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Taking your cat for a walk and why dogs never stop loving — Jeffrey Masson
The bestselling author explores animal behaviour and grief — the loss we feel when a beloved pet dies, and how other species understand death (R)
3 years, 9 months ago
Indira Naidoo: losing a sister and finding healing
After her younger sister died suddenly, broadcaster Indira Naidoo's world was shattered. Then she turned to her urban landscape for solace (CW: menti…
3 years, 9 months ago
The unusual life of Elizabeth Macarthur
Novelist Kate Grenville on the story of love, grief and mental illness she unearthed when she revisited the letters of colonial gentlewoman Elizabeth…
3 years, 9 months ago
The world-record-breaking sheep shearer turned outback cop
Laurie Bateman went on an intense, lonely 18-month journey to become a Guinness World Record-holding sheep shearer, but it's not the accomplishment t…
3 years, 9 months ago
Hannah Gadsby and the point of no return
The Australian comedian on Nanette, her 'farewell' to stand up comedy; being diagnosed with autism as an adult; and on Douglas, the show and the dog …
3 years, 9 months ago
Sian Prior: reckoning with childlessness
Sian Prior with the story of the years of longing and loss which marked her quest to become a mother, and what happened when she found herself childl…
3 years, 9 months ago
Patrick Gale's family secrets
English author Patrick Gale finds inspiration in the endless sunset beyond his Cornish farm, old family letters and a pair of bearskin gloves from hi…
3 years, 9 months ago
A magical life: Arthur Coghlan
Arthur made his name escaping from a locked 44-gallon drum in a pool of sharks, and his death-defying escapes from the 1970s soon earned him the titl…
3 years, 9 months ago
Feeding the body, mind and spirit: J.C Faulk
J.C Faulk gives out over a million kilos of food each year to the hungry in his Baltimore food program. He tells how his own life story has guided hi…
3 years, 9 months ago
The hunt for mutant waves
Big wave surfer Kerby Brown's obsessive quest to find 'slab waves' to ride, far off the Australian coast has almost cost him his life
3 years, 9 months ago