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The Big Issue : Edition 530
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THEBIGISSUE10–23FEB2017 9 » Frequently overhear tantalising tidbits? Don’t waste them on your friends – share them with the world at editorial@bigissue.org.au “Hand on heart, there isn’t a single day that goes by when I don’t have someone quoting a line from it to me.” Actor Richard E Grant on the cult classic Withnail & I 30 years after its release. “We’ve gone on holiday by mistake. We’re in this cottage here. Are you the farmer?” – Country Life (UK) “The optimum values appear to lie outside the tested range ... Maxima are more than two standards deviations from the population mean for each trait.” Brian Mautz, formerly of ANU in Canberra, on research into the physical dimensions, such as height and penis size, that women look for in sexual partners. In lay terms, it seems women’s expectations of men are as unrealistic as men’s of women, with just 2.5 per cent of men proportioned according to the ideal. – The Economist (UK) “The noise of my family eating forced me to retreat to my own bedroom for meals. I can only describe it as a feeling of wanting to punch people in the face when I heard the noise of them eating – and anyone who knows me will say that doesn’t sound like me.” Olana Tansley-Hancock, from Ashford, Kent, on misophonia, an affliction in which particular sounds unleash anger and anxiety. New research from Newcastle University has found a difference in the frontal lobe in misophonia sufferers, suggesting it is a genuine medical condition. – The Telegraph (US) “On this one I think I’ve got some sympathy for him [Malcolm Turnbull] because, quite bluntly, I don’t think you can run an Australian–American alliance by Twitter.” Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, on US President Donald Trump’s delicate approach to diplomacy with Prime Minister Malcolm Trumble, er, Turnbull, over the “dumb” refugee deal made with former president Barack Obama. – The Weekend Australian HEARSAY WRITER RICHARD CASTLES » CARTOONIST ANDREW WELDON PHOTOGRAPHBYGETTYIMAGES I REMEMBER BEING AT THE CROWN PUB IN BIRMINGHAM AND THINKING ‘THIS’LL BE GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS – DRINK A FEW BEERS AND HAVE A JAM.’ Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, on playing in 1968. The heavy metal pioneers played their final gig in their home city of Birmingham nearly 50 years later on February 4. – BBC (UK) “I’m loving this garlic areola.” She thinks he meant aioli. Overheard at a restaurant by Beth, of Carlingford, NSW. EAR2GROUND
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