Paul in Sweet Dreams; photo by Alison Huth
interview by Simon Sellars

‘Sweet Dreams: Shaken not Stirred’ was originally published in Subterrain magazine #1, December 2005.

Theatremakers Nadja Kostich and Jeremy Angerson began a rewarding collaboration with Big Issue vendors after seeing a TV ad featuring several sellers singing for their supper. According to Jeremy, “we stopped to [...]

Kylie in Sweet Dreams; photo by Alison Huth
interviews by Simon Sellars

‘Sweet Dreams: Back to Waking Life’ was originally published in Subterrain magazine #1, December 2005.

The play Sweet Dreams took an unflinching look at the battle that Big Issue vendors Paul, Kylie, Jim, Robert and Allan fought to survive drug addiction, physical disabilities, incarceration and the [...]

Street Socceroo Training
All photography by Simone Egger
interviews by Simon Sellars

‘Three Socceroos: Dave, Shane & Yousef’: originally published in Subterrain magazine #1, December 2005.

In 2005, for the first time, Australia fielded a team in the Homeless World Cup, led by Big Issue editor Martin Hughes. The Cup, founded as a way to create opportunities for homeless [...]

by Simon Sellars

‘Free Radicals’. Originally published in The Big Issue, #228, May 2005.

It was quite a sight to watch sibling activists Jeff and Jill Sparrow launch their latest book recently. I wanted to chat to Jeff after his rousing speech but the path was blocked by a massed wedge of grannies, groovers, suits and students [...]