Ghost stories and executions in Iceland — when Hannah Kent and Agnes Magnusdottir became entwined
When writer Hannah Kent first visited Iceland in 2003, she came across a gothic true story about Agnes Magnusdottir, the last woman hanged in Iceland....
Heroin addiction, Ivan Milat's dentist, and beginning again
Claude Robinson developed a heroin habit as a young man, and spent years in jail. In 2006 he began to turn his life around for good. (CW: descriptions...
Situationships, risks and growing pains — Jemma Sbeg on surviving your 20s
From relationships and loneliness, to indecision and burnout, Jemma Sbeg is your guide to navigating your 20s, and looking back on that decade with a ...
A life spent making — ‘Mr Millimetre’s’ memories
Jeffrey Broadfield has made building his life. It has taken him around the world, and given him a place to belong.
Encore: Mt Druitt to Tonga, how Winnie embraced her cultural heritage
Winnie Dunn was a teenager when the Chris Lilley character 'Jonah from Tonga' became a national joke and as a Tongan Australian the stereotype made he...
Jamila Rizvi’s one in a million brain tumour
Jamila’s craniopharyngioma had been growing for years, unbeknownst to her. In hindsight, it was her son who gave the first clue, when he stopped breas...
Slapped by a whale's tail, and other animal adventures
Whale and dolphin researcher, Barry McGovern’s love of sea creatures started in Clare, Ireland, when as a child he met the county’s solitary, friendly...
Adam Kay — the magic and misery of doctoring, comedy and fatherhood
After a caesarean section on his labour ward went catastrophically wrong, Adam Kay took a radical inventory of his entire life. CW: traumatic childbir...
Briana, Max and Freddy: love, trains and mouth music
Briana Blackett was a journalist in Qatar when she realised her baby son Max wasn't responding to his name. When Max and his little brother Freddy wer...
Encore: breaking the silence around men's mental health
Jonno Seidler with the story of his Dad Ray, a much-loved and successful doctor, who hid his private struggles from the world. Behind closed doors, R...