At times I sit and go through the history of The Big Issue. I try and take as objective a view as I can. Recently I sat on a park bench by my local river and reconstructed from memory all of those that had helped lead The Big Issue from its stumbling first beginnings to its present order and professionalism. To its current ‘grown-up-ness’, you might call it. What were their qualities? What did they bring to The Big Issue?
Of course, as the co-founder with Gordon Roddick, I was the first one. What did I do that was unique and