How a News Anchor Broke the Unspoken Dress Code
There’s an unofficial dress code for women in local news: form-fitting dresses, smooth hair, sleek makeup. As a green reporter, Jana Shortal thought l...
Search Results for: a new way of looking
Would you try the Icelandic bread baked with lava?
Iceland’s unique climate is one of the most famous on the planet, with its volcanoes, lakes and hot springs all wildly popular tourist attractions. B...
The origin of the Paralympics
With the Paralympic Games in Paris set to get underway next week, we’re looking at the origins of the competition....
Why are some pandas brown?
Their black and white fur makes them one of the most recognizable animals on the planet, but did you know some giant pandas are brown? It’s i...
The Statue of Liberty (in Paris)
With the eyes of the world on Paris for the Olympics, we’re looking at one of the city’s lesser-known monuments – Paris’ very own Statue of Liberty...
The unemployed NASA robot stuck on planet Earth
A vastly expensive space rover, built to explore Mars, was deemed surplus to requirements by NASA. Out of work, with its life’s purpose seemingly s...
Why is baseball so big in Japan?
Baseball, it’s America’s pastime. There is no sport more historically intertwined with the United States and its identity, and baseball’s popul...
Susie Dent’s Top 10s: Ten words that have lost their oomph
This week, Susie Dent has found ten of her favourite examples of semantic bleaching. ‘What is semantic bleaching?’, we hear you ask. Well, keep rea...
Have you met the voice behind your GPS?
When Great Big Story relaunched in 2023, we weren’t certain which direction to go for as our first story back. But then we thought, what better way t...
How Did This Animal Survive Extinction In Dubai?
This striking creature is one of the symbols of the Arabian Peninsula, but it was nearly lost for good. As recently as the 1970s, the Arabian Oryx was...
After 32 years alone in paradise, Mauro Morandi was forced back to civilization
In 2019, we went and met Mauro Morandi on the secluded Italian island of Budelli, found off the north of Sardinia. Morandi had lived on the island for...
Meet the man behind the most grueling footrace on earth
You might have heard about the historic achievement of Jasmin Paris last week, when she became the first woman in history to complete the Barkley...
