SYDNEY IN SUMMERTIME is the theme of Arts Thursday on 13th December 2018. Destination Sydney has become a tourism catchcry, but the phrase was popularised two years ago, with a ground-breaking exhibition of that name, presented at three of Sydney’s finest public galleries, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Mosman Art Gallery and the S. H. […]
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At 10:40 am, we hear Part 3 of the repeat series on Beauty and this week, art philosopher Damian Freeman talks about Art and Beauty. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Peter Raissis, Curator of European Art at the Art Gallery of NSW and the gallery’s curator who worked with the team from The […]
Noah Havard is a local teenager who volunteers at the North Bondi Surf Living Saving Club where he rescues swimmers in trouble at Sydney’s iconic beach, and coaches 9-10 yr old nippers. He is now one of our most competitive surf skiers winning 5 gold medals at the recent Australian Surf Life Saving Championships in Perth. At […]
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We continue at 10:40 am with Part 2 of the repeat series on Beauty and this week, Plastic Surgeon Norman Olbourne gives us his take on what beauty is. My special guest at 11:00 am, is Beatrice Gralton, Head Curator of Visual Art at Carriageworks, talking about the latest exhibition by American artist Nick Cave, […]
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It has been around sixty years since Monk composed the majority of his well-known compositions. This has given ample time for current musicians to come to grips with his unique style and sound. A six CD set of the 70 Monk compositions has recently been released. The players are: Frank Kimbrough, piano, Scott Robinson, all […]
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Read More… from Community Billboard 27th November- 4th December
This week, I am starting with a replay of Part 1 of a Six-part series I recorded almost 5 years ago, entitled Beauty. During the course of the series, I speak with a philosopher, a plastic surgeon, a make-up artist and body builder, an art theorist, a mathematician and a tattoo artist. This week I […]
The eagerly-awaited new comedy from Philippe Le Guay, director of The Women on the 6th Floor, NORMANDY NUDE is a warm and wise tale of a proud farming community who must put their grievances aside in order to save their village. The charming town of Mêle-sur-Sarthe, Normandy, is in crisis. Dairy and livestock prices […]
Ed Lippmann joins us at 10:40 am for the final episode of Technology and Architecture, concluding with the 21st century. My special guest at 11:00 am is highly regarded antique dealer, Alan Landis who will join me in conversation about porcelain. We look its history in China and its move to Europe, particularly to England […]
Zac’s wearing dark slacks and a plain shirt – nothing compared to what’s about to come. He’s just been on a last-minute shopping run down Oxford Street – and pulls out a pair of black stilettos – scattered with silver glitter, the kind you’d expect to see a stripper sporting somewhere seedy in the Cross, […]
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One hundred years ago the Armistice of WW1 between the Allies and Germany came into effect at 11am on 11 November 1918. The guns fell silent on the Western Front and after more than four years of bloodshed and destruction, the war was finally over. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th […]
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