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Why “it won’t happen to me” isn’t enough when it comes to heart attacks

Emma Grey — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:10:37 +0000

Like most of Australia, I woke the other day to an explosion of headlines about Shane Warne’s sudden death, at 52, from a heart attack. Less than a week later,...

Schoolbag in hand: To all the families farewelling school this year…

Emma Grey — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:00:07 +0000

Yesterday, I read my daughter’s 20,000-word Criminology Honours thesis. She’s researching violent and sexual offending facilitated via dating apps, and it’s as heavy as it sounds (Thank you to HerCanberra...

To sir with love: A shoutout to the teachers

Emma Grey — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:20:40 +0000

As kids begin to head back to face-to-face learning after lockdown, we look back at this heartwarming piece by columnist and author Emma Grey. My son has had a string...

This was not my five year plan

Emma Grey — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:15:32 +0000

Five years ago, my husband died from a sudden heart attack. It’s ‘yesterday’ and ‘a lifetime’ ago at once. I’ve never been one for detailed five-year plans, suffice to say...

One-to-one concerts: a life-changing 10 minutes for an important cause

Emma Grey — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 19:10:37 +0000

Would you attend a 10-minute concert where it's just you and a solo musician? Emma Grey did, and called it a "sacred exchange". I’d had a ‘day’. One of my...

Emma Grey: How one teddy bear can change everything

Emma Grey — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:10:01 +0000

I’m currently doing Julia Cameron’s course, The Artist’s Way. It’s completely changing my life (more on that another time), but one of the simple questions she asks is to remember...

Emma Grey: Finding belonging on our pale blue dot

Emma Grey — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 19:20:34 +0000

My son and I spent part of 26 January with a friend whose grandmother was a member of the Stolen Generation. My friend has no information about where her grandmother...

Emma Grey: There’s nothing more hopeful at Christmas than a barren COVID ward

Emma Grey — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:20:31 +0000

Despite there being zero active cases in Canberra, and 126,643 negative tests, I don’t want to be ‘that person’ who inflicts the 'rona on the city at Christmas. So I...