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The invisible Mrs Orwell
Anna Funder on unearthing the story of the talented and determined Eileen O'Shaughnessy, George Orwell's first wife
3 years, 1 month ago
From the meatworks to mending men's souls
After arriving in Australia from Yugoslavia as a boy, Peter Stojanovic began working at a Melbourne meatworks. Decades on, he's now a counsellor help…
3 years, 1 month ago
Jana Pittman's turning point
Jana Pittman became one of Australia's most famous athletes as a young woman. Then at age 30, she found herself at a painful crossroads
3 years, 1 month ago
David the Seahorse saviour
David Harasti with the story of how he opened a chain of underwater seahorse hotels to save an endangered species
3 years, 1 month ago
A Heart in Two Places
Sarah Donnelley on her life working at Wilcannia Central School, on Barkandji Country 950 kilometres west of Sydney (R)
3 years, 1 month ago
Dr Freakman, hippie psychiatrist
Psychiatrist Dr Harry Freeman on the memorable patients, LSD, and medical epiphanies from his 50 years in psychiatry
3 years, 1 month ago
The sculptor's son
Hung Le and his family made a terrifying escape from Saigon in 1975, carrying one suitcase, a box of biscuits and some seasick pills. Decades after t…
3 years, 1 month ago
How Brendan Watkins claimed his birthright
Brendan Watkins on his search to find the truth about his birth parents and the failings of the Catholic church his discoveries unveiled
3 years, 1 month ago
Mark Brandi on compassion, chance and reinvention
Author Mark Brandi is a keen observer of people, a skill he honed growing up in a pub in country Victoria, where the family’s Italian heritage was th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Danny Estrin's Eurovision glory
Voyager frontman Danny Estrin on his unconventional path from heavy metal to law and the Eurovision grand final
3 years, 2 months ago