Arts & Culture
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Ferntickles or murfles? Survey of England’s regional dialects to be revived
Are you terrified by “harvest men” or “long-legged tailors”? Do you have “ferntickles” or “brunny-spots” on your face? If someone…
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Why Christos Tsiolkas is keen to talk to Christians
There were times while reading Christos Tsiolkas’s new book, Damascus, when I had to peep through parted fingers shielding my…
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The Ingenious Language by Andrea Marcolongo review – nine epic reasons to love Greek
Τhe French literary colossus Marguerite Yourcenar once said that she loved ancient Greek for the richness of its vocabulary and…
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Yvette Lundy: French Resistance member who survived Nazi camps dies at 103
Authorities said she died on Sunday in the northern French town of Epernay. BBC News Ms Lundy supplied fake papers…
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Mexican towns teem with life for Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is a holiday when Mexican families welcome their deceased family members…
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Should Britain Abolish Private Schools?
WINDSOR, England—Nestled in a historic town across the river Thames from Windsor Castle, Eton College resembles a small city-state more…
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Religion, Religious Spaces and Conflict: Cyprus, Lebanon, Bosnia
The Institute for Interdisciplinary Cypriot Studies at the University of Münster (Germany), the Friedrich- Ebert-Stiftung office in Nicosia and the…
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Orpheus and Eurydice review: a bold reimagining through circus and opera
Plato wasn’t a fan. Alastair Blanshard The Conversation He thought Orpheus took the easy way out. He reasoned if ……
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Christos Tsiolkas confounds expectation with Damascus
This time there might be reason to be terrified. His last two novels, The Slap and Barracuda, were about contemporary…
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Uluru climb closed permanently as hundreds scale sacred site on final day
Rangers permanently closed the climb at 4:00pm (ACST) and stopped any more people making the trek. Chelsea Heaney and Samantha…
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It Must Be Heaven – interview with director Elia Suleiman
The two actors operate in a register that might be called deadpan, or at least underplayed. But the world around…
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Treating breast cancer when you can’t say ‘breast’
Early detection is essential for treatment but medical experts fear many women are not coming forward due to a culture…
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Antisemitism Is Woven into Western Culture
To be clear: this is radically different from saying that all Europeans are antisemites. Yet Western politicians and leaders almost…
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Melbourne women’s homelessness stories brought to stage in bid to boost social housing
“The bench was nice in the summer but not so nice in winter,” Ms Bourandanis said. Emilia Tierzon ABC News…
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Jockeys oppose Lloyd Williams’ call for whip ban
Williams, who has won the Melbourne Cup as an owner on a record six occasions, most recently with Rekindling in…
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Indigenous musician and activist Archie Roach gets Victorian Australian of the Year gong
The 63-year-old was on Wednesday named the 2020 Victoria Australian of the Year ahead of AFL champion Neale Daniher, journalist…
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