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Whatever happened to Helen Demidenko?

29/04/2006
What led a 20-year-old Australian woman to pose as the descendant of Ukrainian war criminals in order to tell the story The Hand that signed the Paper? Lynne Malcolm speaks with Helen Dale, formerly Helen Demidenko – the woman at the centre of one of Australia's biggest literary hoax scandals. Ten years on and now in her early 30s, what personal insight has she gained from this life-changing experience, and how has she emerged from the furore that her deception unleashed?

The Creating Brain - Reaching Xanadu

04/03/2006
Is there anything different about the brains of extraordinary creative geniuses like Michelangelo, Coleridge or Mozart? World renowned psychiatrist and doctor of English Renaissance Literature Dr Nancy Andreasen unravels the 'creative brain' and explores how we can foster creativity in ourselves and throughout our society.