Ed Lippmann joins us at 10:40 am for Part 3 of Technology and Architecture and this week Ed moves on to the Gothic and Medieval period and concludes with the Renaissance. At 11:00 am, my special guest is Saul Smith of Soul Drummer talking about the djembe. This versatile African drum has an amazing history […]
Nothing’s as bad as a good neighbour, right? Meet Miss Docker: the delightfully ghastly anti-hero of this celebrated Australian classic. She is relentlessly upbeat – the quintessential ‘cheery soul’. Miss Docker is one of Nobel Laureate Patrick’s White’s most memorable creations. She and her neighbours are as hilarious and peculiar as they are uncannily familiar. […]
Read More… from STC’s ‘A Cheery Soul’ Is Bound to Cheer Your Soul
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Ed Lippmann continues at 10:40 am with Technology and Architecture Part 2, this week looking at the ancient world of Egypt, Greece and Rome. My special guest at 11:00 am is Professor Geoff Masters, CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research, who has been appointed by the government of NSW to lead a curriculum […]
In the third of our shows for Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re chatting to Olympian and psychologist Caroline Anderson. Caroline came late to Taekwondo; she was already well into high school before joining her first class. But from the off she was hooked and it wasn’t long before she was competing at local, national and […]
Read More… from Olympian Caroline Anderson on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 23 October
Blame Traffic is a play about chance, forgiveness, and traffic, from emerging playwright, Michael Andrew Collins. In Blame Traffic, the characters encounter a series of catastrophic coincidences, as they navigate the streets of Sydney and are confronted with the randomness of other people, biology, fate, and the transport system. This play portrays how people attempt to […]
Read More… from Blame Traffic and Freud’s Last Session – Arts Monday
Arts Thursday 4th October 2018 MODERN MASTERS IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE Masters of Modern Art from the Hermitage opened at The Art Gallery of NSW last week and this week Maisy Stapleton spoke to Peter Raisis, Senior Curator of Historical European Art about the exhibition. The exhibition is a stunning showcase of the modern movement, […]
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This week Ed Lippmann returns at 10:40 am for a new series of Sydney By Design, entitled Technology and Architecture. In the first episode, Ed gives a broad historical sweep of major advances, which will be the subjects of episodes in the coming weeks. My special guest at 11:00 am is master paint maker, David […]
October is Mental Health Awareness month. For our second mental-health-related show, GT chats to former elite cricketer and founder of The Kindness Factory Kath Koschel. Kath has an incredible story. She has twice broken her back, came close to losing her leg and had to learn how to walk again. Along the way, she had […]
Read More… from Kath and Tahnee from the Kindness Factory on Crossing the Line, Tuesday 16 October
Arts Thursday 11 October 2018 presented by Bronwyn Rennex On today’s program I invited American artist Jaime Warren into the studio to speak about her practice and her work in Warm Bodies currently showing at Cement Fondu. Jaimie Warren is an award-winning artist, performer and educator. She’s also Co-Director/Creator of the community arts project and fake public […]
Read More… from Jaimie Warren and Warm Bodies at Cement Fondu
After a massive sell-out show at City Recital Hall last year, Monsieur Camembert returns with their critically acclaimed show based on the music and poetry of iconoclastic Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen. Drawing on material that spans some 35 years, Monsieur Camembert’s entirely original interpretations traverse styles rarely (if ever) associated with Cohen, including swing, jazz, […]