Culture
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How a lost manuscript revealed the first poets of Italian literature
That was the world of the early Italian Renaissance during the second half of the 15th century. Maria Clotilde Camboni…
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How Greek musicians weathered an economic crisis could help UK performers handle COVID fall-out
Opening a virtual concert in support of music workers, his words were emotional – but firm: Ioannis Tsioulakis The Conversation…
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Decoding the music masterpieces: Handel’s Messiah oratorio, composed in just 24 days
It’s a tradition worth noticing, as the Messiah was originally composed as an Easter offering, first performed in Dublin on…
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10 ‘lost’ Australian literary treasures you should read – and can soon borrow from any library
Effectively, they have become inaccessible and invisible — even including some Miles Franklin award winners by authors such as Thea…
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Asian countries do aged care differently.
Unlike in Western countries like Australia, traditional Asian cultures place a heavy emphasis on filial piety — the expectation children…
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Pandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes review – ancient misogyny
For the past few years, Natalie Haynes has been building a career out of rescuing the women of the ancient…
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Two of Us: inside John Lennon’s incredible songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney
His tendency to speak in bold strokes – “Before Elvis there was nothing!” – belied at times both the variety…
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Review: Richard Flanagan’s The Living Sea of Waking Dreams considers griefs big and small
A rolling incineration of large swathes of the continent, the sky itself seemed to have been on fire, from the…
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A magpie’s song that lifted the darkness: new opera tells potent tale
“But they sing, and sing to you. And that carolling is the most glorious thing.” Nick Miller WA Today In…
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Exposing the ways we try to hide our inner selves
It made perfect sense. Nicole Abade Good Weekend in The Sydney Morning Herald I loved reading and language, and my…
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From B student to billionaire: the man who built Netflix
Dispassionate sackings. Konrad Marshall Good Weekend in The Age “Sunshining” failure. Reed Hastings, the man who built the world’s most…
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Commonwealth vows to stamp out fake Aboriginal art made in ‘sweatshops’
Long-running calls for stronger legal protection gained further support after a 2018 parliamentary inquiry found there was widespread evidence Indigenous…
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‘All things will outlast us’: how the Indigenous concept of deep time helps us understand environmental destruction
On the face of it, this offers an opportunity to embrace Indigenous ways of knowing. Ann McGrath The Conversation But…
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Tayyip Erdogan joins thousands at Hagia Sophia for Friday prayer
Some were seen holding Turkish and Ottoman flags. Sana Sikander The Siasat Daily ISTANBUL – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan joined…
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Arts industry to receive $250 million coronavirus rescue package from Federal Government
Creative industries had been calling for more support after coronavirus shut down venues and productions and led to widespread job…
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Friday essay: the politics of dancing and thinking about cultural values beyond dollars
As America burns, Brazilians die and Europe braces for another wave of the coronavirus, the question assumes an alarming immediacy.…
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