Separate stories podcast

Exiled from Russia, Leon Trotsky spent his last days in Mexico where he struck up an unlikely relationship with artist Frida Kahlo.

British historian Bettany Hughes takes us to the ancient sites of goddess worship to trace the evolution of Venus as a symbol of female power.

Why it's radical when daily life and domestic spaces are full of art.

The Weinstein case has shone a light on an ugly culture of sexual harassment within the US film industry, but what about our own entertainment industry?

American writer Jeffrey Eugenides is back with a new collection of short stories, Fresh Complaint, which takes the reader deep into the mind of the great writer.

In a conversation recorded at the Queensland Theatre in Brisbane, four leading women in theatre reveal how they manage to sustain a career in a field that is still dominated by men.

What would a history of Australian TV crime drama look like? A panel of insiders give their assessment.

From the 2017 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, a discussion with one of Colombia's leading novelists, Hector Abad, about his heartbreaking memoir Oblivion.

Artist and curator Gareth Colliton has put together an exhibition of artefacts which purports to show that Star Wars has a history dating back 5000 years.

In The Jobbing Actor: Rules of Engagement, actor and director Lex Marinos considers what he has learnt about the craft and about life after fifty years in the profession.