This week we celebrate the life & work of a famous indigenous painter, Albert Namatjira.

At this time of the AFL Pride Match in Sydney, we talk about the example of another Sydney son, Ian Roberts, who is an out & proud public rugby sportsman.

Did you know that actor Helen Mirren (born Illyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironoff) has a Russian grandparent who had been stranded in UK at the time of the 1918 Russian Revolution?

At this time in 1985, Hollywood movie hunk, Rock Hudson, revealed that he was HIV positive – and in doing so, put a public face to the disease. He was amongst the first few who turned the tide of shame and horror, into compassion and support. Sadly, it has taken 30 years to tame the virus, even though smallpox was eliminated in 1978 and in 1885  began his career of immunisation of other world viruses.

These stories and much more    ………                               First broadcast 25/7/2017

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