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The Weekend Read

By: Schwartz Media
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  • Listen to Australia's best writers and thinkers read out longform essays from The Monthly magazine, the country's leading publication on politics, current affairs and culture.
    2023 Schwartz Media
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  • Martin McKenzie-Murray on the ugly side of football fandom ahead of Euro 2024

    Martin McKenzie-Murray on the ugly side of football fandom ahead of Euro 2024
    May 24 2024
    The 2024 Euros are just weeks away – with some of the best footballers in the world competing in an event that draws in hundreds of millions of viewers. But the legacy of the last Euros is still an uncomfortable topic for many in England. Not only because they lost, but also the scenes of violence and hooliganism that led to a national debate and a new Netflix documentary. Today, journalist Martin McKenzie-Murray reads his piece from this weekend’s edition of The Saturday Paper. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Journalist, Martin McKenzie-Murray.
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    21 mins
  • Elizabeth Farrelly on the city of the future

    Elizabeth Farrelly on the city of the future
    Apr 20 2024
    Today, columnist Elizabeth Farrelly will read her piece about our modern cities and how they relate to the history of how humanity has imagined the perfect city. Farrelly is one of Australia’s foremost writers on urban development and the communities of our cities – having earned devoted readers at the Sydney Morning Herald and now at Schwartz Media, inThe Saturday Paper. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Columnist Elizabeth Farrelly
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    21 mins
  • Sophie Cunningham on remembering Georgia Blain

    Sophie Cunningham on remembering Georgia Blain
    Apr 5 2024
    Today, author and editor Sophie Cunningham reads her piece from a recent edition of The Saturday Paper. Australian author Georgia Blain chronicled her battle with cancer in a monthly column for The Saturday Paper, sadly passing away in 2016. Blain is remembered in this piece by her friend of over two decades, Sophie Cunningham – championing her legacy as a writer of rare talent, with a clear-eyed gaze, and a capacity to talk about sadness without self-pity. Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and Instagram Guest: Author and editor, Sophie Cunningham
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    15 mins
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