Tag: literature
Sunday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women
Musician and poet Patti Smith: ‘always evolving’. Dan Himbrechts/AAP
Ageist thought patterns and reactions are so embedded in Australian culture that even educated people, people who otherwise...
Sunday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling
Why don’t chimpanzees rule the world? Is storytelling - the mysterious glue that enables millions of humans to cooperate effectively - the answer? Shutterstock
Writers can’t...
Guide to the classics: The Wind in the Willows — a tale of wanderlust, male bonding, and timeless delight
Image: Flickr
Like several classics penned during the golden age of children’s literature, The Wind in the Willows was written with a particular child in mind.
Alastair Grahame...
Guide to the classics: My Brilliant Career and its uncompromising message for girls today
National Film & Sound Archive
Growing up in Australia in the 1970s, I much preferred the hijinks of Han Solo and Chewie to Princess Leia’s sexualised...
Winter is coming…
Winter is coming and with it rain, wind, icy days and the early dusk. Finally, an opportunity to move slower, reflect, rest, sleep, and...
POTATO JACK
Potato Jack often left home without his jacket on. His mum warned him he’d catch his death, but she was wrong. Just like she...