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Nicola Redhouse

Brisbane Times

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Friday essay: why radical ideas from psychoanalysis are my guiding light in a chaotic world

This week, our world feels more uncertain than ever. It’s tempting to turn away – but attentive curiosity and ‘radical open-mindedness’ are...

17.04.2026 20

The Conversation

Nicola Redhouse

My dog Arthur is a despot and now I can’t put shoes on

My cavoodle does not like it if I close the door to the bathroom. He does not like it when he sees animals in TV shows. He will not cross the...

15.04.2026 20

WA Today

Nicola Redhouse

My dog Arthur is a despot and now I can’t put shoes on

My cavoodle does not like it if I close the door to the bathroom. He does not like it when he sees animals in TV shows. He will not cross the...

15.04.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicola Redhouse

My dog Arthur is a despot and now I can’t put shoes on

My cavoodle does not like it if I close the door to the bathroom. He does not like it when he sees animals in TV shows. He will not cross the...

15.04.2026 20

The Age

Nicola Redhouse

My dog Arthur is a despot and now I can’t put shoes on

My cavoodle does not like it if I close the door to the bathroom. He does not like it when he sees animals in TV shows. He will not cross the...

15.04.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Nicola Redhouse

Would you use AI to break writer’s block? We asked 5 experts

A publishing giant believes AI can help break writers’ block. We asked 5 creative writing experts if they’d use it that way – and the range of...

19.01.2026 10

The Conversation

Nicola Redhouse

I found the best supermarket. It treats you like it’s a communist dictatorship

When it comes to Woolworths, Coles, Aldi or IGA – you think you want choice, but do you really?

20.08.2025 8

WA Today

Nicola Redhouse

I found the best supermarket. It treats you like it’s a communist dictatorship

When it comes to Woolworths, Coles, Aldi or IGA – you think you want choice, but do you really?

20.08.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicola Redhouse

I found the best supermarket. It treats you like it’s a communist dictatorship

When it comes to Woolworths, Coles, Aldi or IGA – you think you want choice, but do you really?

20.08.2025 9

The Age

Nicola Redhouse

I found the best supermarket. It treats you like it’s a communist dictatorship

When it comes to Woolworths, Coles, Aldi or IGA – you think you want choice, but do you really?

20.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Nicola Redhouse

Scandal has erupted over bestselling memoir The Salt Path. In the ‘fake news’ era, what’s the standard for truth in memoir?

Allegations of untruth over The Salt Path raise questions of what we expect from truth in memoir, in this age of ‘fake news’. What is the contract...

09.07.2025 8

The Conversation

Nicola Redhouse

When Israel acts shamefully, we Jews must be willing to be ashamed of it

One measure of our capacity to love Israel is our willingness to be ashamed of it when it acts shamefully – not because we hate it, but because we...

29.05.2025 10

WA Today

Nicola Redhouse

When Israel acts shamefully, we Jews must be willing to be ashamed of it

One measure of our capacity to love Israel is our willingness to be ashamed of it when it acts shamefully – not because we hate it, but because we...

29.05.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicola Redhouse

When Israel acts shamefully, we Jews must be willing to be ashamed of it

One measure of our capacity to love Israel is our willingness to be ashamed of it when it acts shamefully – not because we hate it, but because we...

29.05.2025 30

The Age

Nicola Redhouse

When Israel acts shamefully, we Jews must be willing to be ashamed of it

One measure of our capacity to love Israel is our willingness to be ashamed of it when it acts shamefully – not because we hate it, but because we...

29.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Nicola Redhouse

My car kept making a thucka-thucka noise, but no one else could hear it

“What kind of noise?” Glen, the mechanic, asked me. “Like a hollow aluminium chain being dragged across a swamp,” I said. Glen did not reply.

16.05.2025 20

WA Today

Nicola Redhouse

My car kept making a thucka-thucka noise, but no one else could hear it

“What kind of noise?” Glen, the mechanic, asked me. “Like a hollow aluminium chain being dragged across a swamp,” I said. Glen did not reply.

16.05.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicola Redhouse

My car kept making a thucka-thucka noise, but no one else could hear it

“What kind of noise?” Glen, the mechanic, asked me. “Like a hollow aluminium chain being dragged across a swamp,” I said. Glen did not reply.

16.05.2025 10

The Age

Nicola Redhouse

My car kept making a thucka-thucka noise, but no one else could hear it

“What kind of noise?” Glen, the mechanic, asked me. “Like a hollow aluminium chain being dragged across a swamp,” I said. Glen did not reply.

16.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Nicola Redhouse