BI 1593

The Big Issue 1593 was the issue of The Big Issue, a UK-based distributed by those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless as a means of earning a legitimate income, cover-dated 4 December 2023. It featured Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor as the cover star and included an interview with Gatwa.
== Contents ==
items marked with an asterisk contain Doctor Who-related content
* Big Picture: Harry Potter and the order of the health and safety inspector
* The Dispatch: News, vies & miscellany
* Analysis: The necessity of immigration
* Opinion: Editor's letter - Here be monsters. But we're not scared of them
* Opinion: COP28 is here - and climate action is more urgent than ever. Here's how a just transition can save us
* Opinion: Bird's Words - The government needs a wealth of new ideas, but their lack of them is costing us
* Letters
* Advetorial: Appeal to help older people struggling this winter
* Cover Feature: 'My name means hope. And there is always hope in this show'*
* Exhibition: Dogs with jobs - Canine to five
* Interview: Hozier - Half a million tickets sold. A No 1 album. Honorary boygenius. For Hozier, 2023 was a very good year
* Advertorial: One year of drving change for good
* Letter to my younger self: Adam Kay
* Culture: Books
* Culture: Film
* Culture: A story of recovery - My art is an attempt to create hope and beauty in the everyday
* Culture: Music
* Culture: Christmas shopping - So I walked into a shop and Olivia Colman sold me a T-shirt...
* Puzzles
* My Pitch
== Ncuti Gatwa interview ==
Starting on page 20 was a 4 page intervew with Ncuti Gatwa, conducted by Adrian Lobb.
=== Topics covered ===
* What Ncuti Gatwa brings to the role.
* Gatwa's role in Barbie
* Gatwa's period of being homeless
=== The new Doctor Who will change the TV landscape. Again ===
A sidebar on the 4th page of the intervew contained a brief feature written by Darren Scott, editor of SFX, explaining some of the history of the show, as well as detailing some of what to expect from the 2023 specials and Ncuti's first series.
== Credits ==
* Founders: John Bird and Gordon Roddick
* Group chair: Nigel Kershaw
* Group CEO: Paul Cheal
* Managing director: Russell Blackman
* Editorial & production:
** Editor: Paul McNamee
** Art director: Mark Neil
** Deputy editor: Steven MacKenzie
** Digital editor: Ryan Butcher
** Deputy digital editor (news): Liam Gerghty
** Deputy digital editor (audience): Sophia Alexandra Hall
** Production editor: Alison Wright
** Culture editor: Laura Kelly
** TV editor: Adrian Lobb
** Books editor: Jane Graham
** Broadcast: Robin Ince, Sam Delaney, Lucy Sweet, Graeme Virtue
** Music: Malcom Jack, Claire Jackson, Deb Grant
** Production journalist: Alan Woodhouse
** Senior designer: Gillian Smith
** Designer: Harrison Aiken
** Reporters: Greg Barradale, Isabella McRae
** Commercial content editor: Vicky Carroll
* Frontline
** Frontline director: Chris Falchi-Stead
* The Big Issue Group
** Group chief operating officer: Keren Segal
** Partnership executive director: Lara McCullagh
** Group chief marketing officer: Zoe Hayward
** Group FD: Rod Stead
** Big Issue Invest CEO: Danyal Sattar
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