Stories

Murukku memories.....

The Sarawak Cheshire Home was my mother’s passion project- a charitable organization opened in 1966 by the highly decorated British Air...

Tina Brand

Ever since we set up our own household, mum pestered me to make appams. She'd make them whenever she came to visit my family, and even...

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Harris Park is only 19 km from the heart of Sydney, part of Greater Wester Sydney and lying right alongside downtown Parramatta. Known...

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If you met on the street, you'd think she was an athlete. An energy hard to contain, with a physique to match, Diamond is, in fact a...

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The talented Abdullah family has Australia fairly well anchored from coast to coast: with youngest brother Abdul on the East coast,...

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Artist and illustrator Kentaro Yoshida has a background in advertising. Taking the leap from a leading international agency, he's...

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I had news today from a beloved friend that her ex mother-in-law had passed away. Annie had presented me with Cecilia's book The Seventh...

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I made Lyn Streader stop long enough to talk to me about her mask making project. She's a busy woman, having leapt into this project in...

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When I was about to leave home to finish high school overseas, mum dusted off a vinyl covered diary to write down some of her recipes for...

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This photo makes me laugh. Yup, caught standing on the chairs, getting into the prawn crackers on the party table and looking like butter...

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I love this photo. It's all about good memories. The clothes I'm wearing (me, the squirt in the red tartan catsuit, no less) the people...

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I was at school overseas when my mother packed up our family home in a hurry with none of us there to help her or advise. Dad had just...

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