Category: sarah wilson

Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken (Cornerstone Press, 2023)

Jan 3, 2024

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in Anti-ageing, Chris van Tulleken, david gillespie, health, Jules Clancy food, nutrition, sarah wilson, sustainable living, Ultra-processed food, Why do we all eat stuff that isn’t food and why can’t we stop?

Definitions of Tragedy When I mentioned in my last blog that everyone inevitably suffers tragedy, that’s not quite correct – some people do escape it – because tragedy refers to untimely death. The death of parents, even though it might feel tragic to their children, is not a tragedy (unless those children were really young)…
A hopeful path forward in a fractured world – Sarah Wilson’s new book

Jan 17, 2021

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in capitalism, Democracy, health, Living creatively, optimism, politics, sarah wilson, Simplifying, sustainable living, value of the arts

An adventurous heart Sarah Wilson’s This One Wild and Precious Life navigates through the problems facing us all right now: coronavirus, climate change, racial inequalities, political and economic polarisation, as well as loneliness, in an accessible, thought-provoking way. The author spent three years pondering these issues and she takes us on her travels over that…
Anne Pender’s Seven Big Australians

Apr 22, 2019

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in Australian Satire, Comic Theatre, Humour – Australian, Stand-up comedy – Australian

Transforming comic genres In Seven Big Australians: Adventures with comic actors (Monash University Press, 2019) Anne Pender paints an unforgettable portrait of the lives of Australian comic actors: Carol Raye, Barry Humphries, Noeline Brown, Max Gillies, John Clarke, Tony Sheldon and Denise Scott. She brings to life careers that span from the Second World War…
How to be a gazelle – on health, fitness and match-making two writers

Apr 2, 2017

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in Anti-ageing, Cycling – health benefits, cycling – mental benefits, sarah wilson, Tim Ferriss, writers’ habits, writers’ health

The human guinea pig It was already hot at 8.30 on a Saturday morning. My nightie was on the floor and the sheet kicked aside when I glanced over at my reflection in the large mirrored built-in wardrobe doors. I groaned and said, ‘Oh, God – I’ve put on weight. I’m a beached whale!’ And…

Category: sarah wilson

Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken (Cornerstone Press, 2023)

A hopeful path forward in a fractured world – Sarah Wilson’s new book

Anne Pender’s Seven Big Australians

How to be a gazelle – on health, fitness and match-making two writers