Jane Goodall – Letter to My Younger Self

Vale Jane Goodall    World-renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall has died at 91. We pay tribute to her legacy and environmental activism by remembering her life in her own words. Here, in her Letter to My Younger Self, Goodall reflects on her girlhood notion of Tarzan, her dog Rusty and overcoming shyness. 

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Chomp! By Brendan Cowell

Brendan Cowell’s love of The Sharks can be traced back to his days in the U6s. He reckons it’s high time they got a personalised Viking clap…  

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Travihti Tiropita

Tastes like home. I still remember when my mother would call to say she was making pita and would I like to go over and help. There was always coffee on the stovetop – that was my father’s job. My mother would already be making the dough, dividing it into small balls lined up on…

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Famous Last Words – Ricky French

After 12 years, approximately 300 issues, 200,000 words and one or two (okay, maybe three) missed deadlines, this is my final column for The Big Issue. Columnists come and go, but this one hung around and made himself at home – at first on page 12, then later wherever there was space – and for…

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Fair Play in Norway

At the 2025 Homeless World Cup in Oslo, Australia’s Street Socceroos made us proud: kicking goals, eating waffles and throwing shapes on the football field and the dancefloor. 

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Bombay Cheese Toast

Tastes like home. For me, Bombay Cheese Toast is more than just food: it is memory, comfort and identity wrapped in one melty, golden bite. It’s a bridge between two worlds, and the flavour of home.

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Carn the Pamfas!

A Panther since before he could even spell their name, James Colley would like you to know that he and his team will never tire of winning, thank you very much.  

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