IT’S a story of tragic, romantic bohemia. A young father, convinced of his own genius, swaps his wife, baby and working-class roots for a rural idyll where a couple believe in him and provide for him — in more ways than one.
THERE were no women among the seven immigrants selected as Australia’s first naturalised citizens in February 1949.
THAT heated controversy still surrounds the preservation process named after him 146 years ago would come as a shock to chemist Louis Pasteur, who patented the concept to brew better beer.
WELL, eat my shorts! The Simpsons, the all-American dysfunctional family created as a pre-ad break short occasionally dedicated to showing that no-one watched TV ads, has misguided a generation.
FIFTY years ago today a bunch of students from University of Sydney decided to tackle racial discrimination head-on. What happened next made headlines across the country.
FAITH Bandler was the face of the 1967 referendum, but never stopped working for civil rights.
As Derryn Hinch learned last year, jailing journalists is not confined to oppressive Middle Eastern, Asian, African or Russian regimes
ALTHOUGH St Valentine may be up there with Eros, Aphrodite and Venus in the romance stakes, Christian scholars suggest singles are praying to the wrong saint.
Tuberculosis was once thought to be a romantic disease because it was contracted by many poets and artists.
Australia’s wild-card entry into Eurovision 2015 comes after years of Australians sneaking in as writers and performers representing other countries.
The world was changing drastically 25 years ago, with the crumbling of the Berlin Wall, the dismantling of apartheid and the release of Mandela
Seventy five years ago a cat and mouse began a rivalry that is still going today.
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