Blueprint For Living - Separate stories

We’ve heard of permaculture, but what is it exactly?The author of The Milkwood Permaculture Handbook, Kirsten Bradley, offers an inspiring discourse on how practical permaculture principles may be a lifeline not just for our environment, but for our sense of hope and community.

What’s your relationship like with your local sausage maker?Embark on this joyful exploration of charcuterie through Elizabeth David's seminal work French Provincial Cooking.We’ll learn about French techniques and recipes that bring to life the art of charcuterie, celebrating its rich flavours and cultural significance.

Why is vanilla a byword for boring? How did peppercorns end up next to salt on every western table? Did you know the Vikings were rather partial to cinnamon buns? Food writer Eleanor Ford explores the rich history of spices. 

The Australian housing crisis rolls on with profound effect. From low-income families, to the elderly, to renters facing rent increase after rent increase. Against this backdrop, we head to Marrickville in Sydney's inner-west where a daring new housing development may provide a path forward.

It started as a paddock and became a wonderland of terraced botanical displays, intricate parterre, maze-like pathways and spectacular colour. Join Tim Entwisle as he explores the beauty of Broughton Hall. 

Writer Bruce Pascoe shares the many stories that bind him closely to his boat and the river.

Around the world consumers are standing up for their ‘right to repair’. The concept may conjure images of broken toasters and obsolete smartphones, but architects insist we should demand the right to repair our built environment.

Alternative proteins and plant based ‘meats’ are hailed as the future of food. But the animal agriculture industries have taken issue. The meat name game has just begun.

Once nestled in dairy farmland, now bordered by suburbia, Cruden Farm remains a leafy delight on Melbourne’s fringe. Paul Bangay gives a short early autumn tour of the garden that was the living life’s work of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch.

After relocating from the UK in the 2000s writer Dave Witty fell in love with the coastal Queensland town of Mackay.The author of What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia shares his passion for the city’s Art Deco architecture as well as the enchanting landscapes of the region.