There was something about her voice, her way with a song. But there were lessons to be learned from her music, too.
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Olivia Newton-John leaves a legacy as a sweet girl-next-door type with a sublime voice, who embraced the country that claimed her as its own.
Joni Mitchell’s performance at Newport Folk Festival defied the ‘permissible’ ways older women ‘should’ behave.
Shirley Barrett burst onto the international scene when her debut film, Love Serenade won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes Film Festival.
Judith Durham was lead singer of The Seekers and a solo artist. One of Australia’s most recognisable voices, she has passed away at 79.
When Max Chandler-Mather rose to speak in question time, he was criticised for not wearing a tie. But Australian men have been going tie-less for decades.
The survival of the Edinburgh International Festival, and others like it around the world, is testament to ingenuity of organisers and performers. But there’s no substitute for the live experience.
The author of a new book exploring the making of heroines throughout history asks whether Barbie can ever overcome her reputation as the plastic antithesis of feminist ideals.
Long before Drag Race, Carlotta was foundational in establishing a specifically Aussie mode of drag: outlandish, flamboyant, irreverent and ocker.
Renaissance is Beyoncé’s first solo album in more than five years, and her first fully dance album.
Descendants of the Bidjara, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples, two renowned artists come together in this family exhibition.
In Uncle Archie Roach, we find the most profound sense of an alternate masculinity. It is difficult to put words to this loss.
In its final week, Ramsey Street was visited by the ghosts of neighbours past.
In this new Australian work, sound, image and physical body are decoupled, and gradually splintered like the many facets of our online presence.
Our new research casts a harsh light on the realities of working in film and television.
La Boite’s play is enormously entertaining, particularly when it takes off in the second half as what best be described as a sexy gay pantomime.
Their modernist interpretations of Australia in the interwar period have both a complexity and a simplicity.
The word ‘feminism’ was unlikely to be heard in Neighbours’ early days, but today characters are talking about Clementine Ford.
Vabbing is the act of taking one’s vaginal secretions and using it as a perfume – while not a new trend, it is taking social media sites like TikTok by storm.
The Productivity Commission has proposed inauthentic Indigenous art should be labelled. But ‘fake art’ is only part of the problem.
The death of this iconic show warrants a health-check for the Australian TV industry.
From the botanical gardens to the art gallery, Adelaide’s winter is awash with light.
Said to have been the first person to put his own head on a coin, Demetrius the Besieger is known for siege warfare, sacrilege, and extravagance.
Seven years in the making, this disturbing Australian film looks at the death of 100,000 citizens in during the second world war.
Finucane & Smith inject burlesque and vaudeville with witty and often confrontational political provocations.