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‘‘I think it’s a bit rude to imply that someone who is living a celibate life, whether voluntary or involuntary, is somehow a potential child abuser’’ – Stephen Varney. 

Stephen Varney doesn't have sex. He has made a vow of celibacy because, he says, his life is filled with a passion greater than his carnal cravings.


Wollongong priest-to-be on the Church, celibacy and child abuse

Lilian and Bruno Ballesi enjoying wine back in 1957. 

Some Italian migrants would still happily move back, but others said they have laid down their roots here. Now a virtual museum will tell their story.

Italian migrants say Australia's home but Italy still calls

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A biography of the controversial Frank Arkell - shown here in 1995 preparing for his Lord Mayoral re-election campaign - is due out next year. Picture by Kirk Gilmour

He was Wollongong's most recognised public figure in the 1980s, but Frank Arkell was hiding a very dark side. Now a writer is tackling his biography, writes GLEN HUMPHRIES

Controversial figure Frank Arkell the subject of a new biography

Keith Urban headed to the US to make it big in Nashville very early in his career. Picture: Simone De Peak

Keith Urban always knew, if he wanted to make it big in country music, he had to go to Nashville.

Keith Urban's long way to the top

Rural Fire Service volunteer Stacey Wilson battling the Currowan fire at Bawley Point - near the home of Bronwyn Adcock, the author of a book about the blaze. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Journalist Bronwyn Adcock was in the thick of things during Black Summer, when the massive Currowan fire burned up and down the South Coast - even encircling her home, writes GLEN HUMPHRIES

Living close to the flames of the Currowan bushfire

In his new book, investigative journalist Duncan McNab lays out what happened and what went wrong when the Ruby Princess docked in Sydney last year.

'A cascade of failure': How Australia cruised into a COVID crisis

Determination and "bloody-mindedness" pushed Wayne Gardner to the top, says documentary director Jeremy Sims 

The life and times of world champion motorcyclist Wayne Gardner is the focus of a documentary airing this week. GLEN HUMPHRIES talks to the film's director Jeremy Sims.

The reign of Wayne: New doco looks at the life and loves of a Wollongong legend

A policeman stands near Wilhelmina Kruger's mop and bucket at Piccadilly, where it was left after an unknown assailant dragged her down the escalator and into the car park before murdering her.

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In the second instalment marking the Illawarra Mercury's 165th anniversary, GLEN HUMPHRIES looks back at how the paper reported some of the big events of the last 50 years.

How the Mercury reported some of the big events of the past 50 years

TRAGEDY: In late July 1902 an explosion at the Mt Kembla mine killed 96 men and boys, and left more than 100 children without their fathers.

Since the middle of the 19th century, the Illawarra Mercury has been covering the city. In the first of a two-part series GLEN HUMPHRIES goes through the archives to see how the paper covered five big events.

The pages of history - how the Mercury covered the region's big events

They've played shows around the world but Hockey Dad's Zach Stephenson and Billy Fleming still call Wollongong home. Picture: Ian Laidlaw

Two kids who grew up on the same street in Windang have the No2 album this week. And Zach Stephenson and Billy Fleming from Hockey Dad are taking the success in their stride

From Windang to the world: the story of Hockey Dad

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