Judging by a spate of recent programs, SBS TV has invested a lot of time and energy into promoting the concept of the ‘child genius’. Firstly there was the Insight special, hosted by Mark Fennell, which focused on the plight of so called ‘gifted’ children and their, at times, obsessive parents. Surprisingly none of the kids […]
In the 50s and 60s, for a child growing up in Australia, space and the cosmos were a magical engagement. Our vision of the galaxy was largely defined by comics, toys, B-grade movies and some rudimentary science teaching at school. Long before the moon landing in 1969, the spaceships of Hollywood travelled to distant planets […]