Marooned in uncertainty KISH, CHRISTMAS EVE 2015. Thirty or so men and women have gathered in a dimly lit restaurant to celebrate.... By Sanaz Fotouhi
Impossible things IN THE SUMMER of 2016 everything changes. Portentous news should come by phone, or a knock on the door,... By Lisa Walker
Killing Bold THE FIRST SAFETY message Brett,[i] one of our tour guides, delivered was about wearing seatbelts. The second was about... By Rowena Lennox
People are kind THE PACKET OF soy milk was standing alone on the top shelf of the long-life milk section in the... By Linda Neil
Lessons of history If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that... By Nigel Powell
What ripples beneath JEREMY B PULLMAN was a tall, slim man with pale grey eyes and a number-three buzz cut along the... By Bri Lee
Those who trespass against us MY CHILDHOOD ENDED when I was ten. It was 21 March 2002. The subdued beauty of an autumn afternoon in... By Lech Blaine
A case of Dutch melancholy I FIRST VISITED the Netherlands in 2002, just after the Dutch had kissed goodbye to their beloved guilders and... By Ben Falkenmire
Crossing lines THE DAY AFTER the news filled with Hilary Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, I found the Al-Salaam restaurant closed. I looked... By David Fettling
Rush to judgement NOWRA SHOWGROUND IS a ten-minute walk from the centre of town: past Best & Less, Jolly Olly’s Discount Variety... By Bronwyn Adcock
The remixing of peoples THE TASOS MARKOU AND his fiancé, Maria, were on their sofa avoiding Greece’s summer heat when a video of... By Cameron Muir
Missing pieces FOR FIVE DAYS over late August and early September in 2016, a strange case gripped the Australian media. A... By Andrew Stafford