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Back to SearchHoward 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
3 years, 6 months 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 …
3 years, 6 months ago
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)
3 years, 6 months ago
The turtle effect — their mysterious allure and surprising history
Louise Pryke returns with a cultural history of turtles, from ancient times to modern day, and from turtle tears to Al Capone, Lou attempts to unders…
3 years, 6 months ago
Understanding Russia's 1917 Revolution and Civil War
Historian Antony Beevor depicts the conflict through the eyes of ordinary Russian workers to officers on the battlefield, to crystalise one of the mo…
3 years, 6 months ago
Catherine Martin: making Elvis and loving Baz
How a fashion-loving misfit from Sydney took over Hollywood with husband Baz Luhrmann, winning more Oscars than any other Australian
3 years, 7 months ago
Maggie Dent — raising strong girls
Guiding daughters to become confident young woman in an age of smartphones and early sexualisation is tough. The parenting expert says in this comple…
3 years, 7 months ago
INTRODUCING — Dig: Sirens Are Coming
Three crooked cops. Four courageous women. A decades-long power struggle that remains full of mysteries to this day.
3 years, 7 months ago
The cerebral cartographer
Professor George Paxinos has mapped more parts of the brain than anyone else in the world. He's been creating atlases of this most mysterious organ f…
3 years, 7 months ago
Michelle versus the Atlantic Ocean
From working in a bank and behind a bar, to rowing solo across an ocean, the story of Michelle Lee's remarkable transformation and the voyage which m…
3 years, 7 months ago