Arts & Culture
Difficult stories attract punters
Melbourne’s City of Literature turned 10 last month without a fanfare.
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Silhouettes and shadows
Penny Ikinger’s third album Tokyo has arrived via Melbourne-label Off The Hip Records and it is a ripper.
Read MoreLivin’ in the ‘70s
If you are feeling discomfited by the Metro tunnelling, take heart, it has all happened before.
Read MoreEven darker
The last day of the Melbourne Writers’ Festival fell on Sunday, September 2. A reader, feeling a bit low, rushed into the city, hoping to find inspiration among the wordsmiths and soothsayers of the day.
Read MoreThe problem is bureaucracy
other day a friend of mine sent me a link to a proposal from a development company that is planning a major development in the CBD.
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Painting in Hosier Lane is not legal
So now it's official: corporate greed can and does sell out our beautiful city for a quick buck, and the government and police support them in every way they can.
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Getting the message out
For society to function, a government needs a means of communicating its rules, regulations and processes with the governed.
Read MoreAkin to Kentucky Diva racing away and streeting the field
The sun is over the yardarm at The Scots Church, Collins and Russell streets. Inside there’s a piano quartet ready to play. The Emerald Hill Quartet (EHQ), the smoothest of smooth.
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Alaska Sun
The sound of the 150 active volcanoes on the Jupiter moon Io is the sound of Warped.
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The forgotten telegraphist
On the William St wall of the Supreme Court building in Melbourne there is a small plaque, ignored by most passers-by, which commemorates one of the most significant events in the history of Melbourne and indeed Australia.
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Frivolities at the Fringe Festival
Turning Green
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