Andrew ‘Fuzz’ Purchas has a decorated background in sport, representing NSW in both rugby and rowing. He was awarded a University Blue for rowing as a representative of Sydney University, and also played first grade rugby. Andrew has been instrumental in equality for sport. In 2004, he founded Australia’s first gay rugby club, the Sydney […]
Read More… from Andrew ‘Fuzz’ Purchas on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 31 July
Bestselling Australian author, Pamela Hart, tells the story of two deeply determined people who find the resilience of their love tested to its limits amid the Australian Army hospitals of World War 1 in Egypt. Her latest book, The Desert Nurse, shows just how much a young nurse, Evelyn Northey, will sacrifice to pursue her […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 26 July. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Join Maisy Stapleton in conversation about 60s Interior Decorator/Designer Marion Hall Best and the exhibition honouring her work at Hazlehurst Art Centre. Firstly Michael Lech, Curator of the exhibition, gives us an insight into this period in design, when modernism was gaining in […]
At 10:40 am, Dr Anna Kamaralli continues with Part 4 of Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains and in this week’s episode, the topic is romantic heroes. My special guest at 11:00 am is Adam Courtenay, talking about his latest book: The Ship That Never Was. It is an extraordinary tale of a daring convict escape by […]
Sally Kehoe was introduced to rowing at the age of 14 while at a boarding school in Brisbane. Seven years later she made her Olympics debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She would go on to represent Australia in another two Olympics, at London 2012 and Rio 2016. Sally has also achieved a silver and […]
Read More… from Olympian Sally Kehoe on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 24 July
The internationally acclaimed artist Ryoji Ikeda returns to Carriageworks with micro | macro. Curator Kelly McDonald joined Nick Terry on Thursday Drive to speak about the immersive installation. Developed during a residency at CERN, European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Switzerland, Ikeda contrasts our human scale to the microscopic and unobservable elements of the universe. Listen to […]
ALASKA Projects Director Sebastian Goldspink and Curator Alexander Jackson Wyatt joined Nick Terry on Thursday Drive to speak about their new exhibit Dream’n Wild. With support from the Austrian embassy, the exhibit brings together twenty-one artists from Vienna and Sydney. Listen to the interview below. Dream’n Wild runs July 21 – August 3 […]
At 10:40 am, Anna Kamaralli continues with Part 3 of Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains and this week, the topic is Anti-Heroes. My special guest at 11:00 am is Michael Atherton, talking about his latest book A Coveted Possession: The rise and fall of the piano in Australia. The fortunes of this instrument start with the […]
With an older brother in the top eight sprinters in Australia, Emmanuel Fakiye was destined to be athletic. But after driving three hours to Canberra to watch his brother run for 10 seconds, he decided sprinting wasn’t for him. Instead, Emmanuel became a triple jumper, combining his love of physics with his love of sport […]
Read More… from Commonwealth triple jumper Emmanuel Fakiye on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 17 July
EASTSIDE RADIO PRESENTER POW WOW 18 August 2018 12:30 to 5:30pm Registration from Noon Location – Australian Film Television Radio School AFTRS at EQ The Eastside Radio Programming Committee and Board are proud to present an exceptional Presenter Workshop The Presenter POWPOW 2018 is the first conference for you, our Eastside presenters and volunteers. This event is […]
Andrew McDermott is a former Australian footballer. Primarily a defender, Andrew spent his career playing for English Premier League clubs Queens Park Rangers, West Bromwich Albion and Notts County. He made a total of 136 appearances and scored 9 goals (not bad for a defender!) over his 10-year career. Since retiring from football in 2004, […]
Read More… from Ex-footballer Andrew McDermott on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 10 July
Anna Kamaralli continues at 10:40 am with Part 2 of Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains and this week the subject is villains. My special guest at 11:00 am is Dr Ian Kern – probably better addressed as Dr Dr Kern. Ian is a retired paediatric surgeon who has just been awarded Ph D for his research […]