Serendipitous moments are rarely recorded, but this one’s worth writing home about because a postcard mailed 79 years ago to my great-grandmother in Washington, DC, ended up in a second-hand bookshop in Fyshwick and into my hands.
Strict policies regarding nudity on social media are great — except when you’re trying to promote Lifeline’s Canberra Winter Solstice Nude Charity Swim (this Saturday), and Instagram and Facebook keep shutting you down.
Century-old rare maps, private notes between Senators and autographed memoirs of past Prime Ministers are amongst the treasures unearthed at Lifeline Bookfair over the years.
Lifeline Canberra has a licence for tomorrow’s Winter Solstice Nude Charity Swim, to avoid the maximum penalty for indecent exposure - one-year imprisonment and a $3,200 fine.
So with legalities out of the...
