Self Improvement Wednesday

What I Learned Watching 1000 Christmas Movies

This week on Self Improvement Wednesday, Dr Lauren Rosewarne, from Melbourne University's School of Social and Political Sciences, teaches us about her very festive special subject: Christmas films. 

Trench Warfare on Sydney's Footpaths

Sydney's first government telephone exchange was established in 1882. By 1891 there was a petition that unleashed hell.

How to party: Ancient Roman style

Latin Lecturer Dr Anne Rogerson shows you how to party like it's 99BC with the history of Roman birthdays, holidays, and military parties. 

What can the ancient Egyptians teach us about good manners?

Egyptologist Dr Camila Di Base-Dyson teaches Richard Glover all about Ancient Egyptian etiquette.

Self Improvement Wednesday: The incredible story of the sawfly fossil

Richard speaks with Eliza Middleton, a senior ecologist at Water Technology about the incredible discovery of a new species of now-extinct sawfly