Steven MacKenzie’s Journalist Portfolio

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The Pub Landlord: In Britain's hour of need, Al Murray's...started a band?

The Pub Landlord: In Britain's hour of need, Al Murray's...started a band?

The Big Issue — When Al Murray donned his Pub Landlord persona more than 20 years ago, his Little Englander views represented a 'safely quarantined lunatic sector' of the British public. Now with Brexit days (weeks? months?) away, Murray's prophetic rants tap the mainstream. Is it all his fault?

Bros documentary directors say the brothers have set an example for men

Bros documentary directors say the brothers have set an example for men

The Big Issue — The best music documentary in years talks to our turbulent times according to Joe Pearlman and David Soutar

Jim Lynskey is proof why Lewis Capaldi's organ donation song is so important | The Big Issue

Jim Lynskey is proof why Lewis Capaldi's organ donation song is so important | The Big Issue

The Big Issue — The 23-year-old is on the waiting list for a new heart because he "has no pulse"

How to embrace your kids' screen time and build an awesome creative future

How to embrace your kids' screen time and build an awesome creative future

The Big Issue — The LEGO Movie taught us a lot. Double-decker couches? They're awesome. Spaceships, UniKittys, barking subwoofers, coffee costing $37, all awesome. Songs about everything being awesome - really awesome. But most awe-inspiring about the 2014 animated film was how it pitted chaos and creativity against order and oppression in a surprisingly profound storyline that didn't seem like it was just about trying to sell more LEGO sets to kids.

Uri Geller tells The Big Issue Brexit 'will be positive' for the UK

Uri Geller tells The Big Issue Brexit 'will be positive' for the UK

The Big Issue — Talks between Britain and the EU are in chaos - but one man knows exactly what's going to happen, and he assures us that we needn't worry

Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried: 'Why aren't you thinking with your heart?'

Holocaust survivor Hédi Fried: 'Why aren't you thinking with your heart?'

The Big Issue — Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day, survivor Hédi Fried talks about warning signs, anti-Semitism in the UK and how to confront our own prejudices

Spider-Man: Far From Home shows Spider-Man is still fighting for the homeless

Spider-Man: Far From Home shows Spider-Man is still fighting for the homeless

The Big Issue — When it comes to battling injustice, top of Spider-Man's agenda is homelessness