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My grandfather and his pet lion
Author Victoria Mackinlay with the story of how her grandfather, Francis came to have a pet lion, as a gift from an Indian Maharaja
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The art of taking sperm from a rhino
Dr Tamara Keeley uses reproductive technology to help save rhinos, Tasmanian devils and koalas from extinction
4 years, 1 month ago
Richie Ramone and the record shop
No, he's not 'that' Richie Ramone, but this Richie Ramone's passion for punk is just as fierce.
4 years, 1 month ago
Lisa Curry on winning gold and losing Jaimi
Swimmer and entrepreneur Lisa on her life in and out of the pool, and how the loss of her daughter Jaimi has changed her
4 years, 1 month ago
The Needle in the Tofu
Zen priest and writer Ruth Ozeki takes us into world brimming with the voices of people and household objects, and her own experience of hearing her …
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The Chloroformist — extraordinary Doctor Joseph Clover
Christine Ball is an anaesthetist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne who chanced upon an old casebook of a doctor named Joseph Clover (R)
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A daring escape from Vietnam, and a brilliant career
Anh Nguyen Austen's family fled Vietnam by sea in 1982, on a wooden boat bound for the Philippines. When a once-in-a-century storm struck in South Ch…
4 years, 1 month ago
Howard Jacobson and the rocky path to writing
The Booker prize winning English novelist on disappointing his parents, the time before he was a writer, and his gift for unhappiness
4 years, 1 month ago
Shanna Whan's best sober life
When country woman Shanna Whan hit rock bottom in 2014 after a lifelong battle with alcohol addiction, she began a grassroots movement to tackle how …
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RAF Pilot Frank Dell's story of survival in Nazi occupied Holland
Frank Dell survived being shot down over Nazi Germany, with the aid of courageous Dutch families and resistance fighters (R)
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