Love & Death

Author Helen Garner on her new-found fascination with death, being a grandmother and living next door to Alice (Garner). By Peter Craven.

Doubts About Evidence

THE landmark million-dollar case brought by Shellharbour City Council finally wound up in the Land and Environment Court yesterday, with evidence against councillors Geoff Rose and Helen Stewart described as either circumstantial or questionable.

Easter Fare

Lamb soup, sweet bread and cracking eggs for good luck: Helen Hawkes experiences a Greek feast.

Human Toll Of Council Stoush

UNFORTUNATELY Socks the cat died on New Year's Eve. Otherwise Shellharbour councillor Helen Stewart would have got him to prepare an affidavit for the case that threatens her home, she says.

They Just Clicked

Helen and Tom witness 'pashes and dashes' at a website's launch.

From Port Kembla To Png Global Village

Global village Port Kembla's Helen and Gary Wolhuter are six months into a two-year volunteering stint in Wewak, Papua New Guinea.

A New Leader, But Who Will Take The Lead?

Russia's presidential election is a foregone conclusion, but how Vladimir Putin will control his chosen one is less sure, writes Helen Womack.