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A Renaissance scholar on love, power, Florence and folly
Dale Kent is an esteemed scholar of the Italian Renaissance who grew up in Australia. Rejecting her Christian Science upbringing, she forged an unap…
3 years, 2 months ago
Suburban crime and mishap in 1950s and 1960s Sydney
Crime writer, Peter Doyle delves into the notes and photographs kept by his uncle, Detective Sergeant Brian Doyle on the Kingsgrove Slasher and other…
3 years, 2 months ago
When I am dead I will love this
From Scotland's Orkney Islands, stories of how a chance meeting in a pub led Andrew Greig to climb the Himalayas, how golfing helped him recover from…
3 years, 2 months ago
The making of an epic adventurer
From walking alone across Antarctica, to crossing the Simpson Desert using wind, Geoff Wilson has led a life full of adventure. Content Warning: Grap…
3 years, 2 months ago
Chris, the lunchbox, and the impossible problems
Chris Pepin-Neff grew up as an identical twin in a small town in Connecticut. When he was four years old, his family suffered a terrible loss. Then C…
3 years, 2 months ago
Murder she wrote - The life of Angela Lansbury
Recorded in 2013, celebrate the seven-decade long stage and screen career of the remarkable actor (R)
The late Angela Lansbury has taken on a wildly d…
3 years, 2 months ago
Dai Le's harrowing journey to power
Dai Le tells the story of her family fleeing Saigon and travelling across 2 oceans to make it to Australia, and how a sense of fairness drew her into…
3 years, 2 months ago
The secret powers of snakes
Dr Christina Zdenek wants to change our minds about Australia’s deadly snakes, not just because their venom holds healing secrets
3 years, 3 months ago
Babushka Lena and the Soviet cookbook
When cooking teacher Anna Kharzeeva began a quest to cook her way through an iconic Soviet-era book of recipes, her grandmother Lena became her guide
3 years, 3 months ago
The Beatles, Brian Epstein and me
Joanne Petersen recalls working as a personal assistant to The Beatles' manager, the freedom of the Swinging Sixties in London and eloping to the Bah…
3 years, 3 months ago