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.
Meet Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Son of a Critch star and the real boy behind Disney’s new Pinocchio
Benjamin Evan Ainsworth Photo: supplied
TV

Meet Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Son of a Critch star and the real boy behind Disney’s new Pinocchio

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star Sophia Nomvete: ‘Everyone could benefit from thinking like a dwarf’
Sophia Nomvete plays Princess Disa in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Photo: Ben Rothstein/Prime Video
Lord of the Rings

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power star Sophia Nomvete: ‘Everyone could benefit from thinking like a dwarf’

Johnny Harris hails Jawbone's redemptive power
Johnny Harris
Culture

Johnny Harris hails Jawbone's redemptive power

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power stays true to Tolkien’s environmental message says Elrond actor Rob Aramayo
Rob Aramayo plays Elrond in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
TV

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power stays true to Tolkien’s environmental message says Elrond actor Rob Aramayo

Michael Flatley on writing, directing and starring in his spy thriller Blackbird
Film

Michael Flatley on writing, directing and starring in his spy thriller Blackbird

Hugh Bonneville: 'I'm not scary, I'm cuddly' – how the Downton Abbey star became the villain in new Netflix film I Came By
Hugh Bonneville
Film

Hugh Bonneville: 'I'm not scary, I'm cuddly' – how the Downton Abbey star became the villain in new Netflix film I Came By

'The Taliban scare me, but not as much as I scare them'
Elaha Soroor
Music

'The Taliban scare me, but not as much as I scare them'

Why your next flight might be on an airship
Airship
Sustainable Transport

Why your next flight might be on an airship

Michael Palin: Going around the world in 80 days now would be a much less happy experience
Michael Palin
Culture

Michael Palin: Going around the world in 80 days now would be a much less happy experience

Fragile: The Taiwanese protest song that China couldn't silence
Namewee and Kimberley Chen sit at a pink table with a dancing panda bear behind them
Protest

Fragile: The Taiwanese protest song that China couldn't silence

Simon Brodkin on his ADHD diagnosis
Simon Brodkin
Comedy

Simon Brodkin on his ADHD diagnosis

Gabriel Byrne: 'Leonard Cohen has been a soundtrack to my life'
Film

Gabriel Byrne: 'Leonard Cohen has been a soundtrack to my life'