Love and deceit

Research Brief 10 For the past several weeks, radio listeners who tune in to the drive-time programme of comedians Dave Hughes and Kate Langbroek have been enthralled by the unfolding saga of Barb and Niko. Barb is Langbroek’s online alter-ego, whose dating profile – depicting her as a rich middle-aged widow – was designed […]

Speaking positions

Research Brief 9 In April 1905, elderly Henry Ayling appeared before Judge Burnside and a jury of 12 peers in the Perth Criminal Court on a charge of bigamy. The key question during the trial centred on the validity of Henry’s first marriage, alleged to have occurred in Adelaide in 1877 almost 30 years […]