Take it From Me is back. You know the drill – we take your anonymous romantic questions in advance. Then, at the Wheeler Centre on Friday 16 November, our panel of unqualified strangers puzzle over your problem before a live audience, and dish out some ill-informed and context-free advice.

This time, our panellists specialise in queer romantic conundrums. Hear outpourings, lustful brags, head scratchers and everything in between, with guest advisors Amy Middleton, Gregory Phillips and Dion Kagan.

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Hilary Harper, Pia Interlandi, Rohit D'Costa and Dominique Martin at the Wheeler Centre

What happens to our bodies when we die? Do our bodies define who and what we are – or are they a vessel for something more?

In the final talk in our Dead Calm series, we focus on the site of death itself, exploring the physiological and philosophical implications of death for the human body. For many of us, ‘bodies’ are an integral part of the whole discussion of death and also the most confronting. Does the way we treat our bodies after we die have ethical implications, or merely practical ones? How do different religious traditions conceive of the body after death? And how is the meaning of death changing with advances in medical science?

At this event, Dominique Martin, Rohit D'Costa and Pia Interlandi talk organ donation, artistic intervention, bioethics and more, hosted by Hilary Harper.

Sports writers and sports stars rarely meet on the same playing field. But veteran sports journalist Martin Flanagan and former Western Bulldogs captain Bob Murphy are doing just that. Both, now, as authors. And both drawing on a true triumph-of-the-underdog tale: the Bulldogs’ miraculous 2016 Grand Final victory.

Bob Murphy and Martin Flanagan at the Wheeler Centre — Photo: Scott Limbrick

Murphy’s second book, Leather Soul, describes ‘Footscray winters and the glorious liniment-scented afternoons’: all the laughs, scraps and yarns of his 17-year footy career. And Flanagan’s latest, A Wink from the Universe, draws on player interviews, diaries, videos and fans’ recollections, to build a layered narrative of the Dogs’ 2016 victory – a triumphant 25-year conclusion to his acclaimed Southern Oval, Western Sky, which covered the Dogs’ failed 1993 season and battle to survive.

If you missed the pair’s last Wheeler Centre event, now is your chance to catch the long-awaited rematch. Join them as they share tall footy tales and discuss the scrappy, winsome club they both love.

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Martin Flanagan and Bob Murphy in Conversation  /  Sport