The theme of cattle in ancient rock art is one of most important pieces of evidence for a bygone age of the “green Sahara”.
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Films about Australia’s efforts in WWI continue to exclude an Aboriginal presence – denying all of us access to their important stories.
Some of these men went from being indentured pearl divers to soldiers in Borneo. Other fled their home country as teenagers to earn money.
Everyone has a favourite band, or a favourite composer, or a favourite song. So if we all have our own opinions on music, is it ever possible to judge it objectively?
Set in 1990s suburban Australia, The Exact Dimensions of Hell is a theatrical exploration that unflinchingly examines themes of teenage girls, desire and power.
Archie Moore is the first Australian to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, given to the best national pavilion at the world’s oldest and most renowned art biennale.
The Sydney Theatre Company’s captivating revival of the 1975 play, co-produced with Dublin’s Gate Theatre, manages to balance the loathing and humour of Thomas Bernhard’s writing.
These tests can even be harmful to the people being ‘tested’, as well as to the couple.
When scientists observed planets revolved around the Sun, they posited we were now like other planets. And if other planets were like Earth, then they most likely also had inhabitants.
On ‘FAST TV’ – free ad-supported streaming TV – you can watch Border Security non-stop, Mythbusters on a loop, or hours and hours of Baywatch.
This late-medieval document is written in encoded text that has yet to be cracked. But its numerous illustrations provide clues about its content.
Phonk isn’t just a new-age TikTok trend. It’s the music of a generation rallying against the state of the world.
There is nothing like a wedding episode. Bluey’s first 28-minute special, The Sign, was the ultimate wedding television.
Ever find bloopers funnier than the show? I research psychology, and here is the science behind your laughter.
Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
I’ve been leafing through Foy & Gibson catalogues from the first four decades of the 20th century to try to understand what attracted Australian customers to wearing wool.
With its occult themes, ’70s nostalgia and some AI controversy thrown into the mix, it’s easy to see why the film was a US box-office success.
A major new exhibition and book showcase Aotearoa New Zealand’s earliest photography, and how the new technology was integral to the colonial project.
My recent study looked at the inequalities rural and regional young classical musicians face which are unknown to their city-based counterparts.
New documentary about Nickelodeon, Quiet on Set, highlights how we don’t keep child stars safe. In the age of social media this is an even bigger problem.
The character of Tom Ripley was never meant to be pigeonholed. He is, in many respects, a walking contradiction – much like Highsmith herself.
Angus Cerini’s Into the Shimmering World at the Sydney Theatre Company is an unforgiving and, frankly, bleak meditation on what it is to be good; what it is to live a good life.
A national anthem is supposed to reinforce a nation’s identity. Are we fine with singing Advance Australia Fair for another 50 years?
Beethoven initially composed the work for the enthronement of his friend as archbishop. Two centuries on, it has endured the test of time.
The new Australian war epic is a young man’s production in more than one sense of the word.