎁 What’s in Keir Starmer’s stocking?
📝 The best of Letter to my Younger Self 2025
Read a sneak peek here. 👀 www.bigissue.com/behind-the...
Alfie-James Waring, a care-experienced consultant at Coram Voice, writes about the reality of being a care leaver aged 18 without support.
Why I dreaded turning 18 as a care leaver
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December 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Alfie-James Waring, a care-experienced consultant at Coram Voice, writes about the reality of being a care leaver aged 18 without support.
Keiran King, head of humanitarian at War Child, gives the Big Issue a rare on-the-ground insight amid war in Sudan.
Children recruited as soldiers and facing 'brutal' sexual violence in Sudan war
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December 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Keiran King, head of humanitarian at War Child, gives the Big Issue a rare on-the-ground insight amid war in Sudan.
Micky Hazard is working alongside Tottenham Hotspur and Samaritans to encourage people to seek help for their mental health.
Tottenham Hotspur legend Micky Hazard on losing his nephew to suicide
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December 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Micky Hazard is working alongside Tottenham Hotspur and Samaritans to encourage people to seek help for their mental health.
Gordon Brown is one of the driving forces behind multibanks – hubs providing what should be basic products to those struggling to afford them.
Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'
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December 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Gordon Brown is one of the driving forces behind multibanks – hubs providing what should be basic products to those struggling to afford them.
Tatton Spiller of Simple Politics looks ahead to 2026, a year that could transform Britain’s political landscape.
2025 will not go down as the Year of the Starmer. Can he keep his job through 2026?
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December 26, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Tatton Spiller of Simple Politics looks ahead to 2026, a year that could transform Britain’s political landscape.
When Zoë Lister recorded her Jet2 ad voiceover, she couldn't have dreamed it'd lead to her publicly condemning the US president.
Voice of Jet2 meme Zoë Lister: 'All the immigration rhetoric has got to a crisis point'
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December 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
When Zoë Lister recorded her Jet2 ad voiceover, she couldn't have dreamed it'd lead to her publicly condemning the US president.
Addiction starts with small urges that gradually get out of hand – from buying trousers to more damaging compulsions.
Why I'm proud of myself for not buying a pair of corduroy trousers
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December 26, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Addiction starts with small urges that gradually get out of hand – from buying trousers to more damaging compulsions.
Tinsel Town places Keifer Sutherland in a family-friendly festive comedy that pokes fun at mollycoddled actors.
Tinsel Town review: Kiefer Sutherland in a panto?
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December 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Tinsel Town places Keifer Sutherland in a family-friendly festive comedy that pokes fun at mollycoddled actors.
Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons explores how loss, faith and music impact on our lives, and is Big Issue's book of the year.
Quartet for the End of Time named Big Issue's book of the year for 2025
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December 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quartet for the End of Time by Michael Symmons explores how loss, faith and music impact on our lives, and is Big Issue's book of the year.
Labubus are everywhere, but how did the cute-but-scary toys become this year's must-have fashion accessory?
Inside the meteoric rise and rise of Labubus
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December 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Labubus are everywhere, but how did the cute-but-scary toys become this year's must-have fashion accessory?
Dr Ala Sirriyeh imagines a scenario where the border-hopping Father Christmas is turned asylum seeker in this festive tale.
This is what Santa's asylum journey would look like
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December 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Dr Ala Sirriyeh imagines a scenario where the border-hopping Father Christmas is turned asylum seeker in this festive tale.
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, creators of We're Going on A Bear Hunt, are back with a festive tale written specially for Big Issue.
Read Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury's new Christmas story, created for Big Issue
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December 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury, creators of We're Going on A Bear Hunt, are back with a festive tale written specially for Big Issue.
After sleeping rough, pianist Rhys Wynne-Jones went viral playing in a church. He tells Big Issue what homelessness really takes from people.
I was sleeping rough. Now I'm spending Christmas in my own home
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December 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
After sleeping rough, pianist Rhys Wynne-Jones went viral playing in a church. He tells Big Issue what homelessness really takes from people.
From Posh Spice to digging through skips, Big Issue's archive is full of Christmas crackers dating back over 30 years.
How Big Issue tackled Christmas over three decades of publishing
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December 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From Posh Spice to digging through skips, Big Issue's archive is full of Christmas crackers dating back over 30 years.
Trans Secret Santa UK is a community project, now in its third year. Danielle St James writes about why it is so important.
Why you should spare a thought for young trans people this Christmas
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December 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Trans Secret Santa UK is a community project, now in its third year. Danielle St James writes about why it is so important.
Alison Griffin, head of conflict and humanitarian at Save the Children UK, writes about what life is like for children in Gaza this Christmas.
This is the harsh reality of life for children in Gaza this Christmas
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December 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Alison Griffin, head of conflict and humanitarian at Save the Children UK, writes about what life is like for children in Gaza this Christmas.
Soon to be the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally writes about why we should spread kindness beyond Christmas.
New archbishop of Canterbury: 'Let's keep kindness going after Christmas'
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December 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Soon to be the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally writes about why we should spread kindness beyond Christmas.
Harry Specters is a chocolate company with a social purpose – it was founded to provide employment and work experience for autistic people.
Inside the chocolate factory helping autistic people find work
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December 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Harry Specters is a chocolate company with a social purpose – it was founded to provide employment and work experience for autistic people.
Grace fled FGM in Guinea, seeking sanctury in the UK. For our refugees at Christmas series, she shares her story.
As a refugee who fled genital mutilation, this is how I will spend Christmas Day
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December 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Grace fled FGM in Guinea, seeking sanctury in the UK. For our refugees at Christmas series, she shares her story.
Space stories, folklore and awestruck nature books mingle in Big Issue's guide to the best children's books of 2025.
These are the best children's books of 2025
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December 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Space stories, folklore and awestruck nature books mingle in Big Issue's guide to the best children's books of 2025.
Renting with pets and finding pet-friendly housing can be a minefield. But there are options – and ways to win over your landlord.
Renting with pets: Know your rights
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December 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Renting with pets and finding pet-friendly housing can be a minefield. But there are options – and ways to win over your landlord.
The government's new environmental plan is a start, but without a radical shift, UK nature and biodiversity will remain on a downward curve.
UK wildlife is in deep trouble – here's what needs to change
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December 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The government's new environmental plan is a start, but without a radical shift, UK nature and biodiversity will remain on a downward curve.
Big Issue was invited to the Bromley by Bow Centre as the government unveiled plans for projects like these to get digital inclusion funding.
Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills
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December 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Big Issue was invited to the Bromley by Bow Centre as the government unveiled plans for projects like these to get digital inclusion funding.
Thousands who grew up in the care system still can’t access their childhood records. The ICO’s new campaign aims to change that.
Councils told to give care leavers better access to childhood records
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December 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thousands who grew up in the care system still can’t access their childhood records. The ICO’s new campaign aims to change that.
Grzegorz Szal hoped compensation might help him move on with his life. Instead, he's faced years of unresolved torment.
I spent four years in one of Britain's worst jails for a murder I didn't commit
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December 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Grzegorz Szal hoped compensation might help him move on with his life. Instead, he's faced years of unresolved torment.