Steven MacKenzie, Author at Big Issue

Steven MacKenzie

Steven has worked for The Big Issue for close to a decade, becoming Features Editor in 2016 and Deputy Editor in 2020. His articles focus on social issues and culture interviews. For the magazine he has spoken to a wide variety of celebrated figures ranging from Oscar-winning actors and directors, Olympic gold medallists, government ministers, multiple Nobel laureates (including the Dalai Lama) and several famous Davids, including Attenborough, Lynch and Hasselhoff. Steven has also reported on international news stories across five continents; from deep inside the Arctic Circle to the Korean demilitarised zone.

Interview

Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: 'It's a great act of love to look at a book with your child'

Whistle star Dafne Keen: 'I love death scenes. I love killing on camera, that's all very fun to me'

Theatre

Meet the Paddington actors bringing Britain's favourite bear to life on stage: 'We're making history'

Food banks

How the UK's only cash-first food bank is shattering myths around aid: 'Cash is the issue'

Food

How marmalade spread across the world

Sport

Champion figure skater Anastasia Vaipan-Law: 'You have to allow yourself to fall'

My Big Year

Menswear expert Jim Chapman: 'AI lacks the sense of impending doom that keeps me motivated'

Radio

Sara Cox: 'There's so much good in the world'

Christmas in Gaza

This is what Christmas is like in Gaza: 'We hope that peace will prevail so that we can celebrate'

EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison: 'People think you've got loads of money when you're on TV'

Food

Inside the Millennium Seed Bank, our biological safety net in a changing world

Conservation