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‘We can’t stay here forever’: What’s it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?
‘We can’t stay here forever’: What’s it like spending Christmas inside a homeless hostel?
The Big Issue visited the winter fair at accommodation for people facing homelessness, run by Evolve Housing + Support. This is the reality of their Christmas
‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas
‘Poverty is killing children’: How homeless families are fighting to survive this Christmas
A mother shares her story of homelessness as millions face deep poverty this Christmas – and every other day in the cost of living crisis
Merry Xmas Everybody at 50: How a mother-in-law and John Lennon inspired Slade’s festive cracker
Merry Xmas Everybody at 50: How a mother-in-law and John Lennon inspired Slade’s festive cracker
Noddy Holder recalls the making of the song that no Christmas should be without
Deck the halls with hits and follies: The greatest Christmas albums of 2023, ranked
Deck the halls with hits and follies: The greatest Christmas albums of 2023, ranked
Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse is spreading Christmas cheer with baking and ‘happy days’
Bake Off star Sandro Farmhouse is spreading Christmas cheer with baking and ‘happy days’
Food bank appeals for donations with ‘joyous’ remake of The Twelve Days of Christmas
Food bank appeals for donations with ‘joyous’ remake of The Twelve Days of Christmas
Here’s when people will get their benefits in December – and the DWP Christmas bonus
Here’s when people will get their benefits in December – and the DWP Christmas bonus
Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day
Louis Theroux leads calls to help 131,000 children waking up homeless on Christmas Day
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Illustrator Oliver Jeffers shares advice for Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition: ‘We’re all artists’
Illustrator Oliver Jeffers shares advice for Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition: ‘We’re all artists’
Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest?
Love Actually: Is it a Christmas classic or an unwatchable schmaltz-fest?
The LadBaby nightmare is finally over: What’s next for the Christmas number one single race?
The LadBaby nightmare is finally over: What’s next for the Christmas number one single race?
The Big Issue’s Christmas art wrapping paper is back – these are the stories behind the designs
The Big Issue’s Christmas art wrapping paper is back – these are the stories behind the designs
Support Big Issue vendors this Christmas with our Winter Support Kit
Support Big Issue vendors this Christmas with our Winter Support Kit
Children’s author Oliver Jeffers: ‘Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have’
Children’s author Oliver Jeffers: ‘Storytelling is the most powerful force humans have’
Big Issue’s festive Christmas Kids Cover Competition is back for 2023
Big Issue’s festive Christmas Kids Cover Competition is back for 2023
Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: ‘I kept it very low key’
Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: ‘I kept it very low key’
If Keir Starmer wants to beat the climate deniers, he should warn them about beer
If Keir Starmer wants to beat the climate deniers, he should warn them about beer
Cost of living crisis: Christmas leads to months of debt for 1 in 5 Brits
Cost of living crisis: Christmas leads to months of debt for 1 in 5 Brits
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse: How Charlie Mackesy created the heroes we need right now
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse: How Charlie Mackesy created the heroes we need right now
‘For people alone at Christmas, it offers a community’: The wonderful projects taking on loneliness
‘For people alone at Christmas, it offers a community’: The wonderful projects taking on loneliness
How does a Ukrainian Christmas differ from a British one? Host families and their guests are about to find out
How does a Ukrainian Christmas differ from a British one? Host families and their guests are about to find out
We spent a day streaming bad Christmas movies and this is what it did to our brain
We spent a day streaming bad Christmas movies and this is what it did to our brain
‘People feel they don’t have a right to celebrate’: Christmas in a bomb shelter in Ukraine
‘People feel they don’t have a right to celebrate’: Christmas in a bomb shelter in Ukraine
Regrets, we have a few. But this Christmas we must focus on present need, not past mistakes
