The Drawing Room

Darren Hart takes on one of the most difficult and talented musicians, Jimi Hendrix, and talks about the morning he had a phone call from Prince.

Dumped clothes get a new life as haute couture. All it takes is imagination and a sense of fun.

Journalist and author Chiké Frankie Edozien is trying to start a conversation about homosexuality in Africa. He's trying to help people feel "seen" and accepted. But along the way, he's learnt that sometimes the most difficult conversations have to start with the people he loves.

Mandy Beaumont and Danielle Binks discuss the beauty of the short story — those wonderful pieces of prose that you can read in one sitting. They're powerful and they're punchy, yet they're continually seen as a "big risk" to publishers.

When Chris Ryan told her partner she wanted to do stand-up comedy, he got up to make himself a cup of tea.

Qandeel Baloch was the Kim Kardashian of Pakistan's social media world. Her posts inspired some people to be themselves but provoked outrage in others.

Tom Burlinson became a huge screen success in The Man From Snowy River. Why did he disappear from our screens and what did Frank Sinatra have to do with it?

Psychological thriller Undertow puts women to the forefront and shines a light on a mother's grief, while exploring the relationship women have with their bodies, their sexuality and their roles as "the bearers of life".

A former white supremacist shares his journey away from a life of violent extremism, after learning the value of compassion — for himself and for others.

Singer-songwriter Stu Larsen talks about his Hurricane world tour; why his next album is heartbreak with a twist; and what it will feel like to perform back on Queensland's Darling Downs, where it all began.