At 10:40 am, Laila Ellmoos continues with Part 4 of Historic Events and How We Mark Them and this week she tells us about the Waratah Festival, forerunner of the Festival of Sydney. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Christopher Lawrence, one of Australia’s favourite radio personalities. His latest book is Symphony of Seduction: […]
At 10:40 am, Laila Ellmoos continues with Part 3 of Historic Events and How We Mark Them and this week we look at NAIDOC Week. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Jackie Dunn, curator at AGNSW, to talk about the impossibly beautiful Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, just opened at the gallery. Learn about […]
Laila Ellmoos continues with Part 2 of Historic Events and How We Mark Them at 10:40 am and this week it is ANZAC Day. At 11:00 am, my guest is Michael Cooney, National Director and CEO of the Australian Republic Movement and it is a lively conversation about monarchy and an Australian Republic. Music is […]
Laila Ellmoos, historian with the City of Sydney, joins us this morning at 10:40 am with a new series and this time Laila looks at historic events and how we mark them. Part 1 today kicks off with Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, this year marking 40 years since the first march in Sydney. […]
At 10:40, Richard Major concludes the series on Australian birds with the Common Myna. At 11:00 am, I will play a conversation I recorded with viola da gamba player, Jenny Eriksson. Jenny is the founder of The Marais Project, dedicated to 16th century music, where she plays her acoustic viola da gamba. She is also […]
At 10:45, Richard Major continues with Part 4 of Australian Birds and this week he talks about the Noisy Miner. At 11:00 am I talk to Director of Carriageworks, Lisa Havilah, about the installation by German artist, Katharina Grosse, entitled, somewhat enigmatically, The Horse Trottted Another Couple of Metres, Then it Stopped. Hear about the logistics […]
So nice to be back at the console again after a wonderful break. At 10:40 am, Richard Major continues with Part 3 of Australian birds, this week talking about sulphur crested cockatoos. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Joanna Butler, musician and musical researcher. Joanna has been responsible for selecting the music for Rembrandt […]
Part 2 of Australian Birds with ornithologist Richard Major at 10:40 am, this week looks at the White Fronted Chat, a little bird whose Homebush Bay colony of 2 males was thought to be extinct. Hear what Richard had to say back in 2014 and the latest update. The picture below, sent to Richard by […]
This week we start a repeat series on Australian birds with Richard Major, ornithologist at the Australian Museum. We start the series at 10:40 am with the Australian Ibis. At 11:00 am, my special guest in the studio is Dr Jodie Lowinger, clinical psychologist and Director of the Sydney Anxiety Clinic talking about anxiety and […]
Sydney By Design for 2017 wraps up this week at 10:40 am. Ed Lippmann introduces architect, Philip Drew, who takes the opposing view to everything we have heard in this series. He believes Sydney has reached its tipping point and can not pursue further growth. My special guest at 11:00 am is photographic artist, Alina […]
At 10:40 am, we hear Part 5 of Sydney By Design for this series and Ed talks about infrastructure. At 11:00 am, I look at a great new exhibition and website at the State Library of New South Wales, called Botanical Inspirations. It examines the work of natural history illustrator Ferdinand Bauer, who was […]
Sydney By Design continues this week at 10:40 am with Part 4. Ed introduces guest, Nicole Sullivan, from Green Star Solutions, continuing the conversation about buildings and sustainability. My special guest at 11:00 am is Ian Hemphill, aka Herbie. Our conversation traverses the world of herbs and spices, from their history to their uses, with other aspects in […]