Carol Duncan

Guy Francis | Living With Tourette’s

23 April 201823 April 2018 Carol Duncaninterview

Imagine being the person that people point and laugh at. Imagine being the person that people might be afraid of because there’s something about you that makes you a bit different. Perhaps you’ve seen someone[…]

Iva Davies has no time for your CD vs vinyl argument

10 January 201823 April 2018 Carol DuncanUncategorized

Iva Davies is one of Australia’s most accomplished musicians and composers with a career spanning over 30 years with his band Icehouse, and as a composer for film and theatre. It was a privilege to[…]

God Only Knows – Brian Wilson

17 April 201617 April 2016 Carol Duncanmusic

I’m a firm believer in the adage that experiences are more important than things and that investment in meaningful experiences that enrich your life in some way are a greater source of happiness than[…]

Dan Lepard – Good Food Month

19 October 201519 October 2015 Carol Duncanfood

Dan Lepard’s 2004 book, The Handmade Loaf, gained a cult following amongst bakers and remains the ‘go to’ guide for anyone seriously interesting in baking. In Sydney for the SMH Good Food Month, Melbourne-born Dan[…]

Newcastle Walking Tours

13 October 201513 October 2015 Carol Duncannewcastle

Some very clever and lovely Novocastrians have created a series of fabulous, self-guided walks around the city. These have been prepared and written by David Hampton, one of the splendid people who make Newcastle Museum[…]

Newcastle Shoreline Walk

13 October 201513 October 2015 Carol Duncannewcastle

Free printed maps are available at the Newcastle Museum or the Visitor Information Centre located at the Maritime Centre both located in the Honeysuckle precinct. Heavy Walk – 3hr / 3.2km Explore Newcastle’s maritime[…]

Newcastle Architecture Walk

13 October 201513 October 2015 Carol Duncannewcastle

Free printed maps are available at the Newcastle Museum or the Visitor Information Centre located at the Maritime Centre both located in the Honeysuckle precinct. Newcastle Architecture Walking Tour Easy Walk – 1hr 30mins /[…]

Working through 2015

17 August 201526 August 2015 Carol Duncanwork

2015 has been an interesting year and, fortunately, most of it has been OK. Not easy, but OK. The hundreds of redundancies forced upon my colleagues at the ABC have been a shock to[…]

Malcolm Fraser | Change of Heart and Spirit

20 March 201523 April 2018 Carol DuncanUncategorized

Damn you, Malcolm Fraser. You’ve gone and died on us just when we needed you most, but I’m fairly certain you’d be pretty pissed off with your timing. During my many years with the ABC[…]

Vale Tom Uren – the ‘conscience of Parliament’

26 January 201526 January 2015 Carol Duncaninterview

Tom Uren lived an incredible life and I had the privilege of speaking with him in 2007 prior to his trip to Maitland to deliver the annual Harry Boyle Memorial Lecture for the National Trust.[…]

Rob Hirst – The Sun Becomes The Sea

19 November 201419 November 2014 Carol Duncaninterview

Rob Hirst has a new solo album out – released under his own name instead of one of the innumerable musical units that he’s part of. The Midnight Oil drummer and songwriter celebrates his[…]

Breaking the poverty cycle with education

2 November 201417 April 2016 Carol Duncanchildren

Nearly 640,000 Australian children live in a ‘jobless’ family. These children are, on average, up to three years behind their peers in reading and maths by the time they’re 15 years of age. But this[…]

Don Walker talks Cold Chisel and other words

22 October 2014 Carol Duncaninterview

Don Walker is a notoriously private man. He just does not talk about the personal stuff. But he does talk about himself, about music and words and prose and work and Chisel and just about[…]

Being a Muslim woman in Newcastle

7 October 20142 November 2014 Carol Duncanfood

After a recent visit to Newcastle’s Mosque I was invited to take my family to the Newcastle Eid al-Adha celebrations. I took the opportunity to try and bust a few myths about being a Muslim woman by asking a[…]

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Guy Francis | Living With Tourette’s

Iva Davies has no time for your CD vs vinyl argument

God Only Knows – Brian Wilson

Dan Lepard – Good Food Month

Newcastle Walking Tours

Newcastle Shoreline Walk

Newcastle Architecture Walk

Working through 2015

Malcolm Fraser | Change of Heart and Spirit

Vale Tom Uren – the ‘conscience of Parliament’

Rob Hirst – The Sun Becomes The Sea

Breaking the poverty cycle with education

Don Walker talks Cold Chisel and other words

Being a Muslim woman in Newcastle