
Meggie Morris
Articles
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Richard Fidler
For most of us, pain is a fundamental part of being alive, and staying alive and yet none of us will ever experience the exact same pain as someone else, which makes it incredibly difficult to understand. Every day, we stub our toes and burn our tongues. Some of us break bones and suffer from more serious illnesses and conditions. What you feel when your skin is broken or a ligament is torn is there to tell your brain to be careful, that something is wrong and needs to be protected.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Carmel Rooney |Meggie Morris |Richard Fidler
Kris Helgen has helped name and discover around 100 species of mammal, travelling to many fascinating places to find them. He's traversed volcanic caters in Papua New Guinea, savanna grasslands of Kenya, and ventured deep into the forests of the Andes. Kris also spends much of his time in the dark depths of natural history museums, stumbling upon the forgotten pelts and unnamed specimens languishing in filing cabinets.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Richard Fidler
Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei was held in detention in China for more than three years, accused of selling state secrets to foreign people and powers. In episode one of this two-part series, Lei explained how the charges hinged on a document that was read out publicly on television, and how she survived the cruelty of interrogations and being kept in isolation.
Locked up in China part one — Cheng Lei on state paranoia and staying sane in isolation - ABC listen
3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Richard Fidler
When journalist Cheng Lei moved back to the country of her birth after the dramatic opening up of China to the world, she was a part of something exciting and historic. That all changed after Xi Jinping came to power, and Australia's relations with China deteriorated. In this first episode of a two-part series, Lei explains how eventually, she found herself detained on bogus espionage charges, and held for more than three years in a Chinese detention centre.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Nicola Harrison |Meggie Morris |Sarah Kanowski
Irish novelist Colm Toibin has always been open to where life can unexpectedly take him, and the excitement that comes with that kind of freedom. His first big move was from rural Ireland to Dublin after his father died when he was young. Then, it was off to experience the wild hedonism and sexual liberation of post-Franco Spain. Since then, he's journeyed to Sudan, Los Angeles, New York and beyond.
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