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December 7, 2009

Summer Holidays - Best Of Open House

Open House 2010 kicks off on February 7. Until then, catch two hours of "The Best of Open House" each Sunday over the summer holiday, featuring interview and talkback highlights of 2009....

December 1, 2009

Book Review - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

A review of Mary Ann Shaffer's book,"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society". Reviewed by Kara Martin There have not been many books this year which have made me laugh out loud. The curiously named The Guernsey Literary and...

December 6, 2009

Are Children Losing the Art of Conversation?

As a speech pathologist, Annemarie Laurence spends her working days dealing with school-aged children who struggle to string a sentence together. Recently she wrote a fascinating column pointing to some of the common causes of speech problems in children, and...

What Has the World Lost in My Lifetime?

This week in our series "Home Truths", Helen Shield spoke to some elders about what they feel the world has lost in their lifetime. Now it's your turn. What values, habits, and traditions do you feel the world has lost...

Second Opinion - Christmas Gifts in a Large Family

Raquel is one of five adult siblings, all in their 40s and 50s, who have 9 kids between them, aged from 5, to 23. For Raquel, the budget these days is quite tight, and it really is difficult now to...

December 8, 2009

Pictures from the Open House Finale 2009

What a show our 2009 finale was! A live audience of 160 packed the James Squire at Docklands, Melbourne, for live music from Michael Paynter & Roma Waterman, amazing performances by poet Cameron Semmens, moving stories from John Graham...