Found and Lost: the art of Emma Lindsay and Victoria Reichelt
Long before David Attenborough seduced us all with his dulcet tones, art and science were inextricably linked by the use of scientific illustrators to provide visual records [...]
History
Are we in PARADI$E yet, BITCH?
Have you ever had flowering tea? Appearing at first like a tightly bound ball of chaff, it bursts open when steeped to reveal a beautiful floral bloom. Served in glass [...]
Robyn Stacey’s Cloud Land
There’s a perverse thing about humans that make two behavioral quirks a certainty: when we see a closed door, we immediately want to know what’s happening on [...]
William Bustard: Painting With Light
“I can only say that I am captivated by the rich contrasts, beautiful skies, trees and clear light of this great land, and I am happy to say that I find countless [...]
Erin M Riley’s TapArseTry
When I think of tapestry, I think of my grandparents’ house. Each room had at least a couple hanging on the walls. Not the expansive (and expensive) Belgian ones that [...]
What’s In Your Bag?
It occurred to me today that no one ever has a suitcase in their hand unless something significant is about to happen. Overseas adventures, interstate getaways, annual [...]
Hope & Love: through the eyes of refugees
You know what’s great about Australia’s handling of our refugee ‘crisis’? It’s that no matter how long you take to write about it, it never [...]
Mercy Heritage Centre, Brisbane
It takes a minor miracle to get me near anything that even vaguely resembles a church. Well, a miracle or a “you must turn up or you’ll fail” directive [...]
Inside
“I am now eighty-two years old and these memories remain very clear. What happened to our childhood?” Carmel Durant, 2010 To walk through the new touring [...]
The Grand Old Dame of Cinema
There are few things that evoke true Hollywood glamour more than the return of a reclusive old movie star. The mystery, the anticipation, the whispers and rumours of their [...]
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