Australia
Why Shakespeare still matters
To celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Australia's leading exponent asks why actors and audiences still love the Bard.
Hannah Kent: Burial Rites
Kent succeeds in offering up a fascinating, rich character and leaves it up to the reader to decide how to…
NSW Arts a reshuffle casualty
The new Premier of NSW, Mike Baird, has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, and the Arts Ministry was among the changes.
Anna Krien: Night Games - Sex, Power and Sport
The author documents a fascinating, protected and sometimes horrifying subculture that has not changed with the times.
Splendour secures OutKast, Allen and Interpol
Australia’s highly anticipated midwinter festival reveals strong bill of acts including Lily Allen and the reformed OutKast.
Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography
In the digital age a love story can involve online dating, internet porn and characters who have never met.
Kristina Olsson: Boy, Lost - A Family Memoir
Ultimately, this is a beautiful story of heartbreak and loss but also of hope and love.
The Emperor's New Social Work
There is much hubris in the community art sector but cultural solutions to social problems should expect failure
Work begins on world’s tallest building
Move over Burj Khalifa you’re about to be dwarfed by Saudi Arabia’s Kingdom Tower.
Guernica on the big screen
Antonio Banderas and Gwyneth Paltrow will star in a Picasso film that is not so much biopic as creative journey.