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Film: One Life

The quiet Englishman whose wartime heroics lay unrecognised for 50 years. Few knew that Nicholas Winton saved the lives of so many Jewish children during the war. It’s hard not to tear up during …
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December 17, 2023
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Dehydration

‘You are sweating half a litre an hour’: what happens to your body when dehydrated – and how to avoid it. As Australia stares down a predicted very hot summer, dehydration presents a serious …
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December 9, 2023
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Therapy

Breaking up with my therapist terrified me. In the end, it was perfect. After eight years, it was time to say goodbye. My therapist gave me six months’ notice that she was breaking up …
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August 27, 2023
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Justin Yerbury

‘I wish I could be her hero’: the teenage sweethearts who face motor neurone disease together. When Justin and Rachel Yerbury met, they had no idea that he would become a world-leading scientist – …
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June 27, 2023
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Ageing and Eating

Like falling over, choking in public is always a little embarrassing. When it happens, people feel the need to apologise once the episode is over, as if it were a sign of weakness or …
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March 8, 2022
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The Refugee Bakery Scheme

‘The bakery is like a family to me’: the asylum seekers and refugees building a new life on sourdough starter. For the trainees of the Bread and Butter project, learning to bake is the …
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September 8, 2021
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Bluebeard

Anyone who thinks fairytales are for children clearly has not read Charles Perrault’s Bluebeard. The bloody, cautionary tale about the perils of curiosity and marriage belongs in the X-rated horror genre more than on …
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February 26, 2021
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Yo-Yo Ma

Awkward moment leads to 40-year friendship – and a new album from Yo-Yo Ma. Anyone who knows Yo-Yo Ma could tell you that a virus was not going to stop him in his tracks. …
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December 11, 2020
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Lynette Wallworth

Is Lynette Wallworth our most influential filmmaker? There is a gentle irony to the fact that film director Lynette Wallworth would rather not talk via Zoom. Instead, we conduct this conversation by phone.
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August 6, 2020
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Lime Cordiale

'We said yes to everything': Lime Cordiale's slow rise to top. When the mop-haired sons of friends blossom into musical adolescents and form a band, you wish them luck, expecting them to go the …
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July 10, 2020

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I live and work on Dharawal country and pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land, and to elders past, present and emerging.

I live and work on Dharawal country and pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land, and to elders past, present and emerging.

I live and work on Dharawal country and pay my respects to the traditional owners of this land, and to elders past, present and emerging.