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Inside the Big Issue: Top 100 Changemakers of 2025
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Top 100 Changemakers of 2025

Pete Doherty: 'Living without heroin was very hard to imagine'
Letter To My Younger Self

Pete Doherty: 'Living without heroin was very hard to imagine'

Hard Truths director Mike Leigh: 'I make films for audiences to see, not for awards'
Film

Hard Truths director Mike Leigh: 'I make films for audiences to see, not for awards'

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: 'The benefits are clear'
Music

Rising Icelandic star Elín Hall on how her homeland is leading the way in music: 'The benefits are clear'

The Brutalist star Joe Alwyn: 'I didn't think of Trump as an inspiration for my character, but…'
Joe Alwyn in The Brutalist
Film

The Brutalist star Joe Alwyn: 'I didn't think of Trump as an inspiration for my character, but…'

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'
Letter To My Younger Self

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos: 'I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow'

'It's like watching Michelangelo work': Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like
Music

'It's like watching Michelangelo work': Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold on why Bob Dylan is proof you should always meet your heroes
Film

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold on why Bob Dylan is proof you should always meet your heroes

'I thought I was going to die': Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world
Running

'I thought I was going to die': Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years
Music

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years

Meet the 'activist lawyer' who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould
Awaab's Law lawyer Christian Weaver
Awaab's law

Meet the 'activist lawyer' who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'
Letter To My Younger Self

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: 'America used to seem cool – now it's gone berserk'

Comedian James Acaster: 'I am not an alpha male'
Comedy

Comedian James Acaster: 'I am not an alpha male'

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn't want to be a 'robotic, asexual drone'
Ella Maisy Purvis in the role of Patience Evans in Channel 4 drama Patience. IN this picture she is sitting on the floor in the Police Records office where she works...
TV

Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn't want to be a 'robotic, asexual drone'

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: 'Black women's tears are exploited'
Film

Nickel Boys star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: 'Black women's tears are exploited'

Wales' first minister Eluned Morgan: 'We all have to be the change we want to see in the world'
My Big Year

Wales' first minister Eluned Morgan: 'We all have to be the change we want to see in the world'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Manchester City and England football star Chloe Kelly: 'A smile on your face goes a long way'
football player Chloe Kelly
Sport

Manchester City and England football star Chloe Kelly: 'A smile on your face goes a long way'

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: 'Trump winning the election? I wouldn't call it iconic…'
My Big Year

Drag Race star Tia Kofi: 'Trump winning the election? I wouldn't call it iconic…'

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'
My Big Year

Save Windermere activist Matt Staniek: 'In the world of campaigning, hope is essential'

Keane star Tom Chaplin: 'Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis'
My Big Year

Keane star Tom Chaplin: 'Trump, Putin and Netanyahu need psychoanalysis'

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