The Conversation Hour with Richard Fidler

Dr Iona Heath: too much medicine is making us sick

Iona Heath is at the forefront of efforts worldwide to ...

Iona Heath is at the forefront of efforts worldwide to reduce and prevent over-diagnosis of disease.

How a prison photo led Eleanor Limprecht to a long-held family secret

One haunting image, taken by a prison photographer more than ...

One haunting image, taken by a prison photographer more than a century ago, took Eleanor Limprecht to a tragic story of the past.

Margaret Drabble: jigsaws, writing, love and other puzzles (R)

Margaret Drabble was an actor when she wrote her first ...

Margaret Drabble was an actor when she wrote her first novel in the sixties.

Middle East correspondent Martin Chulov reports from inside ISIS and Syria

Martin's exceptional access to members of ISIS gives him rare ...

Martin's exceptional access to members of ISIS gives him rare insight to the group's origins, leadership and methods.

Rick Searle: adventures of aviation hero Patrick Gordon Taylor

Rick tells the story of a largely unknown Australian aviation ...

Rick tells the story of a largely unknown Australian aviation hero, Patrick Gordon Taylor.

Bruce White on bees, and 62 years as a beekeeper

Bruce has travelled the world to share his knowledge about ...

Bruce has travelled the world to share his knowledge about bees.

Historian Lynette Silver has uncovered notorious military fakes and frauds

Lynette Silver has had some hair-raising adventures in the course ...

Lynette Silver has had some hair-raising adventures in the course of her investigations.

Leah Cotterell and the pleasure of sad songs

Performer Leah Cotterell's deep connection with song and family.

Cinematographer Michael Dillon's adventures on the roof of the world

Michael made five films with Everest pioneer, Sir Edmund Hillary.

Bruce Munday: if these (dry-stone) walls could talk

Bruce's study of South Australia's dry-stone walls reveals and celebrates ...

Bruce's study of South Australia's dry-stone walls reveals and celebrates a little-known colonial trade.