The Whistleblowers: Is it all big game to the spy-busters?
Issue 1060
Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, their enigmatic cohorts… What makes people expose wrongdoing on a massive scale? Are they striking a blow for freedom of speech – or simply playing spy vs spy?
Also in this week’s Big Issue…
War artist (and postman) Graeme Lothian and a host of art experts explain why one painting can tell us more about war than a thousand words
Film-maker John Landis on why he always wears a tie in honour of Hitchcock
With the Ashes underway, we examine the secret of good “sledging”. Warning! Bad language!
The World’s End, as seen through the pint-glass bottom of rom-zom-com genius Simon Pegg
Composer Will Todd on serenading Obama and the Queen
Plus, win a holiday to Budapest, the Velocerati blog founder, Brendan O’Neill on Judy Murray, the week’s cultural highlights in your area, Street Lights, and much more!