Australian books

‘There’s a lot of silence’: have we created a new ‘Lonely Generation’?

by The Guardian | Oct 3, 2026 | Australian books, Australian lifestyle, Australian universities, Friendship, Life and style, Loneliness, Mental health, Psychology, Relationships, The Guardian, Young people | 0 |

Learning to be one human among many has always been a little lonely and discombobulating. But young people around the world are lonelier than ever. Why?In September, a Reddit user identifying themselves as a 25-year-old man...

Let your mind wander, don’t retire and stop worrying: surprising ways to help save your brain from the cognitive cliff

by The Guardian | Sep 6, 2026 | Australian books, Australian lifestyle, Books, Culture, Dementia, Health, Health & wellbeing, Human biology, Life and style, Mental health, Neuroscience, Science, The Guardian | 0 |

In his new book, The Brain Cliff, Dr Norman Swan outlines the science of brain ageing and strategies for staving off cognitive declineYou write that “changing the way you think about the brain cliff can literally change the way...

A death scholar on why we need to stop being naive about dying: ‘I always hear, “Can’t you just put me into a nice meadow?”’

by The Guardian | Mar 7, 2026 | Australian books, Death and dying, The Guardian | 0 |

Dr Hannah Gould on eco-funerals, being ‘the death person’ and the one thing everyone should know before they dieGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAround 2040, Australia will reach peak death. A silver tsunami of boomers...

Category: Australian books

‘There’s a lot of silence’: have we created a new ‘Lonely Generation’?

Let your mind wander, don’t retire and stop worrying: surprising ways to help save your brain from the cognitive cliff

A death scholar on why we need to stop being naive about dying: ‘I always hear, “Can’t you just put me into a nice meadow?”’