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Hamish Blake - Unskilled Adult Ed#773
Hamish Blake - Unskilled Adult Ed#773
Plus... Ariarne Titmus, Octopuses, and Domhnall Gleeson
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Hamish Blake is the right man for the job. But which job exactly? That’s what we’re trying to find out in our chat with the comedian and friend of The Big Issue.
Out now on Stan, Blake’s new series Unskilled Adult sees him call in some old mates to help tackle some proper hard yakka. Don’t you worry. Blake rolls up his own sleeve, too – getting on the tools to do everything from welding and panel-beating to catering an actual real wedding (Yikes!).
Dig a little into Blake’s own career trajectory and you’ll find a resumé packed with a wild assortment of other, less practical gigs – like that time he co-wrote a song with this US singer called…hang on, what’s her name? Taylor something or other. Or his impressive work as a birthday cake artist! Or being head cheerleader on eight seasons of LEGO Masters!
If you’re looking for inspiration to take on a new task, this edition’s here to help – just like Blake did, when he and mate Andy Lee stepped in as celebrity guest vendors. (“I’d say my talking skills definitely helped when we were selling The Big Issue,” he recalls.)
More highlights in this edition:
- Nowhere else to go? Two young people with disabilities tell us what it was like being placed in aged care, and their remarkable efforts to get out
- Former swimmer Ariarne Titmus on winning Olympic gold, and finding “the right time to hang up the togs”: the Terminator’s Letter to My Younger Self
- Join an underwater odyssey, with photos of an octopus nursery deep dive in The Big Picture
- Plus, chef Nicole Maguire’s crowd-pleasing Speedy Satay Chicken.
What's Covered: Homelessness, Comedy, Photography, Puzzles, Sport, Recipe, Books, TV, FIlm, Music, and Disability
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Overall rating: 4.8 / 5 from 37 reviews.
Every year I buy the Big Issue Calendar. I love the stories of the sellers, the satire of the illustrations, and values behind it. Thanks for all your great work
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As always the stories in The Big Issue are so well written and so interesting, I always find the question so much different to general media questions and the Jeff Goldblum issue is right on the mark. Thank you Big Issue for always, always giving the best journalism. Gritty, hearty and honest questions!
I love the vendor photos,the whelan cartoons, and very importantly, the week starts on Monday and each day square is big enough to write stuff in. The Australian public holidays, school terms, daylight savings and few more bits and bobs are there too. All in all, very nice practical calendar that supports a good cause
Such an amazing magazine which is so supportive of the community Absolutely brilliant interview with Powderfinger. Thank you for all your hard work!
Great calendar. I get one every year. Especially as it’s all for such a great cause.
It's a calendar!
Great Issue for a great cause keep up the great work ❤️
Always a highlight of my Calendar year! I can't always find a vendor to buy a calendar from, so it's great to have the option of purchasing online. Always interesting bios and funny cartoons from the inimitable A Weldon.
Super easy to order online and support the Big Issue when I wasn’t able to get one from someone in person. Perfect!! 👌🏽
Amazing read and I'm not just referring to the Powderfinger interview.
This is our first copy of the magazine and we loved it! Great stories, as well as puzzles, and I loved the interviews of the people selling the magazines as well. It feels more personal.
I was most impressed with the Dolly Parton story in The Big Issue A lovely tribute to such a remarkable singer songwriter
Great article about the Rolling Stones
I thoroughly enjoyed reading the Jaws article Time certainly flies
Love the interesting articles ...the Ansett pilot wow 74 and still flying and what she went through to achieve it , just wow!
Great Very happy to have received the publication Kind regards
Took longer than I expected to arrive, but it was 100% good had the option when I'd no other way to buy it & have it posted to me.
For a great cause. Always a great read. Never disappointed :)
so important to honour 30 years of The Big Issue ... and many lovely encounters with our sellers
long live big issue!
Found the magazine very good reading First time purchase Will be buying more
Really interesting articles as usual and massive congrats on 30 years!
The Big Issue 30th Anniversary Edition 763 is choc full of very interesting and informative articles. I particularly liked vendor Marion's pictorial of Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market and the CBD. The next time you see a vendor do them and yourself a favour. Buy a Big Issue magazine.
Lovely magazine and a credit to the 30 year anniversary :)
Loved the stories, pictures and content of this magazine issue, thanks!
I particularly wanted to read the Rose Byrne piece who was featured on the front cover of The Big Issue, Edition 758. But, more importantly I enjoyed many of the other features in this magazine, in particular, the archive piece on Heath Ledger, the inspiring piece from Deborah Lawrie with her letter to her younger self and Shaun Micallef personal discussion on AI. Thank you for serving up such an interesting magazine.
I must admit I purchased this edition as my son had an article printed in it. When I was looking for this edition I spoke to one of the lovely sellers in the city and he was so helpful looking to see if the article was in that edition. Since then I have found out a lot more about the Big Issue and how they help disadvantaged Australians to become more independent and I think they are awesome. Overall the magazine is very professionally set out and of course has some great articles. Love reading about the sellers
I love The Big Issue calendars and have been buying the every year I can since they started. I missed out locally this time so was very happy to be able to buy it online, thereby avoiding a whole year of FOMO
CALENDAR: I love the alternating pages, where month A is a cartoon by Andrew Weldon, and month B is a profile of a Big Issue seller. FICTION EDITION: 12 short stories, including one by Trent Dalton (Boy Swallows Universe)
Always a great read & printed for a wonderful cause. Keep up the great work.
I ordered online, which took alot longer than my last order & as it appears it was delayed before it arrived recently after about a month?
I've been buying the Big Issue for many years (though not 30). I live in Wollongong, I don't remember seeing a vendor here, but I have often bought a copy when I have to go to Sydney for work. I always enjoy reading it on the train on my way home, as well as feeling good that I have done something to help somebody to help themselves. Love your work, all the best for the next 30 years!
TBH… As a ‘there at the start’ contributor, think it would’ve been good to show some of the ‘early’ editions and people who helped make TBI what it has become… Behind the ‘sellers’ is a lot of pre-production content…
Less speculative fiction. More character driven stories.