The Weekend Read Schwartz Media

The 2024 Euros are just weeks away – with some of the best footballers in the world competing in an event that draws in hundreds of millions of viewers.
But the legacy of the last Euros is still an uncomfortable topic for many in England. Not only because they lost, but also the scenes of violence and hooliganism that led to a national debate and a new Netflix documentary.
Today, journalist Martin McKenzie-Murray reads his piece from this weekend’s edition of The Saturday Paper.

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Guest: Journalist, Martin McKenzie-Murray.

Today, writer Angela Savage with her piece from a recent edition of The Monthly.
Parents often face the dilemma of helping their children become independent, while not wanting to let them go.
Angela’s story, ‘Fledglings’, tells the story of what changes when that moment finally comes.

Today, columnist Elizabeth Farrelly will read her piece about our modern cities and how they relate to the history of how humanity has imagined the perfect city.
Farrelly is one of Australia’s foremost writers on urban development and the communities of our cities – having earned devoted readers at the Sydney Morning Herald and now at Schwartz Media, inThe Saturday Paper.

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Guest: Columnist Elizabeth Farrelly

Today, author and editor Sophie Cunningham reads her piece from a recent edition of The Saturday Paper.
Australian author Georgia Blain chronicled her battle with cancer in a monthly column for The Saturday Paper, sadly passing away in 2016.
Blain is remembered in this piece by her friend of over two decades, Sophie Cunningham – championing her legacy as a writer of rare talent, with a clear-eyed gaze, and a capacity to talk about sadness without self-pity.

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Guest: Author and editor, Sophie Cunningham

Today, author and editor Sophie Cunningham reads her piece from a recent edition of The Saturday Paper.
Australian author Georgia Blain chronicled her battle with cancer in a monthly column for The Saturday Paper, sadly passing away in 2016.
Blain is remembered in this piece by her friend of over two decades, Sophie Cunningham – championing her legacy as a writer of rare talent, with a clear-eyed gaze, and a capacity to talk about sadness without self-pity.

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Guest: Author and editor, Sophie Cunningham

On the Las Vegas strip, in a sea of casinos, sits an enormous dome that lights up the sky.
It’s called The Sphere and it’s a performance venue where punters are dazzled by 54 thousand metres of LED screens capable of showing 256 million colours, in a display so overwhelming that some concertgoers faint. 
Writer Elmo Keep travelled to Vegas to see her favourite band U2 play at The Sphere in their inaugurating residency. There she found in equal parts, a religious experience and a hyper capitalist nightmare.  

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Guest: Writer, Elmo Keep