“There’s something in the water,” I pointed and yelled from the deck of the warship. “There. He’s alive. There. It’s him.” But it still wasn’t my story to tell.
A six-part series produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman is best described as hype,and only a handful of movies made outside Tinseltown earn a mention.
As we face our moment of no return as a planet,much of our effort must also focus on what’s happening in our own backyard:what we are directly responsible for.
Our Edward Kelly was a cop-killer who single-handedly brought about a change in gun laws,as colourful a character as his better-known Victorian namesake.
Brussels is intent on confronting its colonial history as the government embarks on a world-first program to make the city more inclusive and aware of its past.
The dust storm of February 1983 changed farming in the Mallee. But one family in the region had even bigger ambitions to restore the landscape.
Call it theft if you like,but I couldn’t resist. I put myself in the central role,and told the story at paid speaking gigs as if it happened to me.
Last week’s story about Thomassons – odd relics whose meanings are mostly lost to time – prompted a wave of submissions from readers. Here are their top finds.
As part of the upcoming Melbourne Fringe,Yalinguth Live shines a light on the Indigenous stories that have shaped Fitzroy.
Sydney is full of ‘Thomassons’ – unused objects from the past,left in place as the city grew around them. Now all that’s left is a work of art. Happy hunting.
Statues embodying past values should not be allowed to continue to occupy public space in perpetuity. What we put on a pedestal should always ask new questions of the past.