William Yang, one of Australia's leading artists, celebrates his eight-decade life in a new show premiering at Sydney Festival.

For someone referred to as the "queen of jazz" and "first lady of song", there's a surprising amount we don't know about legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.

Gina Chick's sheer love of life is inspiring. Now she wants to use the profile she's gained from winning SBS's Alone Australia to help others appreciate the "wild adventure of life".

Folk legend Eric Bogle opens up about his life and legacy, and why having a deeper message in songwriting is more important than money and fame.

Barry McCluskey was the first known Australian nurse to contract HIV, but he never let his illness define him.

For Kuku Yalanji woman Georgia Weir, running became a way to manage the impacts of trauma that she'd battled for much of her life. Now she's keen to share its incredible impact with as many people as she can.

Two years after the breakdown of her 20-year marriage, Hilary Harper feels like she might be ready to date again. But the dating scene has changed a lot since she was last single.

People travel from all over the world to learn about horses from Ken Faulkner. But after a life-threatening riding accident on his favourite horse, Ken had to learn to walk and ride again, rediscovering himself in the process.

Ariane Beeston worked as a child protection officer for years, but she didn't realise how much the trauma of her work had impacted her until she had a child of her own.

In 1945, Laya Semler became the last Jew sent to a concentration camp from Wennigsen, Germany. Her non-Jewish husband Adolf chose slave labour rather than abandoning her.