Game On!
Edition 309
Drugs, pollution, politics and protests: Nicholas Yallop looks at the controversy surrounding Beijing and The Games.
Also in this issue:
‘Bad Sports’: Jake Avila ponders Saturday sport and why behind every over-competitive youngster is an ugly parent (usually yelling); and Gaynor Flynn talks to versatile actor Jim Broadbent about playing a ringmaster, a befuddled magic teacher and now a selfish Yorkshire doctor.
Our ‘Vendor Profile’ for this edition is Tony from Adelaide. We also have ‘Streetsheet’ contributions from John E from …
Wanted Man
Edition 308
Step aside Brad and Orlando: Scotland’s pale but hunky James McAvoy is
film’s man of the moment.
Also in this issue:
‘Life in Limbo’: Does the Rudd Government mean new hope, or more
frustration, for asylum seekers? Andra Jackson finds out; and Dan Rule talks
to the Dandy Warhols’ Peter Holmström about being dropped by their record
label in ‘A New Orbit’.
Our ‘Vendor Profile’ for this edition is Grant from Canberra. We also have
‘Streetsheet’ contributions from Daniel K …
Writing Wrongs
Edition 307
Australian writer Chloe Hooper talks to Jo Case about her first non-fiction book, The Tall Man: an intimate investigation into the death in custody that shook Palm Island.
Also in this issue:
‘The Lambs in Winter’: Michael Green discovers that winter rain, as well as drought, can devastate farmers, and Anthony Morris talks to Judy Craymer, the woman behind Mamma Mia! – the movie and musical – in ‘The Winner Takes it All’.
Our ‘Vendor Profile’ for this …
All You Can Eat
Edition 306
Fasting, freeganism, physiology and fish: four writers dish up the facts about food – a subject close to all our hearts.
Also in this issue:
‘How I Learnt to Walk’: Peter Waters shares his story about taking his first steps, aged nine, and Benjamin Law talks to Beijing Blur author James West about working for Chinese state-run radio in ‘West Meets East’.
Our ‘Vendor Profile’ for this edition is Tim from Sydney. We also have ‘Streetsheet’ contributions from ‘Bikini’ Athol from Sydney, De …
To be Frank…
Edition 305
The funny (and very flexible) Frank Woodley talks to Fiona Scott-Norman about turning 40, breaking a toe and going solo after 20 years.
Also in this issue:
‘A Historic Opportunity’: federal housing minister Tanya Plibersek talks exclusively to Alan Attwood about the release of a major discussion paper on homelessness; Gaynor Flynn talks to Martin Scorsese about filming the Rolling Stones for his documentary, Shine a Light; and in ‘Roving Eye’: photographs by Ian Woolverton from Mumbai: a city of commerce, cricket and …
What’s Up?
Edition 304
Weather is beautiful, surprising and often confounding. This photo essay examines the changing climate, and the art that it inspires.
Also in this issue:
‘Wham Bam Poetry Slam’: Maxine Clark braves the world of competitive poetry; Anthony Morris talks to Adam Zwar, co-creator of SBS’s Wilfred, about the release of his first feature film; and ‘Sorry Camp’: a sombre update from Felix Clark (‘Clouds Over the Desert’, Ed#294), working at a remote Aboriginal community school.
Our ‘Vendor Profile’ for this edition is Aaron …
Have you bought your Big Issue?
The Big Issue is a general interest magazine sold by vendors
around Australia. It is not a political magazine, a religious magazine or a
magazine aligned to any cause or campaign. It is a magazine with a national
readership that is both fast-growing (up 10% last year) and remarkably
diverse. It is read by teenagers; also read by people in their 70s… and
above.
Our contributors come from all age-groups and demographics. They, and
a small core of regular contributors, help put together a magazine that aims
at being lively, interesting, provocative, entertaining… and seldom dull!
We are also …
Sleep Stalking
Edition 303
Cover story: Sleep Stalking
If you think sleeping is simple, you’re dreaming. Romy Ash and Melissa Cranenburgh seek some answers about what goes on when you nod off.
Also in this issue:
‘Forging Iron Man’: Guy Davis talks to director Jon Favreau about the softer side of Iron Man, and Jake Avila discovers it’s never too late to catch a wave in ‘Not Drowning, Surfing’.
Our ‘Vendor Profile’ for this edition is Richard from Adelaide. We also have ‘Streetsheet’ contributions from AnneMarie from Sydney and Brendan …
Coming up Roses
Edition 301
Acclaimed actress Kerry Armstrong talks to Alan Attwood about her new ABC TV series, being ‘difficult’ and why she wants Tilda Swinton to retire.
Also in this issue:
In ‘The Real Ryan’ Gaynor Flynn talks to Ryan Gosling star of Lars and the Real Girl, a film about an awkward introvert who has a real-life relationship with a blow-up doll.
In ‘Homeless, not hopeless’: youth homelessness is in the spotlight – thanks to a new report and documentary. But has anything changed?
And in ‘Roving …
The Big Three Oh! Oh!
Edition 300
It’s our 300th birthday! We celebrate with messages, poems and praise from vendors, memories from past and present team members and a look back at some of our favourite, and sometimes controversial, covers.
Also in this issue:
Shaun Micallef ponders anniversaries and his parents’ marriage in ‘My Word’; Second Time Around’ – Anthony Morris talks to Australian director Peter Carstairs about the delayed success of his first feature-length film September; ‘Girl Empower’ – writer Emily Maguire on why the fight for gender equality will continue …