Celebrating Life
The only certainty in life is the fact that it ends – so why is it so difficult for us to talk about it? This edition will make you think, feel, cry and laugh, hitting home with three powerful stories of mourning and memory.
Meet the death expert who wants to improve the way we grieve; visit a “death cafe” where strangers chat about their lives and afterlives; and learn about the Dutch initiative that memorialises marginalised people before they pass away.
We’ve all been changed by the loss of a loved one – or perhaps by facing our own mortality. So, raise a cup and say it with us: here’s to life!
More highlights in this edition:
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- How high school students are learning about Anzac history, in inclusive (and fun!) new ways
- A Letter to My Younger Self from Aussie songstress Vanessa Amorosi
- Director Warwick Thornton tells us about his bleak yet hopeful new western
- And tasty Kubba bi raz u patata – Jewish Iraqi dumplings – are a family feast in Tastes Like Home. Read the full recipe here.
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