Reflecting on Mabo
‘So, I’m ready when you are.’ The young woman looked from one man to the other over the top of her glasses and clicked her pen encouragingly.
When Albert met Sigmund
In 1931, the Institute of Intellectual Cooperation invited Einstein to a cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas about politics and peace with a person of his choosing. He selected Sigmund Freud...
America on the Brink
‘You pro-Trumpers are playing with fire,’ muttered Paul Levinson as he pushed through the doors of the Republican House of Representatives cloakroom. ‘We never should have backed that orange-haired fool.’
Seeking our True History
John sat at the long kitchen table in the warehouse conversion he shared with his partner Carrie. Both were dressed for the cold, John in a military trench coat and Ugg boots and Carrie in layers of colourful woollens, fingerless gloves, and long thick socks.
Privacy and QR codes
‘Have you heard?’ I asked, sliding into my usual seat at a table in a Pelham Street café, just down the block from Melbourne Law School.
Refugees
Like many other Jewish families in Australia, my parents made it to Australia in the late 1920’s and mid-1930s, fleeing a Poland already beset by anti-Semitism and about to be invaded by the Nazis.
Bloomsbury
Lyn propped herself up on an elbow and gazed at her lover. ‘It’s fantastic when we’re together.’
A Second Chance at Friendship
The intercom buzzed and my secretary said, ‘There’s a woman called Nicole calling. Says she knew you at university?’
Donald Trump and the Central Park Five
As we breathe a collective sigh of relief at Donald Trump’s departure from the White House, we gaze in horror at the detritus he left in his wake.
