While men wrote about women “deforming” their bodies in corsets, there is very little writing from women themselves about what the experience was like.
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Pubs like the John Curtin Hotel are more than just buildings – the loss of the hotel would also be a loss of our living cultural memory.
Historic early Australian photographs appear stilted and resonate with exploitative colonial relationships.. But the experience of photography in the studio was more dynamic.
Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings TV show, The Rings of Power, takes place thousands of years before the popular movie franchise, and tells a story from deep Tolkien lore.
Branagh’s adaptations are more concerned with Poirot himself than any of the suspects – the murder in this film only happens 70 minutes in.
Rachel Arianne Ogle’s new chorography is an exploration of mortality and death.
David Milroy’s Panawathi Girl is a rocking, vaudevillian, politically sharp and engaging piece of Australian First Nations’ music theatre.
Have you ‘soft’ or ‘hard’ launched your relationship on Instagram yet? The latest trend in love as a marketable commodity.
In the early 1970s, the movie musical was calling for a radical approach: Cabaret would be that groundbreaking revision.
Vivienne Binns burst on to the art scene in 1967 – and she has been making art her own way ever since.
Technical brilliance is one thing. Musicality another. Here is our pick of the skaters who combine the two.
Between the first and second world wars, Australia’s high-end architecture was strongly influenced by exotic scenery from Hollywood’s rapidly accelerating movie industry.
John Williams’ compositions have an unparalleled reach. He defined the sound of the 20th century.
Here Out West aims to shift the perception about what it means to tell contemporary Australian tales to a broad audience while staying true to the suburbs and communities of Western Sydney.
After 37 years and nearly 9,000 episodes, Neighbours could be coming to an end.
The Sydney Festival boycott was a vibrant example of engaged citizens taking foreign policy into their own hands.
Throughout the past 230 years, over 1,200 vessels met their end on the reef – but only 114 have been found.
The Sex and the City reboot, And Just Like That, has been met with mixed reviews. But to understand why it might not work, we have to revisit the cultural legacy of the original series.
This new exhibition draws from the National Film and Sound archives and beyond to look at local success on the international stage.
Joe Rogan’s show has become a flashpoint for discussions on what should be allowed on podcasts – here’s who he is, and why he is so talked about.
Science has made a strong case for the year 536 as being one of the worst in human history, a year punctuated by volcanic eruptions, drought, famine and plague - and a year long winter.
With borders closed indefinitely, this year’s Fringe World is a decidedly local affair.
From Broome-based dance company Marrugeku, this new work is a throbbing protest about the violence experienced by Indigenous, racial, trans and queer Australia.
This new Australian play, adapted from Heather Rose’s award winning book, celebrates the power of performance to help us connect.
Spotify will pull Neil Young’s music after the musician demanded the streaming service remove The Joe Rogan Experience from its platform, as an episode of the podcast promoted COVID misinformation.