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Healing the grieving heart
Wendy Liu has spent many years right up close to death. As a forensic counsellor she worked with families who had lost someone to an accident or viol…
3 years, 7 months ago
Music, mothering and Martha Wainwright
The folk singer on the songs in her blood and the intergenerational conflict between professional creativity and family
3 years, 7 months ago
Oumuamua's secrets
Avi Loeb was Harvard's top astronomer when he became intrigued by reports of a pancake-shaped object the size of a football field hurtling through ou…
3 years, 7 months ago
A history of war, humanity and technology
Historian Gwynne Dyer on his search to understand whether war is embedded in human nature, and why things are changing, despite the world becoming le…
3 years, 7 months ago
Anita Jacoby uncovers painful secrets hidden by her loving father
Anita Jacoby has spent decades uncovering the truth about other people, but when she turned the lens on her own father, she was shocked
Anita Jacoby h…
3 years, 7 months ago
Building a school for the world’s poorest children — Gemma Sisia's story
A donation of land and $10 was all Australian-born Gemma needed to establish The School of St Jude in Tanzania (R)
3 years, 7 months ago
Tom Tilley: losing my religion
Tom Tilley was raised in a loving Pentecostal family, but as he grew up he began to question the church's teachings, especially when it came to speak…
3 years, 7 months ago
Searching for Margot
When teacher and actor Ned Manning lost his mother when he was 12 years old, he knew little about her life. So as an adult, he set off to re-imagine …
3 years, 7 months ago
The audacious athletes who cheated their way to the top
From dodgy marathon runners to table tennis stars who 'dope' their paddles, there are few sports which can claim immunity from cheating
3 years, 8 months ago
Louisa and the King of Kowloon
Louisa Lim with a history of the city of Hong Kong, including the true story of Tsang Tsou Choi, the 1950s graffiti artist who became a cultural icon
3 years, 8 months ago