Come meet a Southbank neighbour
7 Dec 2022 - Mary Kay RaumaI was at a party the other day and a guest asked me how I knew the hosts. “Actually, we met in the elevator,” I replied.
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Meet a Southbank neighbour, Lev Lafayette
9 Nov 2022 - Mary Kay RaumaThere is a life force and resiliency that radiates from Lev Lafayette. His wasn’t an easy childhood, one that brought him to Australia with an adoptive parent as an infant and eventually led to him being raised as a ward of the state. It’s a story that Lev shares with his characteristic up-beat attitude and good nature.
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Coula Pagagis and Judith Coghill
5 Oct 2022 - Mary Kay RaumaI was five minutes into my interview with Coula Pagagis when her phone rang. She told me her good friend Judith Coghill would be joining us. Five minutes later there was a knock on the door and suddenly an interview with one became an interview with two.
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Meet a Southbank Neighbour – Chris
7 Sep 2022 - Mary Kay RaumaIt takes a certain something special to pull off wearing an eyepatch with grace, yet Chris manages to do it effortlessly. It also takes a bit of magic, but we’ll get to that.
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Meet Zarina Husein-Ellis
10 Aug 2022 - Mary Kay RaumaIf you run into Zarina Husein-Ellis (she prefers her nickname “Z”), chances are she’ll have a book in her hand just as she did when we met to chat. I noticed that she was intently reading a page marked, along with several others, with a paperclip.
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