Innholdsfortegnelse for 09-03-20 i The Big Issue

01 View works by women refugee photographers in Britain Among more than 70,000 refugees who came to Britain from Nazi-dominated Europe in the 1930s were a surprising number of women photographers, from Dorothy Bohm and Elsbeth Juda to Gerty Simon and Edith Tudor-Hart. The work of those names and many more have been collected for the first time in an exhibition celebrating the fresh, modern perspective they brought. Four Corners, London, until May 2; fourcornersfilm.co.uk/another-eye 02 Wear a T-shirt to help fight youth homelessness Illustrators Biff, Hannah Warren, Marylou Faure, Tishk Barzanji and Tom Guilmard have teamed up with End Youth Homelessness to create T-shirts on the theme of “Home is where…”. They’re £20 each – the amount it costs to provide a young perso an hour’s session with…

@Hungry_Hunted Jesmyn Ward’s Sing,  Unburied, Sing, fantastic writing, made me cry several times. Parts Faulkner, Morrison, Ted Hughes and the Blues. I recently read Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and loved every page. Samantha Louisa, Facebook @tobymillard Absolutely recommend How to Build A Car by Adrian Newey but only for anyone who is also sad enough to enjoy reading about cars going in circles! @Such_Mayer Made In Saturn by Rita Indiana and just finished The Threads of Magic by Alison Croggon; world apart and joined by their love of magic, language and the undercommons. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr is a beautifully written book that has stayed with me. Theresa Louise Cooke, Facebook Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, incredible from start to finish –…

As the number of coronavirus cases grows in the UK, people who are homeless or sleeping rough can be especially vulnerable. That is why The Big Issue is looking out for our vendors. Our sales and operations teams nationwide have stocked up on sanitiser gels and are displaying posters with NHS guidance on washing hands, ensuring that vendors are aware of all official advice in the rapidly changing situation. Big Issue teams are also working closely with specialist agencies, charities and day centres in our networks, to help magazine sellers access support and advice. Those sleeping rough are particularly susceptible to Covid-19, as many have underlying health problems and frequently have limited access to washing facilities, while complying with the NHS’s recommended 14-day period of self-isolation is likely prove especially…

Ben Eine is one of the most successful letterform artists in the world and a pioneer in the exploration of contemporary typography art. With a career expanding over 30 years, Eine has an extensive portfolio of fonts and a sharp eye for colour palettes and visual identity. He has worked with brands from Louis Vuitton to Nike and been flown all around the world to paint his sometimes uplifting, sometimes reflective, but always powerful murals. Eine’s letters, words, phrases and lyrics have engaged and inspired millions of people globally. Ourtypes is a collective of creatives that connects with international, leading artists to harness their creativity, manifest their distinct styles and spark powerful collaborations. The studio’s core work is to create new typefaces in an artist's own style Letters, words,…

Last week something interesting was decided in Scotland. Given you were probably (correctly) washing your hands at the time, you might not have heard. In the annual budget statement, the Scottish Government declared they would make bus travel across Scotland free for everybody 18 and under. They’re aiming to begin in January. It’s a bold move, though it’s already being decried as gesture politics by opposition parties. Some £15m has been set aside by the SNP administration to get things going. But the Greens, who came up with the plan and pushed for it as a price of helping the SNP get their budget through, calculate it will cost £80m a year. There is a gap to bridge. And there are significant other growing funding issues around council services. Still,…

Aged 27 I was a bullish, loud-mouthed printer working for the English Folk Song and Dance Society in Camden Town, London. Newly married and ambitious to be a publisher, I wanted as many people as possible to be able to hold what I had printed and published. I was knee-deep in revolutionary politics, so I decided I would do arty stuff to offset the dry realm of economic and political verbiage that I was awash in. I bought an old book of prints of the bridges of the River Thames, made printing plates and printed off a new version of the book. All blessed by my employers who liked me aspiring beyond machine-minding. In my holidays I jumped on my little 125cc Velocette motorbike and went up and down the…

“I was 22 when I started painting. I wanted to start after I saw the piece that Etam Cru did called Moonshine, it’s my favourite mural. My work started in graphic novels, so it was all super-graphic, black and white, comic-type work. When I picked up spray paint, I basically had to learn how to colour things because I had no clue. It was a steep learning curve, and it kind of broke my brain for a little bit but it went quickly from a flat graphic style to more like painterly, graffiti-influenced work. Just from painting in the street. I never was a political person before I picked up street art, it took me a few years to even feel empowered enough or feel like I had sculpted my…

Tesco, Brook Green, Hammersmith, London Mon-Sat 12pm-6pm I’ve been selling The Big Issue for over eight years now, but in that time I’ve developed an interest in art. I had a placement in the Northern Trust bank in Canary Wharf in 2016, and currently have one at data science company Dunnhumby near my pitch one day a week. I had an exhibition there last year and I’ve got another one coming up shortly at River Studios in North London, near to where I live. To start with I just came up with an idea about shapes and colours and then I thought, well, do it on A4. So I got coloured art cards, I’m printing all these shapes – diamonds, squares, circles and what have you – and for some…

I should like to comment on the article in The Big Issue on criminals supposedly having smaller brains [Fact/Fiction, February 24-March 1]. Those who suffer trauma throughout childhood may well have their brain structure and size affected by their challenging experiences. The individual’s physiology has to desperately adapt to life within dysfunctional structures. Many in prison or who were in the care system have had traumatic experiences which have led to such brain/body adaptions. “Bad behaviour” does not stem from having a smaller brain but from abuse, neglect and unmet needs. Behaviour is communication. Why Love Matters by Sue Gerhardt explains this kind of theory in an accessible and helpful way. Those who have had an unsupported start in life do not need more stigma attached to their already challenging…

Nottingham charity Vets in the Community are hitting the road in a new mobile clinic to boost the help they can bring to Big Issue vendors and their beloved pets. The charity provides free care to the pets of homeless and vulnerably housed people. Their new purpose-built trailer is the result of a two-year, £30,000 fundraising campaign. It’s vital work – animal companions play a crucial role in the lives of many Big Issue vendors, offering company and support while out on the street, and often giving a sense of purpose and responsibility. Since Vets in the Community (VitC) was founded in 2012, vet students from Nottingham University have carried out well over 2,000 consultations. Long-time Big Issue seller Shane, 38, relies on VitC. His dogs, Siberian husky Mr Fang…

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