At 10:40 am, Andy Bromberger joins us for Part 3 of Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement. This week, Andy looks at politics in the twentieth century and its impact on music and musicians. Stalin, Hitler and McCarthy all had very well-defined and strong views on what sort of music was acceptable and which musicians. At 11:00 […]
There aren’t many athletes that rise through the ranks to compete at international level in two different sports. Olympian Sarah Cook is one of them. Sarah competed as a dual international in rowing and sailing from 2004 to 2015. She rowed for Australia in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and competed at numerous National and […]
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What is ‘Lucid Dreaming’ and how can I tell if I’m in a dream or awake? Dr. Denholm Aspy is a lucid dream researcher and Visiting Research Fellow in the School Of Psychology, at the University of Adelaide. His most recent experiment made waves around the world after discovering that a vitamin B6 may help […]
Arts Thursday with Maisy Stapleton on 17 May. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Ged Gillmore writes crime fiction. His hero is an ex-drug dealer and Ged’s third book in the Bill Murdoch series has just been published. English-born Ged has found a way to successfully incorporate experiences from his […]
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On May 13, 2018 The Midnight Special departed the Budokan Theatre in Tokyo, Japan at 22:14 after a minor delay due to the children on board sharing a extraordinarily long embrace with their mothers, who will be staying at the station. The light of the Midnight Special first shone on the stage of the Budokan […]
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Sydney-based saxophonist and composer Matt Keegan has been announced as a recipient of the 2018 APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund. The $100,000 fund will support nine Australian composers to create new works to reach audiences both locally and globally. Keegan will use the funding to support the creation of a new work for the cross-cultural ensemble The Three Seas. […]
Award-winning sports journalist Rupert Guinness is best-known for his compelling coverage of cycling, rowing and rugby. He has covered the Tour de France 29 times. In 2001, he was awarded a Walkley Award commendation for his inside story on the 1999/2000 Sydney to Hobart yacht race for The Australian. He is also a bestselling author, penning […]
Read More… from Sports journalist Rupert Guinness on Crossing the Line Tuesday 15 May
A meaningful photograph has the power to move you. To make you feel curious, happy, sympathetic, angry, shocked, uplifted. The Head On Photo Festival started as a small portrait exhibition in 2004 and grew. And grew! The 9th Head On Photo Festival has kicked off, showing stunning photography from Australia and around the world. Tune […]
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Andy Bromberger joins us at 10:40 am for Part 2 of Atonalism, Alienation and Appeasement and this week she examines music from between the wars. My special guest at 11:00 am is acclaimed photographer, Samantha Everton, whose latest exhibition at the Arthouse Gallery is entitles Indochine, featuring the most wonderful portraits. Samantha’s preparation for her […]
The German Film Festival will light up screens at Palace Cinemas from 22 May to the 5th of June 2018 . The program of 32 Australian premieres represents the strong and vital cinema from one of Europe’s most prolific filmmaking nations, in collaboration with German Films and Goethe-Institut. The opening selection, THE SILENT REVOLUTION, […]
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Pollination at the Calyx In the plant world, colour is the essential ingredient for pollination. Watch as The Calyx is transformed into an ever-changing kaleidoscope of colour in the new, free floral display Pollination. Curated by the horticultural team at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the display features a collection of plants and flowers showcasing […]
Pretty Ugly Butterfly is a photographic series of mirror portraits of half faces and figures, made symmetrical, from multi-media artist David Porteus. The result is surreal beauty, ghost portraits from a new world where the imperfect is made perfect and true nature is negated. The beauty myth of symmetry is both celebrated and disputed, in a […]
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