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Deep Trouble #7: Manisha Anjali
November 7, 2018 | troublemagwith Dr Mark Halloran Or listen on iTunes, Spotify or Stitcher
Indian-Fijian poet Manisha Anjali was born in Suva, the capital of Fiji, and we begin by discussing the importance of familial and national history in the development … Read More
Dear Dreamboat
November 3, 2013 | troublemagwith Dmetri Kakmi
Dear Dreamboat
This is a recurring dream. It’s to do with losing my teeth. I’ve had variations of this dream over the years: knocking my front teeth out and viewing my toothless face in the mirror, … Read More
Dear Dreamboat October 2013
October 3, 2013 | troublemag
with Dmetri Kakmi
Dear Dreamboat
I often have dreams about different staircases. I’m climbing the stairs and go to take a step and there is no stair or the direction of the stairs has suddenly reversed and … Read More
Dear Dreamboat
September 2, 2013 | troublemagwith Dmetri Kakmi
Dear Dreamboat
I am standing in the grounds of a university. A young woman tells me she needs my help to kill a vampire. She has a gun. I agree to help. We enter … Read More
Dear Dreamboat
August 6, 2013 | troublemagDear Dreamboat
I was outside an antique shop. There was something ornate in a box. It was beaded in lines of reds and golds. The object was hanging from some wires. As I turned it around I realised it was … Read More
ACTease April 2014
April 2, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What is your favourite children’s book? No matter how hard I try, I can’t choose one. Now that my eldest daughter is nearly two, I have to confess that I’m enjoying rediscovering my old favourite … Read More
ACTease March 2014
March 3, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
The things that inspire artists constantly amaze and excite me. It could be a word, a feeling, their home or local environment and surroundings that trigger the greatest creative sparks. The beauty of these humble … Read More
ADEloud February 2014
February 8, 2014 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Well, Santa may have come and gone and I didn’t get what I wanted, but the silly season is still rife in Adelaide, with a giant cockroach recently being erected in Rundle Mall. Must the … Read More
ACTease February 2014
February 4, 2014 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
“I ain’t no saint, but I’ve tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God … I figure all any kid needs is hope and the feeling he or she belongs. … Read More
Conversations with the Black Square
December 16, 2013 | troublemag
Revisiting the art and theory of Kazimir Malevich through the sculpture of Gill Gatfield
by Jennifer Choat
“I HAVE fished myself out of the rubbishy slough of academic art,” Kazimir Malevich announced in 1915. The Russian artist … Read More
AdeLOUD Dec2013 / Jan2014
December 15, 2013 | troublemag
by Cassandra Scalzi
Do you still believe in Santa? I used to. In fact, I used to visit the big man with the long, white beard every year since I turned 21, inform him of my good behaviour … Read More
ACTease December 2013 / January 2014
December 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
What are the best art exhibitions and shows you’ve seen this year? The last year has been a very special one for Canberra, with 2013 marking the centenary of this extraordinary city. Whilst I’ve enjoyed … Read More
ACTease November 2013
November 1, 2013 | troublemag
Courtney Symes
One of my favourite excursions on a sunny weekend in Canberra is a stroll around Lake Burley Griffin, followed by a wander through the NGA and National Portrait Gallery (and a sneaky coffee stop at one … Read More
ACTease October 2013
October 2, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
I’m not a camper, So I can empathise with the shock that Belconnen artists Carolyn Fitzpatrick and Carole Osmotherly would have experienced as they reluctantly left the comfort of their Canberra homes to venture on … Read More
ACTease September 2013
September 3, 2013 | troublemag
by Courtney Symes
September is one of my favourite months in Canberra. The show-stopper event of the month is Floriade (think one million flowers in Canberra’s Commonwealth Park attracting more than 400,000 visitors), which starts on 14 September, then … Read More
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Dressing the Movies Part One by Inga Walton
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