As Stars Fall : Novel Extract

by Christie Nieman

Chapter 12

ROBIN

It was about seven-thirty and I was sitting out on the roof, waiting for Mum to come home. I’d been up there for ages, escaping by imagining the wattles, and … Read More

William Blake: ‘The Immortal Man That Cannot Die’

by Inga Walton.

“And these are the gems of the Human Soul,
The rubies and pearls of a love-sick eye,
The countless gold of the akeing heart,
The martyr’s groan and the lover’s sigh.” (33-36) – William Blake: The Mental Traveller, … Read More

The Madness of Art Season 3: The Boondoggle

Episode 1: The Boondoggle

Is it a boondoggle or isn’t it? Jim and Dru can’t wait to talk to the new curator of the Jersey City Museum.

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Tour of Ulumbarra Theatre site

We took a site tour of an inspiring project that is set to transform cultural life in one of the fastest growing regional centres in Victoria. Bendigo’s Ulumbarra Theatre will seat 1,000 people before a stage that is double the … Read More

Under Clothes: 350 years of underwear in fashion

Steve Proposch

Lingerie came out of the closet in the 1980s, when Jean Paul Gaultier dared to suggest that underwear could be outerwear and put a bra onto the catwalk. These days underwear is everywhere, beamed at us … Read More

All Day Adalita

A Social Work interview

Adalita’s All Day Venus proclaims the triumphant return of rock chic from a rock chick. The first official single from the album, ‘Warm Like You’, is detuned guitar nirvana (see what I did there). … Read More

Melburnin’ JULY 2014

The depth, diversity and size of the University of Melbourne’s museums and collections, some dating from the earliest years of the institution’s establishment in 1853, will be in focus during its biennial Cultural Treasures Festival (26 – 27 July, … Read More

ACTease JULY 2014

Having spent most of my childhood years growing up on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific, I was excited to discover that one of the National Gallery of Australia’s latest exhibitions, Atua: Sacred gods from Polynesia (until 3 August) … Read More

True North and Deep Blue

an interview with Emily Ferretti

by Naima Morelli

Those who think that pure painters are almost extinct in the contemporary art landscape should meet Emily Ferretti. This young artist ignores the prophets of doom who proclaim the death … Read More

Greetings from Hindustan

Final Episode: Not a Monsoon Wedding

It’s not unusual for an Indian family to invite a thousand guests to a wedding, and that’s just for the bride. The groom has a separate party with another thousand. Our mob … Read More