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The mystery of the eel
Author Patrik Svensson was just a boy when his dad introduced him to the wonders of this enigmatic fish — their birthplace in the Sargasso Sea, their…
3 years, 9 months ago
The poker-playing cardiologist
As a child, before she escaped communist Hungary, Bo Remenyi had no ambitions. But when she got to Australia all of that changed. She's gone from cru…
3 years, 9 months ago
Searching for who betrayed Anne Frank
War crimes investigator Brendan Rook on the case that was 'more frozen than cold', and his years with the International Criminal Court, scrutinising …
3 years, 9 months ago
Barlinnie, the Gorbals and me
Thriller writer Helen Fitzgerald on her life as a social worker inside some of Scotland's toughest prisons (R)
3 years, 9 months ago
Lindy Lee and the only game in town
As a Chinese-Australian girl growing up in the era of the White Australia Policy, artist Lindy Lee always felt that she didn't belong. When she began…
3 years, 9 months ago
How Australia built the internet of the 19th century
Northern Territory historian Derek Pugh recalls the 36,000 poles, undersea cable and sheer ingenuity that went into the greatest feat of engineering …
3 years, 9 months ago
Raised in a cult
Serafina Tane was born into a religious cult on New Zealand's South Island. The cult leader was a charismatic but abusive man named Douglas Metcalfe,…
3 years, 9 months ago
How Indigenous elders read the stars
Dr Duane Hamacher on his study of Indigenous Astronomy, which covers 65,000 years of observation, deduction, and experimentation
3 years, 9 months ago
Mark and the rainbow connection
Mark Trevorrow on how the music of composers Anthony Newley and Paul Williams influenced the course of his life and began the evolution of his alter …
3 years, 9 months ago
Dara McAnulty and the beauty of nature
The young naturalist shares his deep connection to the wild landscapes and creatures of Northern Ireland. Dara's first book has been highly awarded, …
3 years, 9 months ago