Growing up in Australia, before YouTube – the weekends were always to sleep in. School wasn’t a top priority for the next two days. For other people it may have been sport or a market, for us it was […]
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Although I don’t know where it began, at the age of 33 I have learned that I don’t need to apologise for it anymore. I love true crime. I am what you would call a murderino. In 2010, the […]
I grew up in the era of computers. Specifically, computers being in classrooms. As someone who has only use of one hand, and whose writing is not the greatest — computers made my life a lot easier. Because of my stroke, […]
Even in the age of the internet – nothing quite beats getting a parcel or letter in the mail. Hearing the purr of the motorbike as they approach, you hope that they slow down at your address. If they […]
Ever wondered the history of the census…. yes? Well first a song The census is run by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Australia, commonly referred to as the ABS. Our next census night is August 10, not that […]
I think that because I am a direct result of advancements in medicine and technology, that is one of the reasons why I have wanted to look into the history of open-heart surgery. I think it may also be […]
It was this year that I started reading Sherlock Holmes. Over the years I have watched some of the adaptations, one of my favourites being Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes. Being a writer myself, I am intrigued […]
I used to binge-watch productivity videos like I would never get sick of them. However, I have recently come to a realisation — while a lot of these videos have things that a practical (some of which I have […]
During the number, Non-Stop in Hamilton, Aaron Burr steps into the spotlight: Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay to write a series of essays defending the new United States Constitution, entitled The Federalist Papers. The plan […]
Cats were made for the internet… you don’t need facts to explain it. Just ask anyone who has gotten lost in a vortex of cat videos that I watch. It was this morning, while on Twitter that I came […]
I have come to the realisation, of late, that Ted is much more than a pet. He is also an emotional support animal. Unlike the United States, Australia doesn’t account for emotional support animals, only assistance dogs (which includes […]
TW: Domestic violence, suicide, unspecified mental illness With the current mice plague that is happening in Australia, it is worth remembering the last one — and the “Thallium Craze” that swept the Sydney suburbs post World War II. In […]
The Black Death, currently the world’s topped ranked epidemic, killed between 70–200 million deaths. It raged in Europe, Asia, and North Africa between 1346–1353, with the population decreased between 30–60%. Though the majority of deaths were everyday citizens — […]
Quite a few months ago, you may remember I was singing the praises of Notion to be able to organise my life. Well, time has changed and I have realised something. While my brain thinks in Dewey, my creative […]
Warning: This story contains abuse of a corpse, necrophilia, and images that accompany it. Carl Tanzler was born in Germany on 8 February 1877. He grew up in Imperial Germany ended up emigrating to the United States in 1926. His […]
It is common knowledge that for every teenager of any generation there is always a band that makes their youth bearable. Today’s generation might cite One Direction or 5 Seconds of Summer in the future while people older than me may […]
My main dog was a Maltese x Shih Shu called Molly that I had for the majority of my childhood. It also seems that dogs are another popular choice for writers proving once and for all that: a dog is […]
Many writers have a companion, that keeps them company while they slave away over what pronoun to use. As I have recently got my own, I thought it would be a good idea for me to see what company I […]
Some people take drugs or alcohol to give them a high; I go and see stand-up comedy. Everything that I am today and everything that is dear to me can be linked to the art of stand-up comedy. If […]
There are many themes that someone could see when they read Frankenstein. My reading of Frankenstein was illuminating as I looked at The Creature as a mirror of myself. I read the book through the lens of disability, specifically […]
I listened to The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum (narrated by Coleen Marlo) on a trip to Melbourne and am currently finishing it as I write this. I have always […]
I never thought I would want kids, I am a strong interdependent woman who doesn’t need… oh look at the kitty… For the last six months that I was living in Melbourne, the one thing (apart from my own […]
Workhouses were a part of everyday life in 19th century London, for most people however, the horrors of the real conditions were not acknowledged by society. It wasn’t until Charles Dickens began his serial The Adventures of Oliver Twist, published February […]
Historical fiction is a literary genre that is defined as ‘written at least fifty years after the events described’ as described by the Historical Novel Society. Les Miserables, although not totally a historical novel, the story line that involves Enjolras, Marius and Friends of the ABC that […]