In 1988, Joan St Louis gave an oral history recording to the State Library of WA detailing her life as a sex worker from the 1930s to ’50s on one condition — that it not be released until after her death. She died six years later, and the library has now decided to share her story […]
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Coronation Street spoilers: Murder shock, sex trauma and exit decision
Secrets and new conflicts rock the cobbles (Picture: ITV) The conflict between Abi Webster (Sally Carman) and Imran Habeeb (Charlie de Melo) continues to spiral in Coronation Street and when Abi gets some ammunition she needs, she may have the upper hand. But for how long? Elsewhere, Tim and Sally Metcalfe (Joe Duttine and Sally […]
Scott White was ‘street kid’ grappling with own sexuality, court hears
The court also heard that Johnson’s murder was not White’s first encounter with criminality – nor his last. As a child, he came before the courts for a number of violent offences. He had a troubled and disadvantaged upbringing – including “homophobic parents who drank and encouraged him to fight for their amusement” – which […]