ABC Radio National marks the centenary of World War One with 10 hours of special broadcasting on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June (12.00pm to 5.00pm each day). The Great War: Memory, Perceptions and 10 Contested Questions places the conflict within its global context and focuses on ten critical questions about the war.  Listen to each of the ten episodes here.

The play ‘Kandahar Gate’ by playwright Stephen Sewell and directed by Jeff Janisheski is loosely inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 film Rashomon. It transplants the drama to contemporary Australia and centres on the death of a soldier in Afghanistan. At the heart of the play is an exploration of how ‘truth’ gets distorted – by governments, the military and one’s own memory. Continue reading Kandahar Gate – a play →

Marrickville Residents for Reconciliation organised a candlelit walk along the Marrickville Indigenous Interpretive Trail to commemorate National Sorry Day on Monday 26th May. Over 60 people attended the evening’s event. Participants stopped briefly at Indigenous signage and story poles located in Steel Park and Warren Park before completing their journey at Richardson’s Lookout overlooking the Cook’s River. Continue reading Sorry Day Walk →