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‘It’s a bloody good life, and cheap’: Where? On a riverboat in France

Can you escape the rat race and live an endless summer? These two Aussies are doing it.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Mitchell Pearce, coaching the Catalans Dragons in France.

Whatever happened to Mitchell Pearce? Well, he moved to Europe, gave up the grog and converted to Islam

The former NRL hellraiser has resettled in France, where he is assistant coach at the Catalans Dragons rugby league team.

  • Peter FitzSimons
“What I had noticed in the law was the power of story-telling to change things.”

Suzie Miller was told ‘women can’t really write plays’. She’s now won awards in London and New York

Suzie Miller has used her legal background to write plays that don’t just entertain, but create change.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Fergie has been lying low for months.

Russian organised crime links, affairs with rappers: The updated book about Andrew and Fergie is shocking

Andrew was a risk to national security and a sexual predator with an interest in Japanese rope bondage, alleges the author.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Jennifer Robinson has just been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize.

She sued the Pope, defended Julian Assange and just won the Sydney Peace Prize. Is Jennifer Robinson our most fascinating lawyer?

Jennifer Robinson is an internationally renowned human rights lawyer. Her documentary, Silenced, will open the Sydney Film Festival next month.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Jacinda Ardern, now resident in Sydney.

Jacinda Ardern: The survival of democracy is at stake

The former New Zealand prime minister may have moved to Sydney, but might her family ever barrack for the Wallabies?

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Geraldine Brooks: from the Herald’s racing desk to winning the Pulitzer Prize.

‘You may find me chained to a tree’: Geraldine Brooks reveals her next act

From the Herald’s racing desk to fleeing Saddam Hussein and losing the love of her life, Brooks has led an extraordinary life.

  • Peter FitzSimons
James Valentine

All the love for Valentine: Thank you, James, for 40 years of broadcasting joy

“It’s the great thrill of live radio – you’re always just three words away from ending your career”: James Valentine reflects on 40 years behind the mic.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Australian War Memorial director Matt Anderson at the roll of honour in Canberra.

Ben Roberts-Smith, frontier wars and the Balibo Five: Inside the revamped war memorial

This is a place to “commemorate through understanding the gritty, awful nature of war”, says the Australian War Memorial director.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Dr Cassandra Steer.

‘Prime lunar real estate’: Australia’s lawyer to the stars – and the moon – is worried

In the global race for space domination Dr Cassandra Steer has become the new sheriff of the “wild west”.

  • Peter FitzSimons