Helen Pitt
Helen Pitt is a journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.
Frances Rings just did something no other Australian has. She leads this year’s Trailblazers
From the stage and field, to the frontline battle against violence, these 10 women are helping to shape Australia.
- Helen Pitt, Genevieve Quigley, Melissa Singer and Abby Seaman
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‘My husband and children are in there’: The interaction that haunted a fireman for decades
Sydney’s famous Luna Park is a place for fun, but on this night it became the scene of nightmares.
- Helen Pitt
Coogee beach has a poo-ception problem … best steer clear
Poo on the beach, in the ocean and even in the ice-cream. You’d think a place so besmirched by bad press would keep the crowds away.
- Helen Pitt
Four generations on one stage give Dharug language back its voice
Peta Strachan started the all-female Jannawi Dance Clan in 2008 to learn more about her ancestors’ language.
- Helen Pitt
Fat, queer and fabulous: You can’t ignore Le Gateau Chocolat
The flamboyant cabaret performer considers himself a clown whose task is to make people open their hearts.
- Helen Pitt
Rachel didn’t want to tell her great-grandmother’s story. Now strangers thank her for it
Rachel Perkins’ new book starts with an atrocity that is personal to her but emblematic for many.
- Helen Pitt
The discarded outback road signs that became a prize-winning artwork
North-East Arnhem Land artist Gaypalani Wanambi has won the prestigious National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
- Helen Pitt
You’ve read and watched this series, but now the musical is here
From page to screen, The Lord of the Rings is coming to the stage with a musical to rule them all.
- Helen Pitt
The extraordinary ancient artwork kept secret until 1987
It might be ancient, but the world’s largest single collection of rock art never gets old.
- Helen Pitt
The islands known as the ‘seven pearls of the Mediterranean’
Italy’s Aeolian Islands offer everything from azure seas and Aperol spritzes to the fire and brimstone of an active volcano.
- Helen Pitt