The Conversation Hour with Richard Fidler

Helen Razer likes to contradict popular opinion

Helen is a columnist and writer who champions rational thinking.

Reverend Bill Crews has put his unique stamp on the life of Sydney

Bill walked away from his engineering career to help the ...

Bill walked away from his engineering career to help the disadvantaged.

Alastair Blanshard on the ancients of Rome and Greece

Alastair reveals how ancient Greece and Rome are still recognisable ...

Alastair reveals how ancient Greece and Rome are still recognisable to us today.

Oncologist Ranjana Srivastava: telling the truth about life and death

Ranjana Srivastava's own experiences with death have shaped the way ...

Ranjana Srivastava's own experiences with death have shaped the way she practises medicine.

Paul Dyer, co-founder of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra

Paul unearths previously unperformed works of baroque and brings them ...

Paul unearths previously unperformed works of baroque and brings them to life on stage.

Carl Woerndle's business was ruined by a random cyber attack

Carl spent 10 years building a profitable IT business, and ...

Carl spent 10 years building a profitable IT business, and it took only a fortnight to tear it down.

Historian Jane Connors on Royal visits to Australia

From the newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth to Will and Kate - ...

From the newly-crowned Queen Elizabeth to Will and Kate - we've always loved a monarch on tour.

Sandy Mackinnon's unlikely voyage through the canals of Europe (R)

A whim to visit a friend downriver became a life-changing ...

A whim to visit a friend downriver became a life-changing adventure.

Mark MacLean: a personal inventory in five boxes

Mark asks how the stuff we keep describes us.

Amanda McClelland: nursing communities to health after disaster

Amanda is an Australian emergency health advisor working internationally with ...

Amanda is an Australian emergency health advisor working internationally with the Red Cross.