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First published in October 1970, The Female Eunuch has never been out of print.
Set in the smoky shadow of Australia’s 2019 and 2020 bushfire season, Flanagan explores the loss of our world through the shattering of a family.
Pre-Invasion, message sticks were sent between distant communities to maintain diplomatic relations. They demanded acknowledgement and mutual respect.
Eddie Van Halen has died aged 65. He will be remembered for his virtuoso playing, particularly his groundbreaking, two-handed, finger-tapping technique.
The amount going to arts and culture is a pimple to a pumpkin compared to what’s being pumped into the economy as a whole.
Drawing thoughtfully on the Powerhouse Museum’s collection, this exhibition lovingly exposes the humanity behind biomedical technology.
They chained themselves to buildings, entered male-only pubs and were dragged out by police. The documentary Brazen Hussies tells the story of the warriors of second wave feminism.
Cinemas have survived threats before. But the pandemic shutdown might speed up the shift to short theatre runs or take us back to the old studio-style monopolies.
Judged by gay activists to be a cruel and outdated film almost 50 years ago, what can a remake of The Boys in the Band offer today?
From sharing snaps to gender reveals and shopfronts, Instagram has changed a lot about how we see the world — and how it sees us.
Joplin’s voice stirs something deep within us. What is it about her that still makes us listen?
It’s time for a new accord, with a summit led by First Nations people, bringing disparate groups together to help heal the nation and the land.
What is musicology and why is it important?
The pandemic pause on local children’s television content has become policy. Now what for kids’ TV?
More than 500 paintings at 87 rock shelters provide a remarkable glimpse into past Aboriginal life.
The icon of women’s liberation has died in Los Angeles, aged 78. Her music shaped a generation of women.
Angus Cerini’s gripping new play is about murder, revenge and the unsettling power of the Australian bush.
An 11th-century Persian philosopher, physician, pharmacologist, scientist and poet had a profound influence on both European thought and the Islamic world.
Some games developed in South Australia will now be able to access a rebate of 10% of production costs. It’s helpful but more is needed for Australia’s game industry to thrive.
Accusing a person or company of ‘virtue signalling’ has become a common putdown. But slurs like these are not new.
Like Stanley Kubrick before him, Christopher Nolan uses perspective to mess with our minds in his 2010 film Inception.
For the first time in its 99 year-history, the Archibald Prize has been won by an Indigenous painter. The Wynne and Sulman Prize winners also signal a time of change.
Fresh research casts new light on a boldly unconventional woman who cross-dressed as a man to join a French naval sea voyage.
The unsung heroes of screen production, storyboard artists are employed to create a shared visual script.