SHORT + SWEET – Arts Monday

The Short and Sweet festival – ‘the biggest little play festival in the world’ is back for its 17th year in Sydney. Short+Sweet 2018 features 130 plays across 8 weeks, with 2 new programmes every week. The different programs feature new writers, directors and a totally new cast. Among the plays showing nightly this week […]

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Boiling Point 6th of February; artificial sweeteners, bluebottle jellyfish and our microbiome

  Sugar and spice and all things nice – Tim discussed artificial sweeteners and tooth decay Unfortunately for the sugar addict, sugar is seen as the ‘enemy’ of health. Forcing us to use alternatives to score our sugar high. Artificial sweeteners are a common aid in having your sweet and eating it too. If sugar […]

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ARTS THURSDAY – an artist and a philanthropist

                This Arts Thursday on 8 February with Maisy Stapleton introduces  an artist and a philanthropist. WHAT’S ON TODAY’S PROGRAM: Every year, Stanley Street Gallery in Darlinghurst presents an exhibition – Introducing – focussing on new, early career artists – “artists to keep an eye on”. This year three artists are […]

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Love live music and think radio is the career for you? Take One is HIRING!

Assistant Producer – Social Media / Segment Host Take One – Gig Guide – Community Radio Show   Summary: If you love live music and think radio is the career for you, this is the perfect stepping stone! Get hands on helping produce a three-year-old, weekly, volunteer driven, community radio program dedicated to supporting Sydney’s […]

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Want to contribute to keeping Sydney’s live music scene alive? Take One is HIRING!

Assistant Producer – Audio / Segment Host – Take One – Gig Guide – Community Radio Show   Summary: If you love live music and think radio is the career for you, this is the perfect stepping stone! Get hands on helping produce a three-year-old, weekly, volunteer driven, community radio program dedicated to supporting Sydney’s […]

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Boiling Point 30th of January; The rise of the female sea turtle; surprising eucalypts and Strava

Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_sea_turtle#/media/File:Green_turtle_swimming_over_coral_reefs_in_Kona.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 Climate change and sex are linked. Changing ecosystems and warming temperatures are altering sex ratios of sea turtles. Sea turtle sex is determined by sand temperature. Warmer temperatures favour females, whereas cooler temperatures favour males. Researchers discovered the sex ratio of the green sea turtle rookery was 116 to 1 with […]

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Landing Points: Race, Place and Identity

Join me, Jane Raffan, Monday 5 February, for a program concerning ideas about Race, Place and Identity. My guest interviews today are with Dr Hayley Megan French, co-curator of the exhibition “Landing Points: Race, Place and Identity”, which is currently on show at Penrith Regional Gallery, along with Tracey Moffatt’s seminal 1997 photographic series “Up […]

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