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John Bird: ‘I know what it's like to be prejudiced, drunk, imprisoned’

In front | INTERVIEW
'Unless you've been told to shut up and listen, you're never going anywhere. That's why so many people can't offer leadership' (Photo: Nabeelah Shabbir)

As ‘The Big Issue’ street magazine for the homeless turns seventeen this September, its co-founder and social entrepreneur, 62, on racist London-Irish upbringings, crime, Paris 1968 and poverty in Britain

by Nabeelah Shabbir // 18/08/08

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