Issue 758

November 2 - 8, 2009

Eddie Izzard
The self-styled ‘action transvestite’ has just completed 43 marathons in 52 days. What’s he running from? He tells The Big Issue he’ll never desert the Labour Party and gives us a timeframe for when he’ll join the ranks of celebrity politicians. PLUS how Stephen Fry turned him on to Twitter

Berlin wall
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of The Wall and the end of the Cold War, historian Frederick Taylor asks why some Germans want the old divide back and are wallowing in Ostalgie

Jamie Cullum
The small but perfectly formed jazz pianist croons on about Clint Eastwood and writing a love song for bride-to-be Sophie Dahl