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Read MoreFirst Sunday Club November 2010: Stillbirth Foundation Australia
In 2003 a friend handed me a video. “Watch this,” she said. “It’s devastating.” Devastating didn’t come close. What I watched that afternoon was “Losing Layla” – a…
The Way We live for Sunday 31 October 2010. The one about Grandparents’ Day
Don’t cringe but I loved Halloween when I was little. I was first introduced to it in primary school when a classmate and her family returned to Brisbane…
The Way We Live for 24-10-10 : The one about Movember
Occasionally amidst the pokies and the “Number 32 your Chicken Parma is ready” and the lovers’ squabbles and the trivia nights and the earnest covers bands and the…
The Way We Live 17 October 2010 – The one about pets
A single thirty something friend of mine went on a blind date recently. All was going swimmingly The guy was in his early 40s, funny, employed and at…
First Sunday Club October 2010: Community Angels
Forget the blue bubble snow dome of Rome and the kitsch “I heart Athens!” teaspoon. Forget the “Bula Fiji!” tea towel, the Queenstown fridge magnet and the classic…
Sunday Mail Column for 26/9/10: The one about creativity
Sequins, it turns out, are good for the soul. Which would be good news if we weren’t about to hit a major sequin-shortage thanks to the return of…
Sunday Mail Column 19-9-10: The one about hero spotting
Another week, another slew of sports star scandals. Two weeks into September and we’ve had allegations of match fixing, admissions of infidelity, homophobic remarks, the alleged flashing of…
Sunday Mail Column 12-9-10: The one about Critical Thinking
I found myself eating a large serve of humble pie this past week. As part of the Brisbane Writers Festival I was asked to interview Jessica Watson. Yes,…
First Sunday Club: A Liberty Swing for Macgregor State School
At the moment I’m living with a small dictator with bad table manners. You’re thinking I’ve shacked up with George Calombaris, aren’t you? No, no. Rather Ava is…
The Way We Live Sunday 29 August 2010 – The one about ruts
I had one of those moments this week where I realised – yet again – I’m an idiot. Not that I needed reminding quite this soon. After all,…
About Bec
Over the past 25 years Rebecca Sparrow has earned a living as a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor, a TV scriptwriter, a radio producer, a newspaper columnist and as an author.