Books
1001 ideas that changed the way we think
From democracy to cultural revolution, courtly love to survival of the fittest, and Kant’s enlightenment to the Oedipus complex, 1001......
Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy
Little did anyone know that Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of Australia, was actually a master spy in the employ......
Euthanasia doctor looks back on four days of legality
Dr Philip Nitschke’s biography Damned if I Do reflects back on his life as an activist. He says the time......
Rising dragon China devours world environment
China’s robust economy is keeping the world’s financial markets happy and afloat but it’s taking an environmental toll on the......
Word Adelaide Festival
For the next few days venues across Adelaide will play host to everything from yarn spinning, scrabble, short stories and......
The sound of silence
Diana Eades has compressed over thirty years of research into her new book, ‘Aboriginal Ways of Using English’. The book......
Love Behind Bars
What keeps a relationship going when your partner is in jail and why do some women strike up romances with......
The Pain Book: Finding hope when it hurts
One in five Australians experience persistent, ongoing chronic pain and still there remains no cure, but there is hope according......
Rescue at 2100 Hours
Stuck behind enemy lines in the jungles of Timor, 24-year-old Australian meteorological officer, Bryan Rofe, leads a ragged and starving......
Sustaining Activism: 30 years since the Franklin
Activism is hard work and it takes energy to sustain it. Veteran of the 1982 Franklin River protests, Alice Hungerford,......