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Playing By The Rules

Catharine Lumby is the first out of the gate of two biographers to tackle the many-faceted life of author Frank Moorhouse, who was a well known bon vivant, bushwalker and prolific author of fiction …

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December 29, 2023

Culture · Plus 61J Media

Film: One Life

The quiet Englishman whose wartime heroics lay unrecognised for 50 years. Few knew that Nicholas Winton saved the lives of so many Jewish children during the war. It’s hard not to tear up during …

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December 17, 2023

Society · Guardian Australia

Dehydration

‘You are sweating half a litre an hour’: what happens to your body when dehydrated – and how to avoid it. As Australia stares down a predicted very hot summer, dehydration presents a serious …

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December 9, 2023

Life Sentences

The Case Of The Incredible Vanishing Woman

Anna Funder has already garnered international praise for her non fiction (Stasiland) and fiction (All That I Am). In Wifedom, she does something new and bold, creating a hybrid of genres that brings together …

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September 8, 2023

Society · Sydney Morning Herald

Therapy

Breaking up with my therapist terrified me. In the end, it was perfect. After eight years, it was time to say goodbye. My therapist gave me six months’ notice that she was breaking up …

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August 27, 2023

Life Sentences

A Fraction Too Much Friction

Often acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest singer songwriters, and compared to Paul McCartney, who is a fan, Neil Finn has had a pretty regular life. He comes from a happy and musical …

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August 25, 2023

Life Sentences

The Mischief Maker

She was one of the finest poets Australia has ever produced but Gwen Harwood was also a very mischievous woman, who played literary pranks on editors who failed to publish her work. When marriage …

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August 18, 2023

Society · Guardian Australia

Justin Yerbury

‘I wish I could be her hero’: the teenage sweethearts who face motor neurone disease together. When Justin and Rachel Yerbury met, they had no idea that he would become a world-leading scientist – …

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June 27, 2023

Society · Griffith Review

Ageing and Eating

Like falling over, choking in public is always a little embarrassing. When it happens, people feel the need to apologise once the episode is over, as if it were a sign of weakness or …

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March 8, 2022

Society · Guardian Australia

The Refugee Bakery Scheme

‘The bakery is like a family to me’: the asylum seekers and refugees building a new life on sourdough starter. For the trainees of the Bread and Butter project, learning to bake is the …

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September 8, 2021