AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
Why Melbourne Bands Still Put Gig Posters on Poles in the Instagram Age
Walk down Brunswick Street, Sydney Road or High Street in Northcote and you will see them: poles and hoardings layered with gig posters, new...
ART SHOWS/GALLERIES/EXHIBITIONS
Interruptions by Victoria Floratos
Interruption
an exhibition by Victoria Floratos"Life is never seamless.Interruptions shape life. Every disruption, like a cracked eggshell, leaves us with an impression. My work is...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
My Life In Ruins – Greece is the word but I did get called one other!
My Life In RuinsI only got called a "malaka" once during our holiday in Greece. If you're not familiar with this notorious Greek M-Word,...
ANIMAL ARTICLES
If humans disappeared, what would happen to our dogs?
For many of us, dogs are our best friends. But have you wondered what would happen to your dog if we suddenly disappeared? Can...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
Ghoulishness, depravity and stupidity: welcome to the world of Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona
Image: The Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1592). Public domainWhether taken as a good or bad quality, Ottessa Moshfegh’s Lapvona is a confounding novel....
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
In the new Disney Pixar movie Lightyear, time gets bendy. Is time travel real, or just science fiction?
Image: Disney/PixarSpoiler alert: this article explains a key plot point, but we don’t give away anything you won’t see in trailers.At the beginning...
ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
Ethereal, evocative, and inventive: why the music of Kate Bush spans generations
Image: WikimediaKeen observers of popular culture will have become aware of the recent inclusion of Kate Bush’s 1985 song Running Up That Hill into...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
Did a giant radio telescope in China just discover aliens? Not so FAST…
Image: Liu Xu / Xinhua / AP“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
– Carl Sagan (Cosmos, 1980)This phrase is the standard that astronomers will be applying to a curious...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
If you’re renting, chances are your home is cold. With power prices soaring, here’s what you can do to keep warm
Image: ShutterstockIf you’re feeling the cold this winter, you’re not alone. About a quarter of all Australians have trouble keeping their homes warm enough...
AUTHORS AND BLOGGERS
Bunnings, Kmart and The Good Guys say they use facial recognition for ‘loss prevention’. An expert explains what it might mean for you
Once the purview of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, facial recognition is now being used to identify consumers in Australian stores.If you’ve seen the...
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