Life & ARTS 
From broken heart to pacemaker: How grief turned into bradycardia

What began as loss and mourning became an unexpected medical emergency everyone should be warned ...  
High on the hill: Melbourne's iconic Nylex Clock

It's the end of the year and time to look back at some of the iconic photos featured in EYE FOR ...  
The ghost of Dame Nellie

This striking image of the late renowned soprano Helen Noonan was taken in Melbourne's hist ...  
How 'The Introvert’s Guide' helped me leave the house (and like it)

For those who prefer solitude but still crave connection, Jenny Valentish offers a guide that ...  
'Australia's golden girl of fashion': Prue Acton

Prue Acton OBE is an Australian fashion designer who started her own business in Melbourne in ...  
Big-game Marlin man: Lee Marvin

In the early '70s, American film and TV actor Lee Marvin came to Australia more than once to  ...  
Cultivating paradise: Olivia Laing and the politics of the garden

Through Olivia Laing’s The Garden Against Time, the garden becomes more than a refuge — it’s ...  
St Andrews Market memories: Cheap soup!

This heart-warming photo of Megan Jack (L) and Chris Wright enjoying the relaxed vibe at St ...  
Australia's gift to cabaret: Les Girls legend, Carlotta

Transgender Australian cabaret performer Carlotta was awarded the Member of the Order of ...  
Bearing witness: The Dismissal

Fifty years ago, as a young press photographer, I photographed Gough Whitlam the day after the ...  
Silence on the Australian Wars no longer an option

A landmark new book, expanding on Rachel Perkins’ acclaimed documentary, confronts the truth of ...  
Australian original — flaming spirit, Vali Myers

Bohemian fantasy artist Vali Myers was a 'unique spirit born out of time'.  
When Gough was 'shot' at Oktoberfest

During the 1970s, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was my hero, but I did him a disservice at ...  
'Horsing around' in Melbourne springtime

This image of a Thoroughbred foal bonding with its mother was captured at a stud in Melbourne' ...  
A tight finish: Triathletes put it all on the line

Triathlete Greg Reddan gets to the baton in a fiery finish, scorching a Sydney surf carnival ...  
Lionel Rose — a champion revealed

Indigenous Australian boxing world champion Lionel Rose become one of Australia's most famo ...  
Tracy Bartram — a brand of 'bubbly' that just gets better

Tracy Bartram is an Australian comedian, radio personality and successful podcaster who was part ...  
Jeff Kennett's Hawthorn hoodoo gone but not forgotten

After Hawthorn beat Geelong in the 2008 AFL Grand Final, the much-publicised 'Kennett curse' to ...  

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