“Wait a minute, what do mean? I’ve never done an interview with a title. This interview is called Letter to My – I’m writing it down – to My Younger Self. Hey, I’m already stimulated,” says our cover star Jeff Goldblum, who takes us on a wild ride, from traipsing after dinosaurs in Jurassic Park to playing jazz on stage at Glastonbury.
With his signature eccentric charm, the actor takes us behind the magical curtain and into the life of Jeff. “I still go with my stomach, my gizzard, about everything,” he says. “I feel like I’m still getting opportunities to grow. I feel at the height of my powers musically and theatrically.”
More highlights in this edition:
Photographer Julian Kingma’s affecting project The Power of Choice captures the stories and images of terminally ill Australian choosing to die on their own terms.
Meet a new kind of superhero with Superman writer-director James Gunn and stars David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, who tell us that above everything else, their Man of Steel just wants to help people.
A stint in Berlin and a drastic change to her hair set singer Brenna O on a path of self-rediscovery, which she’s channelled into her band Wet Kiss’ latest album, Thus Spoke the Broken Chanteuse.
In writing and in life, Cure author Katherine Brabon tells us how she grapples with questions of control and care while living with chronic illness.
We step inside a $20 million Stradivarius violin, a church organ and an 18th century cello with photographer Charles Brooks’ instrumental, architectural Big Picture.
Cannelloni might just be the perfect comfort food, and Guy Mirabella is plating up a big helping in Tastes Like Home.
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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.
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)
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…