Reliving history
Political Sketch
John Pesutto
Note to Pesutto: Don’t mention the war
Two famously wry aphorisms warn against comparisons with Hitler or the Nazis in public arguments. Perhaps John Pesutto should have taken note.
- by Tony Wright
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She shot dead her lover, a crime to be re-enacted 70 years later
The “wickedly charismatic” true crime retelling of the death of an underworld gangster in the Darlinghurst Law Courts is turning into a box office hit of the Sydney Festival.
- by Linda Morris
This organisation has shaped WA lives for 120 years. Heard any of these names?
Once West Australians could legally drink anywhere from the front line of war to before hopping in the car to drive home. One WA group stopped all that – but it didn’t stop there.
- by Merinda March
Convict-era wall unearthed in Brisbane to feature at North Quay
The stone wall discovered under Adelaide Street in 2022 will now feature in landscaping at North Quay.
- by Tony Moore
The family secrets Richard learned from his mum’s WWII letters
Winifred Smith’s letters, now on display at the State Library of NSW, are a rare insight into women’s experience of the war effort.
- by Julie Power
In a time before selfies, Rennie Ellis captured Melbourne
There were no selfies or duck faces when Rennie Ellis was roaming Melbourne with his camera instead he captured the unaffected and ordinary faces of the city.
- by Cara Waters
Examining Australia’s dark history through little silver teaspoons
The phenomenon of the tea break and a chance discovery at his mother’s house led artist Simon Normand down an unexpected path.
- by Stephen Brook
‘Never thought we’d meet again’: Holocaust survivors reunite after more than 80 years
Sonja and Alice first met in 1939 at a farm school for Jewish refugee children. A lifetime later and on the other side of the world they would finally meet again.
- by Benjamin Preiss
Secret tunnels, a suburb erased and witches covens: Sydney’s strangest urban tales
Fact or fiction? The Herald examines three of Sydney’s more popular urban myths to see if there’s any truth to them.
- by Amber Schultz
Tony Wright’s Column
World War I
A bloodied valley by the Somme, where hatred was finally put aside
They were young, bold and accomplished at warfare’s killing. But for one of the legendary Chipilly Six, an enemy became simply a man with family photos.
- by Tony Wright
The tale of the one-legged pilot: Why referendums often fail to land
Australians have only voted Yes eight times out of 44 opportunities to change the constitution. The furious battle over the skies in 1937 helps explain why.
- by Shane Wright
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