Christmas Tree – Celebrating the Giving of Love and Life
Christmas became a celebrated occasion during the nineteenth century in England. Its ethos is about giving love and life, of which the tree is a powerful symbol
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MPavilion 2018 – Advancing the Welfare of Culture & Society
MPavilion is an intimate living room in a garden providing a special venue for thinking, making, creating, sharing ideas and stories that benefit the community
Cook and the Pacific – National Library of Australia
Cook and the Pacific, an exhibition, National Library of Australia, starts September 22 and showcases 3 journals written by Captain James Cook about his voyages
Cancer: My Experience, My Journey – Chemotherapy… My Cycle
My first chemo treatment meant staying overnight in hospital for staff to monitor my progress rehydrate my body and share helpful info to help with side effects
Antique Tea Caddy – Thank God I Was Not Born Before Tea!
An unusual Regency period tea caddy caught my eye in Sydney in 2011, its shape and decoration revealing the interest which abounded in ancient Egypt at the time
Look Good Feel Better – Cancer: My Experience, My Journey
Look Good Feel Better (LGFB) is a not for profit organisation, helping cancer and chemotherapy patients face their future and reality of cancer, with confidence
Cancer: My Experience – My Journey, the Road to Chemotherapy
Coming to terms with being a high-risk patient has been hard; my surgeon and oncologist are giving me a good chance of succeeding on my quest to enjoy a future.
David RankIn – Conversing with NY based Australasian Artist
Irish born Australasian artist David Rankin is coming home to Australia this Spring to converse about his works past and present on show in Sydney and Melbourne
Cancer: My Experience, My Journey with Bowel Cancer Begins
My personal journey with Bowel Cancer started before I realised what was happening; it was diagnosis, operation, and now my journey shifts to cure through chemo
CafeSmart: Drink Coffee Do Good
CafeSmart, an initiative of StreetSmart Australia is on Friday August 3, 2018, when you can buy a coffee and do good, assisting those experiencing homelessness
Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann – A Considered Guide to Happiness
Go placidly amid the noise and the hast, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons
Royal College of Physicians – Summer in the Medicinal Garden
Fancy a tour with gardens that are different? Spend a season of afternoons exploring medical plants & herbal medicines at the Royal College of Physicians London
Melbourne Rare Book Week 2018 – For the Love of Books
7th Melbourne Rare Book Week 2018 starts Friday June 29 – Sunday July 8, including the 46th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair, University of Melbourne 6 – 8 July
Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family: Sotheby’s Geneva
Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family is a sale at Sothebys on November 12, 2018, including a diamond and pearl pendant, which belonged to Marie Antoinette
Women of a Certain Age – Jewel Studded Book says Rose Niland
Women of a Certain Age is a treasure chest of courage, fairness, justice, prudence, love, generosity, vulnerability, truth, discernment, intelligence and wisdom
The White Book by Han Kang – Beauty, Poignancy and Resonance
The White Book by Han Kang offers beauty, poignancy and resonance, a knowledge of what is lost and what is gained; how one becomes the other, says Derek Parker