Article April 2012
The story of mathematics
Dana Mackenzie

The story of mathematics

Article March 2012
Mr JW Lewin, painter and naturalist
Richard Neville

John William Lewin is one of Australia’s most imaginative and engaging – but least known – colonial artists. 

Article March 2012
Playground duty

I approached the end of seventeen years teaching at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts with a mixture of emotions. I was excited about leaving Sydney for a new adventure in Melbourne. I knew I’d been at Newtown for long enough. Seventeen years in the one place is long enough for anybody. I even knew how I was going to leave – by taking a group of kids to perform in China and by doing a production of Blackrock. 

Article March 2012
Design commandments
Tony Seddon

Tony Seddon discusses the relative merits (or not) of using Comic Sans.   

Article February 2012
Lucky country?

Did you know Australia ranks sixth among twenty-eight countries surveyed by the OECD in terms of average hours worked by full-timers? We’re meant to be the easygoing country, yet full-time workers in Australia work on average, per week, two hours longer than Germans, almost three more than the French and five more than most Nordic countries.

Article February 2012
The sportsmen of Changi

  Seventy years ago an army of athletes was captured at Singapore

Article February 2012
Staying cool naturally
Nick Hollo

  It’s another stinking hot day, you feel sticky and tired. What can you do to keep cool inside your home?

Article February 2012
News and chat

Is the traditional idea of ‘authority’ in news delivery important any more?  

Article January 2012
Calling science writers

  An invitation to tell science stories

Article January 2012
Writing the City
Sally Heath

The brief to ‘write about the city you live in’ has produced diverse books by five Australian writers.

Article January 2012
She Sails
Diana Bagnall

Diana Bagnall recalls her first encounter with Mike Litzow, author of South from Alaska.

Article December 2011
Sustainable Celebration

Dr Rosemary Stanton, nutritionist and author of the Choice Guide to Food looks at how we can indulge sustainably over the festive season