Nicola Redhouse
Nicola Redhouse is a Melbourne writer and author of Unlike the Heart: A Memoir of Brain and Mind.
- Opinion
- Supermarkets
I found the best supermarket. It treats you like it’s a communist dictatorship
When it comes to Woolworths, Coles, Aldi or IGA – you think you want choice, but do you really?
- Nicola Redhouse
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- Opinion
- Israeli-Palestinian conflict
When Israel acts shamefully, we Jews must be willing to be ashamed of it
One measure of our capacity to love Israel is our willingness to be ashamed of it when it acts shamefully – not because we hate it, but because we long for it to be better.
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- Opinion
- Cars
My car kept making a thucka-thucka noise, but no one else could hear it
“What kind of noise?” Glen, the mechanic, asked me. “Like a hollow aluminium chain being dragged across a swamp,” I said. Glen did not reply.
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- Opinion
- Women's health
‘How did you get there?’ The awkward chats I’ve had while having a mammogram
When a stranger is wiping gel off your nipple, you definitely laugh at their jokes.
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- Opinion
- Life in the ’burbs
In my Frankenstein suburb, everything has spiralled out of control
In Lower Templestowe, it’s not uncommon to find yourself in a house where a bedroom springs out from a living room that can be accessed only by a spiral staircase.
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Invest in alliances to end mental health merry-go-round
The current tick-box 10-session system is about as useful as a band-aid to a broken leg.
- Nicola Redhouse