Arts & Culture
Happy Hour
Please Leave Your Light On is the name of the album by Paul Grabowski and Paul Kelly. It is a sublime and beautiful record.
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The stupidity of us
If you’re a Melbourne insider you have licence to sling off at the culture because the jokes have been handed down to you as a kid and you’re conditioned to pick them up.
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Artists in isolation
As Melbourne is moving towards the end of lockdown 4, all the artists in Melbourne have been forced to stay at home. And all the studios have been closed.
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Flinders St from Yarra Bank, 1950
Taken in the first decade after the end of World War II, this view from Yarra Bank Rd on the south bank of the Yarra River looks towards Flinders St from King St to William St and finally Market St.
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The words of a true writer
A book that has strongly resurfaced from its 20th century cave is The Plague by Albert Camus, an account of an imaginary epidemic in the African town of Oran in Algeria.
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An early Melbourne high-rise
Looking at this streetscape today, the 11-storey building that dominates the left side (the south side) of this early 1950s photograph of Bourke St raises no eyebrows.
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Made for the home office
There’s an old adage bandied around among gallerists that when times are difficult you show difficult art.
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Nat Vazer’s debut album Is this Offensive And Loud was launched during the COVID-19 era, and it is a ripper of an album.
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The stains of time
Whether it’s the sound of the trams rattling down the road or the endless rows of amazing and fascinating restaurants that both delight and challenge the taste buds, there are many things that make Melbourne great.
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Big property write-downs but Town Hall’s finances remain strong
Council set to slam road project
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