The Big Issue

EDITOR’S LETTER

There is a generalised feeling of being stuck. It is all around us, almost tangible, like we’re fixed in amber, waiting to be removed and reanimated. We’re on pause until we discover if the current moment will decide whether what comes next is good or bad.

The sense of being stuck comes from waves of onrushing headlines. We are in a period of extreme poverty. Last week it was

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