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The story of English
Linguist Kate Burridge with the story of how Old English began on a small, damp island on the periphery of the world (R)
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Cephalopods — magicians of their watery world
Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith on the mystery of the octopus and giant cuttlefish, and why cephalopods are the closest we will come to meeting an inte…
3 years, 1 month ago
Victor Perton and the secret to optimism
Victor's refugee mother was widowed at a young age, his grandparents were tortured and killed by the Soviets, but Victor says he comes from four gene…
3 years, 1 month ago
Eva's arrested development
When Eva's parents fled from their home in communist Poland, she was told to "ask no questions". But once she got to the 'free world' she couldn't st…
3 years, 1 month ago
Richard E. Grant and his pocketful of happiness
The actor on the late love of his life, his wife Joan Washington, and the final message she left him
3 years, 1 month ago
Dee Madigan's precarious early life
Gruen's Dee Madigan on her turbulent early life as one of four children to a former Catholic Priest
3 years, 1 month ago
Nick Cave and the bruises of experience
Nick Cave on how living through addiction, love and unthinkable loss has changed his inner life
3 years, 1 month ago
What rugby stole from Michael Lipman
Michael's professional rugby career came to a brutal end after dozens of concussions took their toll on his brain
3 years, 1 month ago
Anna Yen, the Nanjing Acrobats and the family stories
When acrobat and circus performer Anna Yen decided to become a playwright, in the process of finding out her family stories she unearthed a new facet…
3 years, 1 month ago
How Sarah built a tall ship
Sarah Parry first saw a tall ship sailing into Sydney Harbour in 1965. Two decades later, in an abandoned Hobart warehouse, she began building her ow…
3 years, 1 month ago