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This weeks @Bigissue celebrates community heroes fighting the cost of living crisis @raywoolford, @depheruk and @hubbubUK.
Also @elizabethpitkin on why bystanders and friends of sexual harassers should also be held to account.
@paddy_alley exposing UK's has an oligarch problem.
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Tickets for our London @eventimapollo shows are on sale now at SJM.lnk.to/MuseLDN
In support of @WarChildUK @MSF_USA and @BigIssue
This weeks @bigissue focuses on mass homeless and those working on the frontline in #Ukraine️
Also:
BBC 2 drama #thenbabarametalan written by @jackthorne and @genevievebarr starring @ruth_madeley and @arthur_hughes1
@winter letter to my younger self.
#ahandupnotahandout
Amazing to see Will doing so well and managing @urbanjq just up the road from the Birmingham @BigIssue office. Great to see our friends @Sifafireside getting the coverage their hard work deserves.
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A joy & an honour to speak to Golda Rosheuvel aka #queencharlotte in @netflix @shondaland's @bridgerton for @BigIssue's cover.
#TVtwitter
#streaming
#Bridgerton
#bridgerton2
#bridgertonspoilers
@johnbirdswords
@stevenmackenzie
@BigIssueInvest
@BigIssueScots
@BigIssueCymru
@TBIF
Golda Rosheuvel star of @bridgerton is adorning the front cover of this weeks @Bigissue interviewed by @ashantiomkar. Also:
@lloyd_cole Letter to my younger self.
@JanCarson7280 Britpop, Bible camp, Ian Paisley and me.
A day in the life of @WEFoodbank
#Handupnotahandout
This weeks @bigissue focuses on the war in the Ukraine and what we can do to support @ZelenskyyUa.
Also the excellent Mark Rylance.
@nigelkershaw talking @bcorpuk showcasing ethical and sustainable businesses.
@drhilaryjones letter to my younger self.
#handupnotahandout
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🚨 #SWEP ACTIVATED UNTIL 7 MARCH 🚨
Our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol has been activated across Birmingham due to a drop in temperatures. If you know anyone who finds themselves sleeping rough or homeless please contact @Tell_StreetLink.
HELP US & RETWEET
Love Island star Kaz Kamwi tried her hand at selling The Big Issue on London's famous Oxford Street this week. Here's how she did...
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This week the @bigissue has been taken over by @yungblud Featuring @Biminibabes, @fearnecotton and @louistheroux letter to my younger self.
Also @GWAbirmingham vendor Sonya Doran is featured in my pitch. #ahandupnotahandout
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🚨 #SWEP ACTIVATED UNTIL 21 FEBRUARY 🚨
Our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol remains activated across Birmingham due to fluctuating temperatures. If you know anyone who finds themselves sleeping rough or homeless please contact @Tell_StreetLink.
HELP US & RETWEET!
By order of the Peaky Blinders, Birmingham's infamous gangsters are on the front cover of this weeks @bigissue
Also in this weeks magazine:
-How to survive the culture wars by @jonronson.
-@tynedalyonline Letter to my younger self.
- @garthbrooks the unlikely revolutionary.
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🚨 #SWEP ACTIVATED UNTIL 14 FEBRUARY 🚨
Our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol has been activated across Birmingham due to a drop in temperatures. If you know anyone who finds themselves sleeping rough or homeless please contact @Tell_StreetLink.
PLEASE RETWEET!
In this weeks @bigissue:
@amateuradam is back highlighting the perilous state of the #NHS in 2022.
The story of where the 4.8 million pieces of @legolostatsea in 1997 have ended up.
@BootstrapCook continuing campaign for food justice.
#ahandupnotahandout
In this weeks @bigissue
Newcastle's finest @samfendermusic
Letter to my youngerself from @russellthevoice
Find your local vendor bigissue.com/vendors/?gclid=… #handupnotahandout
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Thanks @adey70 for a great feature in this week’s @BigIssue talking to @tonyshoey and #martinfreeman talking about their show #theresponder which starts tonight 9pm on @bbcone and @bbciplayer
Is there a sense of resignation in the air? Find out in this weeks @bigissue.
-Interview with Losts @EvangelineLilly about new film South Of Heaven.
-Martin Freeman talks The Responder.
-Letter To My Younger Self, with @itvcorrie legend @sallydynevor
#handupnotahandout
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🚨 #SWEP REACTIVATED UNTIL 17 JANUARY 🚨
Our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol has been reactivated across Birmingham due to a drop in temperatures. If you know anyone who finds themselves sleeping rough or homeless please contact @Tell_StreetLink.
@BhamCityCouncil
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Make no mistake, sharing these stories is hard. It brings back a lot of difficult memories...but it also inspires! It breaks down the stigma associated with homelessness which is so important for those who are overcoming it. Kudos to Phillip, and love as always to @BigIssue 😍
Former magazine vendor now runs successful fashion firm bbc.in/331b5LP
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Yukiko Hosomi thought her purse was gone for good after she lost it on a Christmas Eve shopping trip... until a selfless Big Issue vendor delivered it to her door on Christmas Day
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