The boys of summer
From Test players in white to Big Bashers in purple, cricket today seems very different from the game of yesteryear. But what has really changed, and what remains the same? In this edition, Alan Attwood reflects on the evolution of the gentleman’s game.
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Anthony Morris talks Botox and blue-bottles with British actor Kris Marshall; in the lead up to the Australian stage adaptation of Yes, Prime Minister, Albert Ehrnrooth catches up with the TV show’s original writers; Angela …
Movie Man
Martin Scorsese’s Hugo is a family film set in Paris – a world away from his punchy classics, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. Thomas Caldwell looks back over the depth and diversity of Scorsese’s 44-year career and the great director himself talks music, marriage and the challenges and possibilities of 3D movie-making.
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Matthew Pejkovic meets Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy director Tomas Alfredson; Andy Murdoch talks flippers and the future with sci-fi writer Alastair Reynolds; Mic Looby remembers swimming …
Take a dip
Human beings might not agree on everything, but there’s one thing that seems universal: we do like to be beside the seaside. And we like it for a thousand different reasons. In this most summery of editions, we dip our toes in the water with a photo series celebrating our love of sand and sea. We’ll also be keeping you entertained with fabulous fiction, riveting feature stories and more fine photography. Why, we’ve even thrown in paper plane-folding instructions and …
Wild things
Have you had it with the Christmas holiday crowds? Time to take a deep breath and imagine yourself far, far away. You’re alone in the wilderness. It’s calm, it’s quiet; a cool breeze is blowing. You can feel the wind in your hair and creatures great and small are flocking towards you from across the globe; they can sense your benign and gentle spirit. Or if you are too busy to conjure up that image, just pick up The Big …
Laughing All the Way
It’s our annual ‘Big Wish You’! We’ve printed personal messages from Big Issue vendors right across the country. Here you’ll find vendors’ reflections and words of wisdom on the year that was and their well-wishes for the celebrations ahead. Your mission: to find anything even half as warm and fuzzy elsewhere this Christmas.
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Heidi Maier meets her literary heroes, Jonathan Franzen and Ann Patchett; Alice Tynan reveals the hits and misses of this summer’s cinema offerings; Tom Hawking …
A Life of Rhyme
Eminem’s provocative word play first raised international ire and adulation back in the late 1990s. Since then, the rapper has suffered addiction and a slide in popularity, but now he’s back on top and returning to Australia. Music editor Doug Wallen and nanna/fan-girl Lorraine Pink give us their perspectives on the extraordinary career of the real Slim Shady.
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Larry Schwartz discusses the enduring appeal of ABC Radio National’s pioneering radio show, Music Deli; Lee Zachariah examines the reigning …
Tintin and the Kings of Hollywood
Cover story: Tintin and the Kings of Hollywood
Many have tried and failed to bring Tintin to the big screen. Now two of cinema’s big guns – Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson – explain how they finally did it. But will The Adventures of Tintin be a hit…or hubris? And Tintin tragic Anthony Morris reveals a lifetime’s devotion to Hergé’s hero.
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In time for World Television Day, we remember the man who electrified the small screen, then faded …
The Great Divide
Despite a financial crisis and wobbly markets, the very rich have got even richer. The poor, meanwhile, have got poorer. And the gulf between the have and have-nots is growing. As Alan Attwood reports, this has implications for all of us.
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Norwegian Wood director Tran Anh Hung discusses adapting Haruki Murakami’s famous novel; it’s the end of REM as we know it and Doug Wallen reflects that they’ve done fine; Kerry O’Shea catches up with screenwriter and …
Full Bloom
Starring in two of the most successful film franchises – The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean – has made actor Orlando Bloom a Hollywood heart-throb. In this interview, Bloom discusses playing the petulant Duke of Buckingham in The Three Musketeers 3D, his decision not to do a fourth Pirates film and how a decade in the spotlight has left some scorch marks. And the Blooming fun continues with Sophie Quick pondering how handsomely Bloom goes about …
Brainstorm
What do Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Hazel Hawke, Peter Falk and millions of others have in common? Answer: Dementia. It’s an illness affecting an estimated 269,000 Australians and, in this edition, we get several perspectives on its impact. Big Issue volunteer Kate Swaffer discusses her dementia diagnosis and its aftermath, Betty Birskys describes her generation’s deepest dread and Alan Attwood looks into public reluctance to contemplate the impact of this invisible pandemic.
Adam Curley reflects on 28 years of Red Hot …
