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Best of 2025: Claire Keegan on bravery, writing and the single life
The bestselling Irish author grew up on a farm set on “50 acres on the side of a hill”. Growing up, she witnessed a harsh, misogynistic country that …
3 months ago
Best of 2025: How Vincent Fantauzzo's life was saved by love and painting
When artist Vincent Fantauzzo was a boy he was a street-fighting petty criminal with dyslexia and a blazing talent for drawing. He escaped jail time,…
3 months ago
Encore: the life of Norman Swan
How a boy from Glasgow named Norman Swirsky grew up to become Australia's most famous doctorWhen Norman was 10 years old his dad decided to change th…
3 months ago
William McInnes' bittersweet summers — budgie smugglers, boardies and bumming around
The author and actor thinks summer in Australia is done bigger, better and weirder than anywhere else. For three months of the year, life slows down …
3 months ago
How living like a Stoic changed my life
Journalist and author, Brigid Delaney looked into the ancient philosophy during an assignment from her editor. What she discovered led her to years o…
3 months ago
The Rajneeshees and me — why Martina thought she needed a guru to heal
Cult survivor and psychotherapist Dr Martina Zangger on her ten years devoted to an Indian mystic and how she learned to stand on her own two feet.
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3 months, 1 week ago
Encore: Helen Garner's love letter to her grandson, and football
When Helen Garner began following her grandson Amby's under-16s football team, it was a chance to spend more time with her youngest grandchild before…
3 months, 1 week ago
The forgotten men who fought and died in the wild jungles of Borneo
At the very end of World War Two, Australian soldiers were sent to Borneo to dislodge the occupying Japanese Forces. The story of their brutal fighti…
3 months, 1 week ago
Deciding to live—recovery from a decade long battle with anorexia
While fighting anorexia Lexi Crouch was admitted to hospital 25 times and placed in an induced coma twice. When doctors told her she would die, she b…
3 months, 1 week ago
Frosty the supercars legend and his race to the top of Mount Panorama
Mark Winterbottom grew up in outer Western Sydney, in a family with not much money to spend on expensive hobbies. But by an extraordinary twist of fa…
3 months, 2 weeks ago