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life November 25, 2023
The Bhutanese nuns editing Wikipedia to share their culture
The rigours of editing Wikipedia brought rewards for the both the teacher and her class of Bhutanese nuns, as they work to bring the country’s culture and traditions to local as well as global readers.
food November 25, 2023
In the first of a series drawn from the Australian Culinary Archive, food editor for The Saturday Paper David Moyle explains the simplicity that drives his cooking.
fashion November 18, 2023
Allbirds eyes sustainable profits
Allbirds claims to be producing the world’s first zero-carbon shoe. But to really get a toehold in the market, the challenge lies in turning sustainability into profitability.
life November 18, 2023
The Footscray Mechanics’ Institute Library
The author follows the example of many aspirational working men in the 19th century by joining a mechanics’ institute – one of a handful that have survived.
gardening November 11, 2023
The curl of possum tails around branches evokes for the author the unsettling sentience of climbing plants and things that grasp.
cities November 11, 2023
The notion of Australia as an egalitarian society is outdated and the burgeoning class system of this country is becoming etched in its urban landscape.
life November 4, 2023
No to Dutton’s royal commission
Calls for a royal commission into the abuse of children in remote communities ignore important research on the issues and perpetuate toxic tropes about Indigenous men.
travel October 28, 2023
Memory, Mafalda and the ESMA Museum in Argentina
Argentina’s unequivocal approach to confronting its recent dark history sets an example for countries more reluctant to discuss their shameful past.
environment October 21, 2023
Australia must act now to raise climate targets
Australian leaders need to step up, put party politics to one side and make the decisions required to help the world stop sliding into a global warming catastrophe.
life October 14, 2023
The Indigenous Knowledges Systems Lab
Through the Indigenous Knowledges Systems Lab, the thinking and historic wisdom of First Nations peoples is being embraced in an effort to seek solutions to the challenges we face today.
life October 7, 2023
What’s missing in children’s literature
Children’s literature needs to be less about getting cheap laughs out of bodily functions and more about appealing to the imagination and senses – even allowing a little fear.
