Culture
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If I could go anywhere: Greek cake shops, the Athenian countryside and the sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron
Plato was clearly talking about the Athens of his day, but, over 2,000 years later, he could have easily been…
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Best book club bets: the must-read books for winter
This gripping novel is the story of Lex, a New York lawyer with a dark past. Georgie Gordon The Age…
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Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced
Australian-Indian author Aravind Adiga, who won the Booker in 2008 with his debut The White Tiger, is one of six…
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Moved by words: how poetry helps us express our feelings
Gorman has been described as bringing poetry to the masses. Maria Takolander The Conversation However, when it comes to the…
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Guide to the Classics: Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a tragicomedy for our times
Vivian Mercier, the critic for the Irish Times, dubbed it “a play in which nothing happens, twice.” Mark Byron The…
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Belvoir’s The Cherry Orchard is a laugh-out-loud tragedy for uncertain times
But the conditions for those future events were already all around him. Huw Griffiths The Conversation Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation…
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National photo competition captures pain, humour and humanity of COVID-19 pandemic
It’s one of a series of striking photos a national photographic competition highlighting life during the pandemic. Emma Siossian &…
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The golden ratio: an ancient Greek formula could be responsible for most hit musicals
A simple question asked frequently of those who have achieved greatness in their field. Stephen Langston The Conversation Sometimes, that…
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If I could go anywhere: searching for music in the places where Chopin lived and died
But while landmark destinations, such as Carnegie Hall or Glyndebourne, are wonderful to visit, it can be paradoxical to travel…
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What were the Spartans like?
In the second episode of the current season of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a…
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The Stella shortlist: your guide to 2021’s powerful, emotional books
Good. Authors The Conversation We’ve come a long way. We’ve a long way to go… The Stella shortlist:…
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Art helps veterans and first responders heal from post-traumatic stress and depression
“My vehicle rolled 175 metres down a mountain and my partner and I are extremely lucky to be alive,” she…
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The Father movie review: Superb, low-key film captures the profound heartache of ageing
The Father is not flashy. Wenlei Ma news.com.au It doesn’t have gunfights, a rousing monologue or an epic historical ……
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Botticelli to Van Gogh: from luminous, lyrical beauty to the spoils of empire
The two events are not connected, but they do signal how times have changed. Joanna Mendelssohn The Conversation Since 1963,…
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Nobel winner Kazuo Ishiguro reaches for the sun
Our narrator, Klara, is a robot, an “Artificial Friend”, or AF, designed as a subservient companion for children. Liam Pieper…
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Guide to the classics: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — still for the heretics, dreamers and rebels
What is it that makes Alice, in the words of literary critic, Harold Bloom, “a kind of Scripture for us”…
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