Arts & Culture

A few curses at the Comedy Festival

April 27th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

Behind the scenes of the Comedy Festival there’s quite a different story going on to the stony faces waiting in the audience for a laugh.

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The sourer self of Sean O’Beirne

April 27th, 2022 - Rhonda Dredge

It’s not easy being a critic and Sean O’Beirne struggles modestly with the role in On Helen Garner, the latest in the Writers on Writers series by Black Inc.

The Howitt family’s life in the inner city in pre-goldrush times

April 27th, 2022 - Dr Cheryl Griffin

When Godfrey Howitt, his brother Richard and other members of their family decided to settle in Port Phillip in April 1840, Godfrey brought a home with him and that is what you see here.

Retired architect finds his passion for photography

April 27th, 2022 - Brendan Rees

When retired architect Ralph Domino discovered a love of photography just before the pandemic hit, little did he know his work would be recognised globally.

Caroline No

April 27th, 2022 - Chris Mineral

Popular ‘60s psychedelic West Coast group The Beach Boys had an obscure song in their catalogue entitled Caroline No. It appeared on their Pet Sounds album.

Melbourne is unsafe and it has nothing to do with graffiti

April 27th, 2022 - Adrian Doyle

If you have walked around the city lately you would be aware of two things: the homeless people that seem desperate and scary and the expensive attack the council seems to be launching against graffiti.

The grandeur of Spring St, early autumn 1899

March 23rd, 2022 - Dr Cheryl Griffin

The wealth and extravagance of the 1880s, the era of Marvellous Melbourne, was long gone when this photograph was taken, but it is still evident in the two main buildings you see here – the Grand Hotel on the left and the Princess Theatre on the right.