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The Old House sits on a large block of land at the intersection of two arterial roads in one of the most populated suburbs in Australia. You might notice its elegant Victorian lines, if you are not already distracted by the 1960s red brick façade, which obliterates once beautiful verandas.
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In Malaga and Granada a traveller is seeking traces of the celebrated Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca.
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Dudley Kane and Darach Ó'Cathain were the same person. Darach Ó'Cathain was—in the early 60s—an influential folk singer with a growing reputation in Ireland. But in 1963, as Dudley Kane, he moved his family to England. Although he continued to have something of a musical career in Ireland, Darach earned his living in the rough and tumble of the construction industry. He died there in 1987. This program follows the family's journey and their dislocation through the eyes of Darach's seven children and their mother Brid. It contains archive and home recordings of Darach singing.
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The eel has an image problem. An unsavoury reputation arising perhaps in part from the false notion that they feed on rotting corpses. Yet eels are one of the human race's survival foods, and features in mythology and creation stories throughout the ages. There's Something About Eels combines science, literature, history, anecdote and culinary art to present a radio portrait of this most maligned, misunderstood and unusual creature.
Saturday 2pm
repeated Wednesday 1pm
Presented by
Brent Clough
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Saturday 13 September 2008
Apartheid South Africa divided not just its black and white citizens but other race groups. ABC Journalist Toni Hassan was born in South Africa and classified under apartheid laws as 'Coloured': a person of mixed race. She left for Australia when she was six. Early this year she travelled back to Durban with her mother to discover her ancestry and what it meant during apartheid to be 'Coloured'. Does the label still stick in the new South Africa?
2.20pm AEST
The Daily Planet
with Lucky Oceans
A unique journey through richly varied music from around the world
